tanks fire at parliament, speaker of parliament urges air force to bomb the Kremlin (they didn’t)
subsequently, the president gets powers resembling a monarch, and installs the next president, who evolves into a president-for-life
How to avoid -> most likely, refusal of all agencies to follow an order that a court has struck down. But for this to work, mass replacement of public officials with loyalists must be prevented.
Well, it depends. If everyone does what Trump says instead of what the court says then that’s true. If the people who actually do the work do what the court says, then that’s not true.
Vance is right. There are no consequences, so everything is allowed.
Possible consequences (copied from Russia, 1993):
How to avoid -> most likely, refusal of all agencies to follow an order that a court has struck down. But for this to work, mass replacement of public officials with loyalists must be prevented.
– Reputed last words of Hasan-i Sabbah, founder of the Order of Assassins.
Yes, they do use that phrase in the Assassin’s Creed games, but that’s not really relevant here.
Well, it depends. If everyone does what Trump says instead of what the court says then that’s true. If the people who actually do the work do what the court says, then that’s not true.