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Going to hell in a hand-basket, fast
American democracy is failing. The courts are finally starting to notice
Democracy’s lost decade
IAN MILLHISER
There is something profoundly wrong with the United States of America’s system of government.
For proof, briefly take stock of the last ten years in American democracy, in which a combination of factors — the filibuster, the way we draw legislative districts, Senate malapportionment, and the Electoral College — converged to rob American voters of a meaningful ability to choose their own leaders ...
https://thinkprogress.org/democracys-lost-decade-fca7ff06f064/
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE HILLARY CLINTON AND FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTEND DONALD TRUMP INAUGURATION ON THE WEST FRONT OF THE U.S. CAPITOL ON JANUARY 20, 2017 IN WASHINGTON, DC. (PHOTO BY JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES)
Going to hell in a hand-basket, fast
American democracy is failing. The courts are finally starting to notice
Democracy’s lost decade
IAN MILLHISER
There is something profoundly wrong with the United States of America’s system of government.
For proof, briefly take stock of the last ten years in American democracy, in which a combination of factors — the filibuster, the way we draw legislative districts, Senate malapportionment, and the Electoral College — converged to rob American voters of a meaningful ability to choose their own leaders ...
https://thinkprogress.org/democracys-lost-decade-fca7ff06f064/
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE HILLARY CLINTON AND FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTEND DONALD TRUMP INAUGURATION ON THE WEST FRONT OF THE U.S. CAPITOL ON JANUARY 20, 2017 IN WASHINGTON, DC. (PHOTO BY JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES)