A few days ago I noted that the Republicans never let a crisis go to waste. This is probably the biggest domestic crisis we’ve had since the Civil War, so it presents all kinds of opportunities to destroy our institutions. There is no reason to suspend habeas corpus, other than to allow the genius to jail people at will. There is no reason to keep the corporate recipients of bailout money secret, except to cover the corruption of those distributing the money. There is no reason to resist putting money into the “rescue” bill (can’t call it a bailout when Republicans want it) to secure our elections, unless you are planning on stealing them.
It seems pretty clear that their sole objective is to squeeze whatever they can get out of this crisis. I tend to agree with this analysis, that in the end the national emergency will be transformed into a rationale to cancel November’s election and, in the process, transfer more power to the executive. The number of lives lost, and even the economic disruption, are secondary considerations to their need to hold power. I would not be surprised if Brent and Neal are figuring out a legal justification to permit the putsch as we speak.
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