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The House of Representatives impeachment inquiry is sweeping toward its conclusion. The Judiciary Committee on Friday approved two impeachment articles via party-line vote. The full House will vote on them next week. If they pass 鈥� which seems likely 鈥� President Donald Trump will become just the third American chief executive to face a Senate trial and possible removal from office.

The president is virtually certain to win acquittal in the GOP-controlled Senate chamber.

But will the nature of American government change, even if the Oval Office does not?

Some experts worry that House impeachment could now , for instance. In the past it鈥檚 been as rare as a white rhino. But in today鈥檚 bitter politics, a House controlled by one party could try to oust a president of the other party, just because it can.

Filibusters used to be rare, after all. Now they鈥檙e common.

Then there鈥檚 the relative power of the government鈥檚 branches.

No president has claimed absolute immunity from congressional investigation 鈥� before President Trump. His blanket refusal to provide documents or witnesses to the impeachment inquiry is unprecedented, said conservative lawyer Paul Rosenzweig on a conference call organized by the American Constitution Society.聽

The second article of impeachment is titled 鈥淥bstruction of Congress.鈥� If the president is not called to account on this, no congressional subpoena to the executive branch will ever again be enforceable, said Mr. Rosenzweig.

鈥淲e will have fundamentally reset the balance of power between what are supposed to be coequal branches of government,鈥� he said.