1. Like the Trump conspiracy, the effort to preserve Bush's election-night lead combined street vigilantism with constitutional litigation. Indeed, the status quo Bush lawyers were fighting to defend was secured in part through vigilante violence.
exactly! I am so tired of treating Trump like he is "novel." this has been the playbook in so many areas...
2. The constitutional arguments in Bush v. Gore were not notably more "out there" than the bullshit John Eastman was floating in 2020. Prior to Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court had *never* recognized an equal protection violation based on inter-county differences in vote tabulation.
Brought to you by Roger Stone. Manafort and Stone were like a democracy wrecking ball all over the globe.
Hadn't connected this until now, but Trump was probably hoping for more of a Brooks Brothers riot at the Capitol Building on J6. He was disappointed that his insurrectionists looked "low class." https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/capitol-riot-senior-trump-official-calls-him-a-fascist.html
