Are We Headed for a Constitutional Crisis?

i want to turn to the domestic political situation and a much discussed essay of yours that you wrote after reflecting on january sixth. You argued that the united states has now headed for a genuine and, in its former, unprecedented constitutional crisis. What i most worry about is moving into a period where, let's say, two or three states, which hold the balance in the electoral college, are completely contested. There is every prospect of mass protests from both sides. People are increasingly tending to come to those protests heavily armed. We've already seen people with weapons showing up at protests and shooting people, and then being exonerated afterwards. So we could be in a situation in 20 24 where there

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