rule of law
The president is "not a king, but a citizen."
Illiberal rulers from Venezuela to Poland are assaulting constraints on their power. In Italy, anti-elite populists are using the internet to empower citizens and upend representative government.
Academia is tackling the question of our times: Can the president do that?
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The world watches warily as a nation of immigrants admired for living together in liberty under the rule of law changes course.
Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign will fail in the absence of this and other radical reforms.
The "Constitutional Faction" versus the "Authoritarian Faction."