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November 29, 2023
MagazineSam Rosenfeld
Democracy Is in Peril, Just Not the Way We Thought
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explained “How Democracies Die.” Then they decided to look even deeper.
April 21, 2022
MagazinePatrick Caldwell
A Forgotten Section of the Constitution Could Help Democrats Save Voting Rights
The 14th Amendment requires Congress to punish states that restrict the right to vote. Will Democrats finally revive it?
June 3, 2013
Tim Wu
The Right to Evade Regulation
How corporations hijacked the First Amendment
February 8, 2013
Simon Lazarus
Obama is Wrapping Himself in the Constitution. Finally.

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