Gödel's Loophole

Sometime in the late 80s or then-abouts, when I first read the story of Kurt Gödel's citizenship interview, it was amusing. Morgenstern on Gödel Citizenship:

"[Gödel] rather excitedly told me that in looking at the Constitution, to his distress, he had found some inner contradictions and that he could show how in a perfectly legal manner it would be possible for somebody to become a dictator and set up a Fascist regime, never intended by those who drew up the Constitution."

It's less amusing by the day. Gingrich: Congress should change ethics laws for Trump - POLITICO:

"And should someone in the Trump administration cross the line, Gingrich has a potential answer for that too.

"In the case of the president, he has a broad ability to organize the White House the way he wants to. He also has, frankly, the power of the pardon," Gingrich said. "It's a totally open power. He could simply say, 'Look, I want them to be my advisers. I pardon them if anyone finds them to have behaved against the rules. Period.' Technically, under the Constitution, he has that level of authority.'"

Update 2016/12/22: Gingrich is trying hard to set the stage for Nuremburg II: