As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.
1	As	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	2:advmod	Discourse=contingency-condition:22->24:2
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	11:advmod	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	5:mark	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	5:expl	_
5	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	2:advcl:as	_
6	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Dem	8	det:predet	8:det:predet	Entity=(29-abstract-giv:act-cf3-3-coref
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	8:det	_
8	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	5:nsubj	Entity=29)|SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	2:punct	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	11:nsubj	Discourse=attribution-positive:23->24:1|Entity=(11-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana-Richard_Nixon)
11	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
12	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	11:advmod	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	16:mark	Discourse=adversative-contrast_m:24->16:2
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	expl	16:expl	Entity=(31-abstract-new-cf4-1-cata)
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	16:cop	_
16	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	11:ccomp	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	18:mark	Entity=(31-abstract-acc:com-cf4-2-coref
18	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	csubj	16:csubj	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	21:det	Entity=(32-abstract-new-cf2-3-coref
20	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	21:amod	_
21	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	18:obj	Entity=32)
22	through	through	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	18:compound:prt	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	25:case	_
24	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	25:nmod:poss	Entity=(33-event-new-cf7-2-sgl(32-abstract-giv:act-cf2-1-ana)
25	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	18:obl:to	Entity=33)31)|SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	33:punct	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	33:mark	Discourse=joint-list_m:25->24:0
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	29:mark	_
29	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	csubj	33:csubj|46:csubj	_
30	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	29	advmod	29:advmod	_
31	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	33:aux	_
32	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	cop	33:cop	_
33	unfaithful	unfaithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|Polarity=Neg	16	conj	11:ccomp|16:conj	_
34	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	36:case	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	36:det	Entity=(34-abstract-new-cf6-2-sgl
36	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	33:obl:to	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	41:case	_
38	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	41	det	41:det	Entity=(32-abstract-giv:act-cf2-4-coref
39	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	40	advmod	40:advmod	_
40	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	41:amod	_
41	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	36:nmod:of	Entity=32)34)
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	46:cc	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	46:det	Entity=(35-abstract-new-cf8-4-sgl
44	dangerously	dangerously	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	45	advmod	45:advmod	_
45	destabilizing	destabilize	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	46	amod	46:amod	_
46	precedent	precedent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	conj	16:conj|33:conj:and	_
47	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	49:case	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	49:det	Entity=(36-time-acc:com-cf5-2-coref
49	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	46:nmod:for	Entity=36)35)|SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	11:punct	_
