When Bismarck came into office in Prussia it was to resolve a constitutional crisis, fomented by the Prussian king, in the king's favor. The exact nature of the crisis is material here. For my purposes, as I hope will be clear, it's enough to mention that the crisis lasted from 1862 until 1866 when after Bismarck had launched a series of successful wars did he Liberals and Conservatives pass a bill that argued Bismarck's actions were legal, even though everybody knew they weren't. My point?
It seems to me that Walker and Co. by violating the spirit and the letter of the stay order have created a constitution crisis and it raises the question of what to do? Neither the Assembly or the Senate, if we take the recent undemocratic actions in both houses as indications, is going to stand up for democracy should it prove a hindrance to their aggressive agenda of returning us to the thrilling days of 1870. So what do we do? There was some of this in Barca's attempt to stop the shady maneuverings but this strikes me as much more important.
Told that they could not by a judge they went and head and did. Now what?
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