A FLARE OVER THE REPUBLIC: THE STRATEGIC AND CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AT DAY 60

The Constitutional Fork: If illegal orders are issued and the chain of command breaks, the republic enters territory it has not visited since its founding.

The Economic Fork: A prolonged blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will crush the global economy. Iran has offered an “off-ramp”—lift the blockade, open the strait. Clinton argues this deserves a diplomat’s pen, not a “Twitter announcement.”