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Am thinking about what will be the consequences of civil disobedience will be, how many of us will be willing to do so, and how strong the potential resistance will be - will we fight and not accept and how will best we accomplish holding together in our shared fight.

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The article "What Could Stop Him?" by David Cole in The New York Review is instructive in that regard. "The Constitution’s checks and balances are not self-enforcing; they work only where citizens and civil society institutions fight back," he writes. "Trump’s first term showed that when we do, we can limit the damage and turn the tide." A daunting task, for sure, but here's hoping.

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