Symposium: How To Save A Constitutional Democracy
// 11/1/18 //
Take Care has been pleased to host a symposium on How To Save A Constitutional Democracy, an important new book by Aziz Huq and Tom Ginsburg.
The Constitution's Role in Defending Democracy
Corey Brettschneider | 10/31/18
In defending our democratic system, 'We the People' can look to the Constitution itself as a beacon that defines the rights we are owed.
Four Tools to Save a Constitutional Democracy
Justin Florence | 10/29/18
Protecting democracies is not a matter of any one election. There’s a long road ahead to save our democracy. Here are some key steps.
Multidimensional Separation(s) of Powers and Questions of Democratic Erosion
Jon Michaels | 10/29/18
All of those tedious checks and balances and lines of separation that frustrate one and all during times of normal, functional democratic governance have a very real role to play in our constitutional order.
Twitter and the Political Community
Kate Shaw | 10/26/18
By communicating mainly through Twitter, Trump has asserted the power to define his own political community—and to exclude people from it.
Saving Democracy Through Impeachment?
Rosalind Dixon | 10/24/18
Low thresholds for impeachment could undermine (rather than strengthen) democracy
Is Our Democracy in Peril?: The Importance of the Courts
Brianne Gorod | 10/23/18
The Constitution can and should play a vital role in preventing democratic decline
Defending our Democracy in the Age of Trump
Andrew Boyle | 10/23/18
By Andrew Boyle: Whether we proceed down the path of erosion, or whether we do the work to avert that path, is dependent on us
How to Save a Constitutional Democracy
Aziz Huq & Tom Ginsburg | 10/22/18
Our new book offers a distinctive diagnosis of how democracy is lost, and then roadmaps various pathways along which a reform agenda might proceed.