I was trying to decide what bothered me about this, and I think it's that it's fundamentally trying to soothe; it's trying to give you confidence that the ACLU is actually an organization in any way equipped to address a president who decides he's not going to step down, particularly when a huge minority of the country would prefer he do exactly that.
deadass: the only organization you should care to hear this from is the military
I was trying to decide what bothered me about this, and I think it's that it's fundamentally trying to soothe; it's trying to give you confidence that the ACLU is actually an organization in any way equipped to address a president who decides he's not going to step down, particularly when a huge minority of the country would prefer he do exactly that.
deadass: the only organization you should care to hear this from is the military
When "peaceful transfer of power" fails, we need guns not lawyers.
And even if we did, it wouldn't be these lawyers! A president ignoring election results and performing a coup isn't a civil liberties issue!