Tony Benn, the Labour former cabinet minister, also said that the arrest had serious constitutional consequences.
They will be living with the constitutional consequences for many years to come.
In Germany the constitutional consequences of the Concordat of Worms were far-reaching.
Three of the most senior judges – the lord chief justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the master of the rolls, Sir Terence Etherton, and Lord Justice Sales – are hearing the challenge, which could have far-reaching political and constitutional consequences.
It has been no secret that Trump would dearly love to fire the special counsel, and that he has little or no regard for the legal and constitutional consequences of such an action.
Three of the most senior judges – the lord chief justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the master of the rolls, Sir Terence Etherton, and Lord Justice Sales – are hearing the challenge, which will have far-reaching political and constitutional consequences.
It's clear (thus Labour's anger) that Downing Street cares little that this can only shore up the nationalist vote, for the prime minister obviously wants to secure a second term so badly that the constitutional consequences of his strategy are considered a price worth paying.
Attorney General Janet Reno and certain members of Congress admit that they do not watch much of the television programming they have been attacking of late, and they probably haven't given a lot of thought to the constitutional consequences of their proposals for taming TV violence, but their criticism has nonetheless struck a nerve.
Driven by the Scottish referendum and its continuing aftershocks, there is suddenly a huge amount of energy pervading what would once have been dismissed as rather arcane constitutional questions - and the electoral, not to mention constitutional, consequences of striking the wrong note could be huge.
In Part II of this series, which I will publish tomorrow, I will discuss the reasons for this decision and its constitutional consequences.
