The Trumpian right keeps pushing rule of law to the brink. But the law is winning | Norman L Eisen and Dennis Aftergut

Some Republicans in Congress allegedly considered using martial law to keep Trump in office. Thankfully our institutions have held the line

This week has seen developments in two important legal battles. At stake is whether we are a society ruled by law or not. Without law, we face not survival of the fittest but survival of the fiercest - those most willing to use intimidation, force and violence to get their way.

First, a New York judge held Donald Trump in contempt for stiffing a subpoena from the state attorney general, Letitia James, for documents relating to her civil investigation of the Trump Organization. She is investigating Trump's businesses for allegedly inflating financial statements to lenders.