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==The insurance policy==
==The insurance policy==
Benjamin Wittes was the first published reference to as "insurance policy" should Trump win, after Strzok used the term to explain the reason for [[FISA abuse]] to Lisa Page. Wittes wrote, {{quotebox "The point is that there is no reason at this stage to imagine that the legislature will be a viable venue for push-back, which is a shame considering the powerful set of tools at its disposal.
Benjamin Wittes was the first published reference to as "insurance policy" should Trump win, after Strzok used the term to explain the reason for [[FISA abuse]] to Lisa Page. Wittes wrote, {{quotebox|"The point is that there is no reason at this stage to imagine that the legislature will be a viable venue for push-back, which is a shame considering the powerful set of tools at its disposal.
The Coalition of All Democratic Forces should certainly see what kind of use it might make of the legislature, but realistically, we should probably expect that the coalition’s job in Congress will be to prevent Trump from passing anti-democratic legislation. That is, the task in Congress will be a negative one of denying Trump the use of the Article I powers, not the positive one of the coalition’s using them itself.
The Coalition of All Democratic Forces should certainly see what kind of use it might make of the legislature, but realistically, we should probably expect that the coalition’s job in Congress will be to prevent Trump from passing anti-democratic legislation. That is, the task in Congress will be a negative one of denying Trump the use of the Article I powers, not the positive one of the coalition’s using them itself.