The architecture of a modern democracy is built upon a profound paradox: it is simultaneously an ironclad set of codified laws and a fragile collection of shared understandings and mutual trust. That fragile consensus — the invisible “social glue” that allows citizens to accept the outcomes of elections, the legitimacy of public institutions, and the rule of law — is tested most when the highest office in the land is implicated in a controversy that touches the core mechanisms of the republic. The federal indictment of Donald J. Trump with respect to his… CONTINUE READING…
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