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    1. …in reply to @NGrossman81
      @NGrossman81 Unfortunately, any prospect of consequences for either the Trump courtiers or the insurrectionists died with the choice of Garland as AG. That was an announcement that the hard-right DOJ careerists would be courted. Congress could try to change relevant laws like the ECA…
  1. …in reply to @augustf
    @NGrossman81 But it seems to me that the Republican Party (and crucially, its lawyers) has abandoned even the pretense of loyalty to law or country. With 3 of the Bush v. Gore lawyers sitting on our apex court, any coup short of the insane and incompetent 2020 one is likely to be ratified.
    1. …in reply to @augustf
      @NGrossman81 So there seem to be 2 paths: harsh consequences for the traitors or plugging all possible exploitable loopholes or weaknesses in the laws governing areas where a Constitutional crisis might arise. Both appear closed at present.