The announced intention of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to object to certification of Joe Biden’s electoral college victory is a particularly bad omen for the GOP’s future. Unlike, say, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. – who has an ideological commitment to public chaos and the humiliation of the U.S. government – Hawley has often tried to offer a constructive vision of conservative populism. As a former clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., Hawley surely possesses a serious understanding of the constitutional order. He is, on personal acquaintance, a talented, knowledgeable, ambitious young man.