I think TRUSTING the PLAN logically meant Q & POTUS know what they're doing —- Civil War would be catastrophic, even if short lived & THEY lose.
….. but does implementing a brief period of Martial Law seem plausible given corruption through the Judicial branch so deep?
Remember early drops about the Emergency Broadcasting System last Nov 1?
https://
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13814
https://
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-amending-executive-order-13223/