I admit the "mass resignation" idea does pose some risks, and is more helpful as a threat than anything else.
I think what will happen this time around, is that if Trump wins the Republican nomination, there will start to be serious conversations among high-level people at federal agencies about how to gird against a breakdown of the exec…
I admit the "mass resignation" idea does pose some risks, and is more helpful as a threat than anything else.
I think what will happen this time around, is that if Trump wins the Republican nomination, there will start to be serious conversations among high-level people at federal agencies about how to gird against a breakdown of the executive. You will have agency heads making unprecedented public statements warning of the dangers of Trump's plans. There will be mass mobilization of agency OGCs and private legal professionals to prepare lawsuits against "Schedule F". You will see petitions circulating with tens of thousands of signatories of federal employees and civil servants. Mass resignations may be threatened, but it is just as likely you will see mass refusals to carry out the implementation of "Schedule F".
In short, the potential for utter chaos will be made evident long before Trump assumes power. As to what happens after that - well it's anyone's guess. But I do not expect a quiet transition to an authoritarian Trump regime. Unlike 2016, it will be ugly and loud, the kind of thing that will embarrass a guy like Trump, who expects to be granted all of the pomp and ceremony that normally accompanies the Presidency. And he'll be eight years older than the last time. Not to mention we will likely already have indicted several members of Trump's coup crew, if not Trump himself. How many others will be willing to bet on Trump's fickle loyalty when their asses are on the line? I'm still going to put my money on America.
I admit the "mass resignation" idea does pose some risks, and is more helpful as a threat than anything else.
I think what will happen this time around, is that if Trump wins the Republican nomination, there will start to be serious conversations among high-level people at federal agencies about how to gird against a breakdown of the executive. You will have agency heads making unprecedented public statements warning of the dangers of Trump's plans. There will be mass mobilization of agency OGCs and private legal professionals to prepare lawsuits against "Schedule F". You will see petitions circulating with tens of thousands of signatories of federal employees and civil servants. Mass resignations may be threatened, but it is just as likely you will see mass refusals to carry out the implementation of "Schedule F".
In short, the potential for utter chaos will be made evident long before Trump assumes power. As to what happens after that - well it's anyone's guess. But I do not expect a quiet transition to an authoritarian Trump regime. Unlike 2016, it will be ugly and loud, the kind of thing that will embarrass a guy like Trump, who expects to be granted all of the pomp and ceremony that normally accompanies the Presidency. And he'll be eight years older than the last time. Not to mention we will likely already have indicted several members of Trump's coup crew, if not Trump himself. How many others will be willing to bet on Trump's fickle loyalty when their asses are on the line? I'm still going to put my money on America.
I'm with you.