October 2020, No. 60, Special Issue

No President in our history has presented such a threat to the Constitution and our democracy as this one. In this special issue, we asked 35 contributors to describe different aspects of the assault. We could have asked twice that number.

2 MIN READ

Democracy Is an Act—One That Doesn't End on Election Day

By Hillary Rodham Clinton

7 MIN READ

De-"platforming"-ing the GOP

By Mona Charen

5 MIN READ

Vandalizing the Post Office

By Larry Cohen

5 MIN READ

Destroying Middle-Class Protections

By Richard Cordray

5 MIN READ

Undermining the Democratic Idea

By E.J. Dionne Jr.

6 MIN READ

Circumventing Congress's War Powers

By Matthew Duss

6 MIN READ

Electioneering at the White House

By Karen Finney

5 MIN READ

Legislating Around Congress

By Barney Frank

5 MIN READ

Trashing Science

By Gregg Gonsalves

7 MIN READ

Rolling Back Reproductive Rights

By Michele Goodwin

5 MIN READ

Stonewalling Congress

By Aziz Huq

6 MIN READ

Holding Accountability in Contempt

By Khizr Khan

4 MIN READ

Genuflecting to Putin

By Michael Kimmage

7 MIN READ

Bulldozing the Public Square

By Karen Kornbluh

6 MIN READ

Corrupting the Judiciary

By Larry Kramer

8 MIN READ

Attacking Reality

By Dahlia Lithwick

6 MIN READ

Interfering in Investigations

By Barbara McQuade

6 MIN READ

Subverting the Justice Department

By Matthew Miller

5 MIN READ

Abusing the Pardon Power

By Martha Minow

5 MIN READ

Abandoning Democracy Abroad

By Suzanne Nossel

6 MIN READ

Firing the Inspectors General

By Richard W. Painter

6 MIN READ

Doing Whatever He Can Get Away With

By Russell Pearce Evan Wolfson

7 MIN READ

Corrupting Environmental Policymaking

By John Podesta

6 MIN READ

Inviting Interference in Our Elections

By Jamie Raskin

8 MIN READ

Closing the Nation's Doors

By Cristina M. Rodríguez

7 MIN READ

Assaulting the Truth

By Steve Schmidt

4 MIN READ

Encouraging Domestic Terrorism

By Michael Signer

7 MIN READ

Defending Open Racism

By Lester Spence

6 MIN READ

Threatening the Free Press

By Margaret Sullivan

6 MIN READ

Holding Trump—and Future Trumps—Accountable

By Neera Tanden

5 MIN READ

Mocking the Emoluments Clause

By Zephyr Teachout

6 MIN READ

Obstructing the Vote

By Michael Waldman

6 MIN READ

Sending in Shock Troops

By Maya Wiley

6 MIN READ

Blaming the Deep State

By Tamara Cofman Wittes

7 MIN READ

Targeting Arabs and Muslims

By James Zogby

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