Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
9-2026
Abstract
With each passing week since this essay series commenced, American democracy has come under greater threat. Leading political scientists have concluded that the U.S. is now better described as a competitive autocracy rather than a democracy. President Trump’s recent attacks on core institutions and violations of the rule of law — from the use of violent force by ICE to the investigation of the Federal Reserve Chair and the threats involving Greenland — were unimaginable even a few months ago.
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Labor and Employment Law | Law
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Kate Andrias,
Inequality, Collective Power, and Democratic Renewal,
Democracy's Challenges: 100 Ideas, Bob Bauer, Richard Pildes, Rosa Po & Samuel Issacharoff (Eds.), NYU Press
(2026).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/4879
Comments
File includes extracted endnotes (p. 462).