The second Trump administration is already breaking through constitutional constraints on its power and subverting the rule of law. So why has the public response been so tepid?
Given America’s proud history as the world’s oldest constitutional democracy, we might have expected an enormous mobilization in response. And while there has been pushback — most notably, the No Kings movement drew an estimated five million people to the streets in October — the scale of the protests is still not as large as one might expect, given the severity of the threat. During President Trump’s first term, millions of people protested when the situation was far less dire.
One of the most notable and puzzling factors is the lack of young people…