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Insofar as it is is that we have nearly 2 1/2 centuries of examples where the checks and balances of the constitutional system have worked. they design, the framers designed the government for a moment like this. they were quite prescient in many ways. what they -- and what i think puts the -- really the weight on the rest of us is when they designed that to check and balance a president who was -- seemed uncheckable and unbalanced, they counted on an informed, educated, engaged citizenry. that sounds like a fourth of july homily or a sermon. but it smacks of being true. a republic is the u.s....
Difficult to voters -- for voters to figure out what's true and what's not. let me put it this way, i think if we have a strong, accurate, and responsible press, and we have a strong civic culture and an engaged citizenry, then various attempts to meddle in elections won't mean much. if generally we've got elections that aren't focused on issues and are full of fake news and false information and distractions, then the issue is not going to be what's happening from the outside, the issue is going to be what are we doing to our selves from the inside.
It is typically faculty running these institutions. >> i think that this is -- what's so kind of fascinating and so important about this moment is that it feels like this is a moment where students are really grappling with what it means to be an active, engaged citizenry. and i think that students and the broader public are really thinking about what does it mean to live in this a democratic society and what does it mean to live in a democratic society in 2015 when demographics are changing, when we're seeing tremendous change in our society and i think that the students who are involved in t...