[cake_crumb]

Exactly. Therefore, I posit that if it had a chance in Hell of not being shot down, they would have DONE it already rather than leaving the THREAT hanging in the air for couple of weeks.

[Lazamataz]

You may be correct, on two counts: That

1. This will provoke a Constitutional Crisis at the maximum, or cause an injunctive delay at the minimum, or
2. Cause so much backlash that they can expect to see physical resistance, monetaty noncomplience, legal interference, and awful voter backlash for decades.