Well, for the Mueller grand jury testimony they tried that route. Democrats subpoenaed this in June 2019, meaning that it will be somewhere around two years before the case is decided, and long after Trump's electoral fate is decided. Even worse, if Trump wins re-election and the Republicans take the House they can cancel the subpoenas and make the case moot, meaning in the future the whole process would need to be restarted from scratch.
Have people who said Democrats should have gone the court route changed their mind in light of this?
Our court system is entirely unprepared to handle an administration acting in bad faith employing legal delaying tactics. The courts and/or Congress must enact policies that force courts to engage in a hyper-accelerated time frame so that such delay tactics are no longer viable. Say, two months from start to finish, maximum.
Have people who said Democrats should have gone the court route changed their mind in light of this?
Our court system is entirely unprepared to handle an administration acting in bad faith employing legal delaying tactics. The courts and/or Congress must enact policies that force courts to engage in a hyper-accelerated time frame so that such delay tactics are no longer viable. Say, two months from start to finish, maximum.