Former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law was unmistakably a grave challenge to the constitutional order. The legal judgment rests with the courts, and the recent first-instance conviction deserves respect. Martial law placed the nation under acute constitutional strain and provoked widespread fear and anger. It was denounced as an abuse of authority and a breach of constitutional limits. But what does the present moment reveal? Under the banner of a “Revolution of Light,” power shifted. The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), firmly aligned behind President Lee Jae Myung, presents itself as the force that restored constitutional normalcy. Yet democratic recovery is not secured by electoral turnover alone. It is measured by how those who command legislative power handle the institutional constraints that bind them. The language of renewal now coexists with an evident readiness to redraw those very constraints. The so-called “three judicial reform bills” have now been enacted in full. The DPK, armed with an overwhelming legislative majority and unified di