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We need to imagine as well how such a coalition should respond to the unthinkable: What if Trump wins?
We need to imagine as well how such a coalition should respond to the unthinkable: What if Trump wins?
...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."<ref>https://www.lawfareblog.com/coalition-all-democratic-forces-part-iii-what-if-trump-wins</ref>}}
...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.
That leaves the tool that will certainly be available: the courts. The courts have a few obvious advantages, starting with hundreds of independent judges of both parties whom Trump cannot remove from office and who don’t have to face his supporters in forthcoming elections.
"<ref>https://www.lawfareblog.com/coalition-all-democratic-forces-part-iii-what-if-trump-wins</ref>}}
Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were regular readers of the Lawfareblog. Three days before Strzok officially opened a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign, Strzok and Lisa Page had this exchange:<ref>https://www.archive.org/stream/StrzokPageTexts/FBI-texts_djvu.txt</ref>
Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were regular readers of the Lawfareblog. Three days before Strzok officially opened a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign, Strzok and Lisa Page had this exchange:<ref>https://www.archive.org/stream/StrzokPageTexts/FBI-texts_djvu.txt</ref>