Other views: It's time for Rosenstein to resign

Jenny Beth Martin, The Hill:

“After last Friday’s bombshell New York Times report that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had discussed wearing a wire to secretly record the president, and had discussed recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment as a means to remove the president from power, resignation is the only honorable course of action left to him . ... He has not served President Donald Trump well, and this latest revelation is merely the icing on the cake.”

The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, editorial:

“Rosenstein thought he was fired Monday. As it turns out: Not yet. It could happen Thursday, when he and Trump meet . ... It could be soon after the midterm elections, if reports are true about the president cleaning house at the Justice Department. But the deputy attorney general is, by all appearances, a lame duck. Republicans need to be ready now for what may follow when his pink slip comes . ... At a minimum, Republican senators should declare that they will not confirm any candidate Trump nominates to replace Rosenstein unless that person vows to let special counsel Robert Mueller complete his investigation.”

Tom Moran, The (N.J.) Star-Ledger:

“Congress has the power to step in and protect Mueller, and a bipartisan bill ... would do just that. It would give Mueller the right to appeal any firing to a panel of three neutral judges, and require the Justice Department to show good cause before targeting Mueller . ... Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is blocking a floor vote, and Trump would likely veto the bill if it reached his desk. But that could change if the public revolts against an effort to kill Mueller’s investigation. That happened to President Richard Nixon after the “Saturday Night Massacre” in 1973, when he fired Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal. After that, for the first time, polls showed that Americans wanted Nixon impeached. It could happen again.”