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The National Constitution Center brings together people of all ages and perspectives, across America and around the world, to learn about, debate, and celebrate the greatest vision of human freedom in history, the U.S. Constitution.
Kim Wehle is a tenured Professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she teaches and writes on the constitutional separation of powers, administrative law, and civil procedure. She was formerly an Assistant United States Attorney and an Associate Counsel in the Whitewater Investigation.
“Kim Wehle has written an insightful, urgent, and perennially relevant handbook that lays out in common sense language how the United States Constitution works, and how its protections are eroding before our eyes—essential reading for anyone who wants to understand and parse the constantly breaking news about the backbone of American government.”
David Brooks is a Canadian-born American book author, and political and cultural commentator. Though he describes himself as a "moderate Republican", others have characterised him as centrist, moderate conservative, or conservative, based on his record as contributor to the PBS NewsHour, and as opinion columnist for The New York Times.
David Brooks' recent speech to the international Alliance for Responsible Citizenship is challenging and thought provoking, calling for us to reconsider what cultural renewal looks like, reconnect to our spiritual roots, and understand how we’ve already survived similar challenges.
Madeleine Albright served as the US secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. Her distinguished career also included positions at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
“Albright outlines the warning signs of fascism and offers concrete actions for restoring America’s values and reputation. There is priceless wisdom on every page.”
—Booklist (starred review)
Robert Reich is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator who worked in the administrations of both Republican and Democratic presidents from 1974 through 2009. In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the “Ten Most Effective Cabinet Members” of the century, and in the same year The Wall Street Journal placed him on its list of “Most Influential Business Thinkers”.
In this video, Robert Reich explains very clearly that “the five defining elements of fascism find exact expression in Donald Trump.”
Robert Kagan is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His most recent book is Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart—Again.
In this recent appearance on National Public Radio, Robert Kagan argues that as Trump violates norms, laws and the Constitution, including his call to nationalize elections, “we're on the edge of the consolidation of dictatorship.”
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5699388/is-the-u-s-heading-into-a-dictatorship
Jonathan Rauch is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution. He most recently authored Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy.
Jonathan Rauch writes, “Until recently, I thought [fascism was] a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.”
Rich Logis was a hardcore MAGA warrior and activist from 2015 until 2022 when he finally hung up his red hat and founded the nonprofit Leaving MAGA to help others do the same.
Logis says, “When I finally left MAGA, I traded chaos for stability. The decision was liberating. I no longer had to defend the indefensible or justify the unjustifiable.”
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