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Eroding Democracy: The Alarming Impact of Trump’s Second Term on U.S. Institutions
His second term has accelerated a troubling erosion of democratic norms, pushing the nation toward a dangerous concentration of power.
Eroding Democracy: The Alarming Impact of Trump’s Second Term on U.S. Institutions
The United States was founded on a delicate system of checks and balances designed to prevent any one branch of government from accumulating too much power. The Constitution's framers, deeply skeptical of authoritarian rule, put in place safeguards to ensure executive overreach could be contained. Yet, with Donald Trump’s return to the White House, those protections are systematically dismantled.
His second term has accelerated a troubling erosion of democratic norms, pushing the nation toward a dangerous concentration of power.
Stacking the Courts and Undermining Judicial Independence
One of the most troubling ways Trump reshapes democracy is his grip on the judiciary. In his first term, he appointed an unprecedented number of federal judges—many young, deeply conservative, and ideologically aligned with his…
