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That is the ONLY positive aspect of this trainwreck and even then it is a stretch. However, you seem to believe that these powers allow the President or Governor to intervene at will in cases where they have NO authority to do so. They will use those powers in order to SUPPORT a court ruling NOT to thwart one.

I have PRAYED for this "trainwreck". On one of the Terri prayer threads I prayed for the judges to harden their hearts.

The governors and President ALWAYS have authority to use the police power. The police are their employees. Most people, yourself included, consider only the routine situations. Cooperation and reason should be the norm in the operation of government. This is not a normal situation. This is REALPOLITIK. This is the General Relativity of politics while you are thinking Newton.

Now whether they WILL act against judicial orders is what ever court up to now has bet against. But we are at the final hand now - SCOTUS v. Bushes. No way would either Bush be impeached for acting. That's their ace in the hole and their only constraint. Will SCOTUS fold or call their bluff with a final bluff?

Beats the hell out of unlimited Texas Hold 'Em. This would be fun to watch if the emotional stakes weren't so high. But that's what has pushed it to this point.