In the event that the court were to rule against Trump on any significant matter, the ball would then be in the court of the Republican legislators, House and Senate. Forcing them to go on record as supporting or not a dictatorship might (I said, might, not would) get them to act responsibly, rather than going down in history as weak villains. Who knows, their constituencies might even demand action. I really don't think those loud town halls were Democratic Party staged events.
I just read a story in the London Review of Books about the transformation in women's fashion in revolutionary France which included a sidebar about one of the women responsible for it-- another being the future Empress Josephine-- shaming her husband into making the speech that brought down Robespierre while she was awaiting the guillotine herself. So i guess anything is possible. I meant to mention the article today but I'm so goddamn twitchy i forgot.
There's a story in The Guardian today which might shed some light on the extent to which congressional Republicans can be anticipated to stand and be counted.
In the event that the court were to rule against Trump on any significant matter, the ball would then be in the court of the Republican legislators, House and Senate. Forcing them to go on record as supporting or not a dictatorship might (I said, might, not would) get them to act responsibly, rather than going down in history as weak villains. Who knows, their constituencies might even demand action. I really don't think those loud town halls were Democratic Party staged events.
I just read a story in the London Review of Books about the transformation in women's fashion in revolutionary France which included a sidebar about one of the women responsible for it-- another being the future Empress Josephine-- shaming her husband into making the speech that brought down Robespierre while she was awaiting the guillotine herself. So i guess anything is possible. I meant to mention the article today but I'm so goddamn twitchy i forgot.
There's a story in The Guardian today which might shed some light on the extent to which congressional Republicans can be anticipated to stand and be counted.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/mike-johnson-congress-courts-trump
Yeah, I saw that. That's one thing, for sure, that would draw a Democratic filibuster.