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==The insurance policy==

==The insurance policy==

Benjamin Wittes was the first published reference to an "insurance policy" to subvert the Trump presidency, should he win. Wittes published it after Strzok first 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 an "insurance policy" to subvert the Trump presidency, should he win. Wittes published it after Strzok first used the term to explain the reason for [[FISA abuse]] to Lisa Page.  Wittes wrote, {{quotebox|our democracy needs a health insurance policy.

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.

Indeed, it’s not enough to imagine how the Coalition of All Democratic Forces, which I posited last Monday, might respond to a Clinton victory, a subject which I discussed discussed on Tuesday.

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>}}

...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>}}

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>