(Just to be clear, no president has really overtly defied the courts, though they have criticized them. The examples of Jackson, Lincoln, and FDR, as we discussed a few months ago, involve the courts proactively avoiding offending the government or enjoining them to act or not act in a specific way, for that purpose of maintaining their institutional integrity.)
I agree with you here. Everything a revamped Democratic Party/progressive movement does has to be telegraphed, explained, and justified to the public. 'If we have these votes, we will pass this law. If the courts do X under Y, we will respond with Z.' That means setting out a great deal in advance, but reducing it to the simplest and most digestible components (e.g. you deserve healthcare, education, economic security, etc.). See
"mass appeal and mobilization with a vanguard policy and political cohort. You need both. You need a popular, straightforward, agenda, and the meritorious and audacious policy to satisfy it and advance it to the next stage."
One of the desirable aspects of vanguardism is also of course a unified message from the top.
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