Factionalism and electoral authoritarianism are the biggest threats to American democracy today

The ultimate course to curbing the power of nefarious, anti-democratic factions runs through a radical revision of our founding documents

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Democratic decline starts when one party refuses to play by the agreed-upon rules. Accelerating downturn ends either when forces for good reform institutions and cut off illiberalism at its roots, or when authoritarians succeed in overthrowing the government without the consent of all the nation’s people.

America has begun its declin…