The other night, Rachel Maddow listed ten hallmarks of American Democracy that make it uniquely American. If any of these are threatened or eliminated, we have lost a key part of our national character, and a key freedom that we cannot take for granted.
I thought it would be helpful to post this checklist, so that I (and you) can refer back to it if need be. I will be using this in the coming months as a gauge of the impact of the Trump presidency on the American experiment.