There are no real legal or investigatory justifications for the appointment of a special counsel in relation to the "Russia" matter. Indeed, the main or most unarguable effect of this appointment is not its likely effect upon the 2018 congressional elections, but it is the continued delegitimization of Trump's administration over the course of the special counsel's investigation -- and what could fairly be called the unconstitutional suppression of the will of the people as expressed in this last presidential election. As pointed out by professor John C. Eastman, the peculiar nature of the special counsel's investigation poses grave threats “to our body politic and our liberty more broadly.” According to Eastman, the special prosecutor in essence now possesses a general warrant. As the Supreme Court has stated, “[i]t is familiar history that indiscriminate searches and seizures conducted under the authority of 'general warrants' were...(Read Full Article)