28-09-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com

The US government is facing a crisis of legitimacy | Daniel Mendiola

As the constitutional order frays, the US could look to Brazil as a demonstration of a functioning democracyBetween anti-immigrant zeal and a general disdain for any rules whatsoever, the Trump administration has shredded the constitutional order that makes government legitimate.This is now a legitimacy crisis.Daniel Mendiola is a professor of Latin American history and migration studies at Vassar College Continue reading...
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