In his first year back in the White House, President Trump has presided over a sweeping expansion of executive power while ...

Today, Jan. 20, 2026, marks one year since Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States. America ...

The Trump presidency has significantly undermined respect for the U.S. Constitution, with Trump and his supporters dismissing its authority and portraying it as malleable for political ends. His ...

Democracy’s greatest achievement — creating a “big tent” for all — may have destroyed our constitutional system’s ability to ...

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, over the objection of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, represents a structural threat to democracy. The law on which Trump relied ...

For weeks, Duke faculty have been writing about the "virtues of democracy" and how American democracy, imperfect as it is, is imperiled in modern times. As a faculty member emeritus and a ...

The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy strives to reinvigorate and reimagine the study of constitutional democracy in the twenty-first century – and to provide a vibrant forum to ...

The Constitution, properly interpreted, protects workers. But the Trump administration isn’t going to enforce those protections unless labor fights for them. Over the past half century, the Supreme ...

The administration wants to do what it chooses without checks upon its powers. That is a dictatorship, not a constitutional democracy. Photo from the White House, Facebook The Trump administration ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. As the country prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of ...