Tag: checks and balances

The American president clearly doesn’t think much of the international order or of judges who hold him back.

It is greatly unfortunate for America that Donald Trump is not Washington and that Joe Biden is not Madison.

This is not only about respecting RBG's deathbed wish; it is morally right in a democratic sense for the selection to be made only after the vote, given that it is only just over a month away.

The question is: how much concentration of power can a democracy take?

The Founding Fathers thought they were keeping watch but the risks are real.

It is becoming increasingly clear that Trump, in the way he exercises power, is undermining democracy.

President Trump will now have to live in a "different world."

[T]he United States can be the center of savage capitalism, but ... its institutions and legal system are based on ethical and moral values.

Trump undermines the legitimacy of the Constitution in broad daylight.

The main actor in Trump’s presidency so far has been American democracy, not the president himself.

Since the New Deal, presidential power in the United States has been based on the almost plebiscitary connection established with public opinion. Donald Trump is the first to play on the country’s divisions to reinforce his support.