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Executive aggrandizement

Efforts by elected leaders to expand unilateral control and undermine independent agencies and checks and balances.

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Feb 1, 2026

Will the United States stop Trump from trying to take over the country and become a dictator?

The question is not hypothetical: reporting documents an explicit and concrete steps taken by to consolidate power . At the same time, a complex set of institutional constraints—courts, divided federa...

Jan 31, 2026

Is the USA a flawed democracy?

Yes: by widely used comparative measures and by the assessments of many scholars and advocacy groups, fits the definition of a "" today, and a number of expert reports warn it is sliding further towar...

Jan 24, 2026

How have U.S. institutions (courts, press, and Congress) responded to alleged democratic erosion under the Trump administration?

institutions have responded unevenly to under : courts have often acted as legal bulwarks against executive overreach, the press has amplified warnings and exposed actions while facing delegitimizatio...

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