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Saving Democracy Takes More Than Unseating a President

Saving Democracy Takes More Than Unseating a President

Things are better, and worse, than you think.

May 28, 2019
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I understand why some people say that Donald Trump’s reelection will be the end of American democracy. There’s utility in pointing out the president’s criminal behavior and abuse of power. We can’t, moreover, predict what the future holds. Better perhaps to risk inflating Trump’s threat to our constitutional order than risk experiencing it.

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