To the Editor:

“Dealing With Mr. Trump’s Stonewall” ( editorial , Oct. 10) admonishes the House leadership to honor “basic fairness” by granting White House requests for “procedural protections” like those granted a defendant in a criminal trial.

Basic fairness does not require giving President Trump more tools to slow down and obstruct the House impeachment inquiry. The Senate, not the House, has the responsibility to try cases of impeachment. The House leadership needs to explain to the public that Mr. Trump will have opportunities to challenge evidence when the Senate conducts a trial, should the House decide to impeach.

The House committees’ obligation to gather evidence quickly enough to limit further damage to our national security and our institutions precludes giving another forum to a president who does not accept the legitimacy of the Constitution and the mechanism it creates for defending the constitutional order from an authoritarian president.

David M. Driesen

Fayetteville, N.Y.

The writer is a professor at Syracuse University College of Law.

To the Editor:

Re “And Now We’re in a Constitutional Crisis” (Op-Ed, Oct. 10):

Noah Feldman is right: We are facing a constitutional crisis because of President Trump’s refusal to cooperate with the House inquiry. And I agree that the resolution may come from the Supreme Court.