Dec. 5, 2025
The rule of law and the fracturing of civic trust
Democracy depends on shared facts, fairness and the rule of law; when trust erodes, it falls to citizens and leaders to rebuild it, patiently and deliberately.
There was a time when most Americans could agree on a few basic
things: that facts mattered, elections counted and that no one -- not even the
powerful -- was above the law. Those ideas formed the quiet backbone of our
democracy. They didn't need shouting from rooftops; they were already understood.
Lately, that understanding feels as if it's slipping away.
Everywhere you look confidence in our institutions is thinning. Courts are questioned, ...
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