In law school we learned a basic aphorism: Hard facts make bad law. That means when cases present difficult factual situations in which the law requires an outcome that many people would consider unfair, courts are still obliged to follow the law. Otherwise, by bending the rules to accommodate an exception, they risk setting legal precedents that would in the long run be harmful. So it is with the presidency of Donald Trump and the allegations of his unfitness for office by u