With the Senate’s acquittal of President Trump There are basically two options left on the table. The first was mentioned by Trump’s defense lawyers as an alternative to an impeachment conviction: a criminal investigation and indictment through the executive branch of the federal government or a state or local government, with a possible trial in the judicial branch. The second is to squeak out some accountability through the U.S. Congress. Some have called for a sanction under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. But more important for the rule of law and the Constitution going forward would be a slate of new legislation — post-Watergate style — aimed at plugging the many holes in the separation of powers that Trump exploited.