Socialism's Gateway Drug

We all know that the Mueller investigation has nothing to do with Russia except in name.  Rather, it has everything to do with – in Beria “Show me the man, I’ll find the crime” style – finding something, anything*, to hang on Trump to remove him from office.  There are so many articles and videos about this Ahab-level obsession now that I think it’s safe to say it’s a given to anyone right-of-center.  One particular quote both highlighting and condemning this get-Trump-at-any-cost zeal is this one from Alan Dershowitz, no hard-core righty (bolding added):

It is understandable in our hyper-partisan age that many Democrats, liberals, and leftists are so outraged at Trump that they are willing to ignore violations of his civil liberties, even if these violations establish a precedent for future use against all Americans. It is inexcusable that the ACLU should ignore these potentially blatant violations of the right of privacy under the Fourth Amendment, the right to counsel and confidentiality under the Sixth Amendment. But for the ACLU, getting Trump trumps civil liberties.