partisans on both sides are likely to be better armed and more willing to inflict harm than they were in 2020. would governors call out the national gourd? would president biden nationalize the guard and place it under his control. send troops in pennsylvania, texas or wisconsin to quell violent protests? displaying federal power in states would be decried as tyranny. biden would find himself where andrew jackson was during the null fix krois resist or abraham ling. making his own judgments about what constitutional powers i does and doesn t have. today s arguments over the filibuster will seem quaint in three years if the american politicsle system enters a crisis for which the constitution avrs offers no remedy. most americans have refused to take this possibility seriously enough to try to prevent it. as as has often been in the case in other countries where fascist leaders arise there would be opponents paralyzed in confusion