Yes, one officer stepped down, but other officers are presumably obeying the very same orders that this one officer refused to carry out. So, they're not functioning after all, are they?

". . . defenses against unlawful orders are not theoretical. They exist. They function."

This last sentence remains to be determined. So many other institutions have failed us. It would be foolish to assume this one will hold up.

The thing that stands out for me in this piece is the emphasis on chaos. Trump isn't imposing order, he's fueling chaos. We don't have tools capable of restraining the chaos and restoring order.

AI = God. The rise of a Technotheocratic state.

Does this disprove the old saw that prosecutors could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich?

I'm old enough to remember when the conservatives fought against registering guns because it would create a federal database of law-abiding Americans.