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Minority Rule

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In this 21st century, minority rule has become the defining feature of American politics. For example, in 2000 and 2016 presidential candidates who received fewer votes than their opponents were nevertheless installed as president. And in 2020, Joe Biden won nearly seven million more votes nationally than President Donald Trump. However, Biden barely won the … [Read more…]

Impeach Trump to Save the Republic

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Anyone who thinks the conflict between the Democrats in Congress and Trump and the Republicans is just more partisan bickering needs to pay closer attention. It is possible that the future of American democracy—flawed as it might be—is imperiled. At the end of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a Mrs. Powell of Philadelphia asked Benjamin … [Read more…]