If you want to know what the plan is look at the transformation of Nations from democratic states to dictatorships in the 20th and 21st century. For example Nazi-Germany (THE template) or China or the transformation of Eastern European states after WW2. Expect that they will care for the rule of law until after the inauguration is over then they will simply ignore everything and are either getting away with it because there is no enforcement of the decisions against them (and let's be honest there mostly isn't because almost all of the people involved should be in prison for treason and not be part of an administration), because they have stacked enough of the courts already with loyalists to block any decision against them, or because they simply do no longer care.
The question should be: If they do everything they announced they would do, who is going to stop them? If the answer is "I don't know" then expect them to do what they want, "shock and awe" as many people as quickly as possible and then try to use the chaos to fortify their positions before society as a whole has had time to process it.
They will use their position to do what they want, ignore any procedural or legal challenges and then check if they got away with it or not. They will abuse the fact that the people supporting Democracy will want to follow the process (because if even the Democracy advocates abandon the process then we're already deep in civil war territory). They'll ignore decisions that went against them (e.g. should the SC decide what they are doing is illegal) and do it anyway unless their opponents use real force (Police, National Guard, Military, Vigilantism) and if their opponents use real force they'll use it as additional reasons to crack down on the opposition. They'll claim that all decisions that went for them need to be respected because disrespecting them would be anarchy and a sign that the system has failed and that their opponents are the real enemies of the state.
They'll try to create a new status quo as quickly as possible every time so that their opponents are skating to where the puck no longer is and they'll use the confusion to stack as many of the institutions with as many loyalists as possible.
They'll use all kinds of intimidation tactics to get what they want. They'll fire people who are not loyal or they'll intimidate them into not resisting ("you have a family to support", "you have seen what happened to the other guys who resisted" etc).
In Nazi Germany it took Hitler 6 months from the time he became Chancellor (with 33 percent of the vote) until they had used their emergency powers to end the Weimar republic. In Iran it took about 1 - 2 years. In East Germany and other Eastern European States the process was slower but Russia didn't need to rush because the Russian occupied territories were de-facto autocracies already and going slow was easier and caused less push back by the population.
People always imagine that there will be tanks rolling in. This will only happen if they fail and need to support their position by force. If they are competent the takeover will be complete before most of the people have even noticed that it was happening.
The question should be: If they do everything they announced they would do, who is going to stop them? If the answer is "I don't know" then expect them to do what they want, "shock and awe" as many people as quickly as possible and then try to use the chaos to fortify their positions before society as a whole has had time to process it.
They will use their position to do what they want, ignore any procedural or legal challenges and then check if they got away with it or not. They will abuse the fact that the people supporting Democracy will want to follow the process (because if even the Democracy advocates abandon the process then we're already deep in civil war territory). They'll ignore decisions that went against them (e.g. should the SC decide what they are doing is illegal) and do it anyway unless their opponents use real force (Police, National Guard, Military, Vigilantism) and if their opponents use real force they'll use it as additional reasons to crack down on the opposition. They'll claim that all decisions that went for them need to be respected because disrespecting them would be anarchy and a sign that the system has failed and that their opponents are the real enemies of the state.
They'll try to create a new status quo as quickly as possible every time so that their opponents are skating to where the puck no longer is and they'll use the confusion to stack as many of the institutions with as many loyalists as possible.
They'll use all kinds of intimidation tactics to get what they want. They'll fire people who are not loyal or they'll intimidate them into not resisting ("you have a family to support", "you have seen what happened to the other guys who resisted" etc).
In Nazi Germany it took Hitler 6 months from the time he became Chancellor (with 33 percent of the vote) until they had used their emergency powers to end the Weimar republic. In Iran it took about 1 - 2 years. In East Germany and other Eastern European States the process was slower but Russia didn't need to rush because the Russian occupied territories were de-facto autocracies already and going slow was easier and caused less push back by the population.
People always imagine that there will be tanks rolling in. This will only happen if they fail and need to support their position by force. If they are competent the takeover will be complete before most of the people have even noticed that it was happening.
