This is a crisis of democracy. What will Dems do about it?
Public Notice | Aaron Rupar • • nation
Key Points:
- The 2025-2026 redistricting battle has revealed a deep crisis in American democracy, with Republicans aggressively redrawing maps to entrench their power and conservative courts undermining voting rights protections.
- Democrats must transform from cautious legislators into bold, strategic actors willing to pursue radical reforms, including Supreme Court restructuring and comprehensive political procedural changes.
- Key proposed reforms include expanding the Supreme Court, imposing term limits, banning gerrymandering nationally, eliminating the Senate filibuster, and implementing the National Popular Vote interstate compact.
- Democrats should also pursue a thorough "de-Trumpification" of federal agencies and aggressively counter Republican maneuvers, even if it requires unconventional or controversial tactics.
- The article emphasizes urgent, creative, and forceful responses from Democrats to prevent further erosion of democratic norms and institutions in the coming years.