Can't say they won't be ready

While some of the rougher crowd is preparing to ransack their cities post-election, win or lose, schools and corporate employers are already looking to provide a soft landing.

In Seattle, naturally, they were way ahead of the game:

Earlier this month, more than 6,400 Amazon workers signed a petition calling for election day to be a paid day off, according to Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, a worker activist group. On October 17, activists showed up near a deserted Amazon campus in downtown Seattle to protest the company's current policy and to register voters. Many questioned the goal, given that Washington elections are done entirely by mail, and that anyone can request an absentee ballot if they are in other states

But that’s Seattle, cupcake city. How are things looking in the heartland? For instance, how will stalwart lawyers-in-training handle a possible setback? Let the past — specifically, 2016 — be our guide.

University of Michigan Law School scheduled an event for this Friday called "Post-Election Self-Care With Food and Play" with "stress-busting self-care activities" including coloring, blowing bubbles, sculpting with Play-Doh and "positive card making."

Cornell University hosted a "cry-in," complete with hot chocolate and tissues for disappointed Hillary Clinton supporters. University of Pennsylvania brought in puppies, kittens and coloring books for therapeutic cuddling. Tufts University held arts and crafts sessions for students.

No word yet, but can anyone doubt that the current crop of infants is no tougher than the class of 2020? Surely administrators are already sanitizing safe rooms and rounding up puppies. Just in case?