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Trump, Trust, And The Future Of The Constitutional Order, Stephen M. Griffin
Trump, Trust, And The Future Of The Constitutional Order, Stephen M. Griffin
Maryland Law Review
Sometimes constitutions fail. The unprecedented election of Donald Trump, a populist insurgent who lacks the prior political experience or military service of all presidents before him, is such a sharp break in American historical experience that it raises questions as to whether something is deeply amiss with the constitutional order.
Constitutional failure is not uncommon. A path-breaking global study of national constitutions shows that on average, they last only nineteen years. The U.S. Constitution is an uncommon outlier and, as such, is accounted by many a long-running success story. But could a bell be tolling for American constitutionalism?
In this …