All of this assumes at least a possibility that the Supreme Court will rule according to law, precedent and/or the Constitution, so that there’s still a possibility that it will rule in favor of the people rather than in favor of Trump and his cadre of would-be autocrats.

There is no such possibility.

The degree to which the Court hasn’t yet entirely destroyed individual liberty and the rule of law is only the degree to which it considers it not yet possible or necessary. The exceptions to which the author points - opportunities for the Constitution and the rule of law to still prevail - are only gaps the Court hasn’t yet closed entirely. They WILL close them.