Here are 6 unexpected traits protecting US Democracy from Trump’s assault

Here are 6 unexpected traits protecting US Democracy from Trump’s assault

Atlantic authors Kevin Cope and Mila Versteeg say Americans don’t generally brag about America’s ponderous, glacier government and its stubborn, recalcitrant court system. However, these “trade-offs … offer a clear advantage when democracy is under threat.”U.S. courts are legion, and they form a formidable army a would-be autocrat must fight past. Judicial review in much of Europe and Latin America is often centralized in a single constitutional…