Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Photo: Getty ImagesFew Americans understand how close we just came to a political abyss. It all hinged on a Supreme Court decision that landed on Wednesday morning.By a vote of 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett siding with the three liberal justices, the Supreme Court held that the White House cannot ignore a federal court’s restraining order compelling release of $2 billion in foreign aid funds already appropriated by Congress.Why was this decision so important? And why are legal observers all breathing a little easier after Wednesday? It has to do with the crisis of capitulation that we have seen spreading to all corners of our society, from elected representatives, to CEOs, to the press. Would the Supreme Court itself also give in to Trump’s vision of an all-powerful executive, one that must be obeyed and appeased, by choosing