This TV image overshadows one I took in Oxford, Ohio in 1972 as Richard Milhous Nixon announced his resignation from the office of President of the United States of America.
The intense relief that immediately follows the passing of a kidney stone (twice, for me) is the metaphorical equivalent of the guilty verdicts.
The New York Times Editorial Board had this to say:
“In a humble courtroom in Lower Manhattan on Thursday, a former president and current Republican standard-bearer was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The jury’s decision, and the facts presented at the trial, offer yet another reminder — perhaps the starkest to date — of the many reasons Donald Trump is unfit for office.
Yet the greatest good to come out of this sordid case is the proof that the rule of law binds everyone, even former presidents. Under extraordinary circumstances, the trial was conducted much like any other criminal trial in the city. That 12 Americans could sit in judgment of the former and potentially future president is a remarkable display of the democratic principles that Americans prize at work.”