A distinct set of six institutions and traditions makes the country hard to subjugate to an authoritarian’s will.

President Donald Trump, both in his first term and now in the first 100-plus days of his second, has consistently tested — ...

Readers reflect on the Constitution and the state of American democracy. Also: The Catholic Church sex abuse crisis; Elon ...

No one person could dominate the United States — because it was a republic ... published a book, No Democracy Lasts Forever, calling for a convention to write a new constitution.

The undemocratic nature of our three branches of government, exacerbated by our increasingly politically polarized electorate, are failing us as a unified country. Yes, we describe our form of governm ...

The United States is led by a political criminal who views the Constitution—and with it every democratic right ... The American Republic, nearing its 250th anniversary, is being step by ...

Kristen Welker: “But even given those numbers that you’re talking about, don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” ...

But on the flip side, liberals are quickly learning the much maligned framework of “states’ rights” isn’t always bad. Democratic ... the Constitution. We are, after all, still the United ...