>>12529715 (LB)
>I'm thinking martial law, followed by the scheduling of a new election. Perhaps the calling of a Congress of the States, but who knows
You mean "military coup". Martial law implies that we're still working within the legal framework of the Constitution… somehow.
Forcing new elections cannot be done within the currently legal framework. So it may have to be "switched off" by the goon-with-guns deciding that Might Makes Right and taking over, with no pretense of legality or constitutionality, and ruling as a junta until they decide to hold elections and hand over power back to civilian government. It will be the end of the First Republic and the beginning of the second. Maybe (probably) with the same or very similar constitution. If that happens, it won't be the same country afterwards.
Let's hope that that can be avoided.