Commentary: Four Strategies that Might Save American Democracy

Commentary: Four strategies that might save American democracy

First, if American democracy is to survive this era, the most important first step is to put aside the naivete and complacency that “it can’t happen here.” Wake up and smell the threat — it is happening here. And it is happening around the world — with notable casualties. Several formerly democratic countries (Türkiye, Hungary, Venezuela) are democracies no more. Their leaders secured power through democratic elections and then muzzled the oppos…

An Effective Resistance Strategy Against Trump’s Constitutional Assaults Needs to Mobilize Both Courts and Public Opinion

History shows that the two work in tandem and we shouldn’t pick one or the other