Why the Constitution is making our politics worse (From the archives)
The U.S. Constitution’s inability to be amended regularly has led to democratic erosion, political polarization, and a reliance on courts and executive power to drive change—undermining the very mechanism meant to ensure peaceful, citizen-led reform. Historian Jill Lepore argues that revi
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