Those who march under the #Resist banner speak piously about norms of governance and the rule of law, and they warn darkly that President Trump will cause some sort of constitutional crisis.
The #Resistance is seemingly so eager to see its prophecy come true that it occasionally tries to induce just such a crisis all on its own. That's what some of its plucky freedom fighters are doing at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where Democrats attempted to install their own acting director, against the clear letter of the law, against the opinion of the agency's own general counsel, and against the U.S. Constitution.
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