Yes. The article is excellent except that he fails to point the finger at the fact that the emergency rules themselves are unconstitutional, and those who invoked the rules are the ones principally responsible for the coup. In this circumstance, the emergency rules unconstitutionally appropriated authority they didn't have, to sidestep their congressional obligations. In many cases, the 274 would be unaware of the full effects of their actions, but those who invoked the emergency rules knew what they were doing.
Yes. The article is excellent except that he fails to point the finger at the fact that the emergency rules themselves are unconstitutional, and those who invoked the rules are the ones principally responsible for the coup. In this circumstance, the emergency rules unconstitutionally appropriated authority they didn't have, to sidestep their congressional obligations. In many cases, the 274 would be unaware of the full effects of their actions, but those who invoked the emergency rules knew what they were doing.