I came across this link yesterday, where the author argues that George W. Bush actually activated Devolution via Continuation of Government protocols following the 9/11 attacks. The thesis is that this led to the massive abuses of federal power we've been seeing, and that Trump was actually trying to deactivate Devolution, rather than activate it. I don't have many unique thoughts on this, but am interested in the perspectives of others here.

https://17sog.substack.com/p/the-4th-branch