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NICHOLS: “In the end, the voters are the people who have to take charge of the destiny of this country, and decide that whatever our other disagreements about policies, that Donald Trump is a threat to the republic and he can’t be allowed near power again. I think it’s absolutely crucial that Trump is having to go to court and stand before a judge and answer for the things that he did. And I think it’s important to find out that he did these things. The only question is whether they are actually criminal in the judgment of the court of law. But the fact that he did them at all should tell the rest of us that this man should never be allowed anywhere near the leverage of power. And so, if we can’t do that as a country, as voters, then we are in a lot bigger trouble than anything Donald Trump can do. James Madison, when talking of the Constitution, said talking about checks and balances, he said is there no virtue among us? If there is not, we are at a terrible situation. Because checks and balances and even courts can’t substitute for the virtue of the public.”