The "normalcy bias" will prevent the populace from reacting in time. Our last hope is a Cruz presidency that works as tirelessly as Obama, except to fundamentally restore the republic.
The states and the people must get much more active in saving THEIR Constitution and THEIR freedom. Reagan was one of our greatest Presidents and he could only cut taxes and defeat the USSR. Defeating the USSR was/is easier than taking down the unconstitutional $3 trillion part of the $4 trillion federal government.
IMO, the only way its going to happen is if some state somewhere has enough people with their heads screwed on straight that says "NO" to unconstitutional federal acts. The unconstitutional $3 trillion portion of the $4 trillion federal government simply won't get fixed. The corresponding hundreds of thousands of federal workers, bureaucratic heads, and officials will simply not quit and go home without a job and there is no known force, including Cruz, that can make them.
So a state that does this is a kind of last refuge and where possibly we'll take a stand for freedom and fight for it if necessary.