the next three or four years incidents of mass violence, break down of federal authority, and the division of the country into red and blue unclaims. the founders did not see the trump phenomenon because they did not foresee national parties. they anticipated the threat of a demagogue but not a national cult of personality. we are already in the constitutional crisis. the destruction of democracy may not come until november 2024. critical steps in that direction are happening now. in a little more than a year, it may become impossible to pass legislation to protect the electoral process in 2024. one wonders whether modern american politicians or either party have it in them to make