legitimate, does the white house or the state department or the executive branch have any recourse that would be wise to take legally here? or would that just look so bad? >> there is the politics but also in terms of the law, you can't go into court and to say this is illegitimate, it's totally inconsistent with our constitutional traditions. we need an injunction. the courts would rightly throw that out, we are going to have to see this very important process unfold and there's probably going to be some subpoena enforcement on the house, we will have to wait to see about that. >> laura: it's great to see you as always. the media and political class have hit the impeachment frenzy from just about every angle but few were asking the obvious question -- what could this travesty mean for the future of our republic? here to answer that question former acting u.s. attorney general matt whitaker. i have been thinking about this