Republicans are legislating as if they will never be in power again.

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3. The only relief I see is when no one really obeys the laws anymore

At that point the judiciary will be irrelevant and ripe for reinvigorating the social contract.

Court orders are capricious and optional, EO's are weighty, SCOTUS is invalidating the law itself.

Maybe it would be easier to consider who is obeying the law at this point. Because half the politics are working to overturn laws.

THe country was largely Republican from 1870 to 1932. As were the courts, state legislatures. Even the city manager movement that replaced nepotism was largely Republican. This type of 2025 purge has been evolutionary in the past; this is blitzkrieg. Not clear how we position to overturn it let alone stop it.