

Doesn’t the state also control the courts? I think as a country we have gotten too used to the idea that our legal system isn’t just a framework used to keep society civil. Just as oligarch can weaponize the system, we can use that same system against them if we wanted to.

if Trump has shown anything its that the courts have no power that isn’t willingly given to them. States already have a pretty good justification with the clear departure of president and the extreme use of the shadow docket. An aligned state system can get creative and work around a compromised federal system if the will of the people is there. This exercise is fun but at the end of day our democracy is still based on the collective will of people, for now.