I imagine it was less like them acting as hired guns and more like "someone" convincing them that if they didn't act they'd look like idiots who have no power t

I imagine it was less like them acting as hired guns and more like "someone" convincing them that if they didn't act they'd look like idiots who have no power to uphold "the law."... the end game is the same, but the politics that got it there were a lot muddier I'm sure.