«”For better or for worse, I think the insurrection Act has been a third rail politically for much of its history,”»

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/07/nx-s1-5564010/national-guard-deployments-powers-trump

Discussions of “third rail” are completely irrelevant in these days of Trump, Project 2025, and the MAGA base.

«”We’ve been fortunate for 230 years to not have to worry about where the line is between permissible and impermissible uses of those authorities,” he said. “That luck has run out, and now we really are at a point where the question is going to be: Do courts have the power to draw a line in the sand? And if so, where is that line?”»

Ok, well, THAT part’s right.