The Great Seal – Susan Feathers

Three of the seven pillars of democracy laid out in the Democracy Playbook 2025—protect elections, defend rule of law, and fight corruption—have been put under acute stress by the actions of the new Trump administration. ~ Jonathan Katz and Eric Urby, February 13, 2025 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/dangerous-cracks-in-us-democracy-pillars/

Let’s be frank. These are dangerous times for our American Democracy. Every day we witness more direct attacks on the guardrails put in place by the Founders in the Constitution. The project of democratic governance has been the labor of citizens, elected representatives, institutions and the government for all years since that founding and ratification in 1787.

Until now.

Will we stand up? Will democracy prevail through its greatest threat?

Check out the Brookings analysis with excellent references to check out.