Watching the reactions to Wednesday’s “I Take The Fifth” Senate hearing starring Dr. Anthony Fauci was a good bit more illuminating than was the actual hearing. The most obvious consequence of the 111 instances of Fauci’s taking the Fifth is a contempt-of-Congress charge, and Paul made prodigious mention of that possibility. Litigating the order to compel Fauci’s testimony and force him to stop invoking the Fifth Amendment gets interesting right away. Clearly, Fauci’s Fifth Amendment invocation isn’t appropriate when Sen. Josh Hawley asks what color his tie is, so there is almost certainly going to be a ruling compelling some testimony not covered by Fifth Amendment privilege. Finally there’s one other lever that could drag Fauci into another disastrous hearing, this time with no protections at all from the Fifth Amendment.