Jack of Harts

The old Federal government continued to operate out of Washington D.C. after the Convention of States Impeached and replaced them. Some parts of America followed its direction in the months and years that followed that. They declared themselves the last legitimately-elected government, and granted themselves their offices until they could run new Federally-controlled elections. Which they only managed to run in the District of Columbia and a few other districts that supported them. They met for years in the old positions of power built by America, until worsening economic conditions in the District of Columbia forced the city to evict them in order to receive American aid. Most accepted that final defeat of their movement, but a few declared themselves the United States in Exile and continued to meet in undisclosed locations. Some reflection of that old government still operates today if the rumors are true, planning for the day when they can finally return and recreate America in their image.

The old Federal government did not accept being Impeached by the Convention of States and continued to meet as before. The old House passed bills in their chambers. The old Senate approved them in their chambers. The old President signed them aboard Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, and the remains of the old Supreme Court passed down their rulings as before. They declared the Convention of States and all of its works unconstitutional and ordered that America ignore them. It was an audacious plan. Continue to meet as normal and demand everybody act as if they were still the official government. It could have worked, but they lacked the funding to support it, and relatively few parts of American actually followed their directives as time went on.