The country got lucky once. Whether whoever holds the U.S. AG job in 2028 provides that same luck again isn’t so clear.

Institutional resilience that depends entirely on individual courage isn’t resilience at all. It’s luck. The country got lucky when senior Justice Department officials refused to go along with Trump's false 2020 election-fraud claims. Whether Todd Blanche, or whoever holds the job in 2028, provides that same luck isn’t something we should be content to find out the hard way. Or that Congress should leave to chance a second time, writes Eric Foster in his column today.