-- Congress opens impeachment hearings

Demands documents and testimony

-- Trump refuses.

-- Supreme court orders him to do it.

-- He cites Andrew Jackson and says enforce your own decision.

-- Congress demands that the witnesses show up.

-- He says, "enforce your own decision."

-- The courts direct the Justice Department to imprison Trump's witnesses if they continue to refuse to testify.

-- Bill Barr refuses to execute the order of the court, saying his own department of legal counsel disagrees.

-- Neither the Capitol Police nor the Secret Service are willing to step forward and enforce the court's orders in defiance of the president and the Justice Department.

-- Donald Trump now has no restraints on his behavior.

-- We are now officially a strong man government.

-- What do we do next?

-Thom