re: #15 erik_t

What you describe is a President John Boehner, acting with all of the regular powers and responsibilities of a sitting president, put into place by criminal actions by third parties. I’m not clear how this would in any way constitute a “coup”, and indeed I’m not clear on what lawful orders from aforementioned hypothetical president the military would follow that would change that.

If there’s a profound thought to be found in here, I’m afraid I’m missing it. Sounds like dreary concern-mongering that is only tangentially related to the discussion at hand.

If two bursts from an M15 move us from President Obama to President Boehner, you might not call it a coup. How about ‘Bad Precedent’?