PBS: 'Tyranny of the Minority' writers say Constitution not strong enough to protect democracy
America’s democracy is in an uncharted and fragile place, according to two Harvard government professors. In their new book, “Tyranny of the Minority,” Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt say ...
'Tyranny of the Minority' writers say Constitution not strong enough to protect democracy
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, The Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point (New York: Crown, 2023 It is possible to embrace, learn from, and strongly criticize ...
The Hill: The tyranny of the minority: A post-Charlottesville theory of the First Amendment
The tyranny of the minority: A post-Charlottesville theory of the First Amendment
Ars Technica: Tyranny of the Minority: Can anything be done about it?
The Washington Post: The Supreme Court rulings represent the tyranny of the minority
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) at the Capitol in Washington on March 16. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Everyone knows that the Founders were afraid of the tyranny of the majority. That’s ...
The Hill: A discharge petition is needed to avoid the tyranny of the House minority
A discharge petition is needed to avoid the tyranny of the House minority
The meaning of TYRANNY is oppressive power; especially : oppressive power exerted by government. How to use tyranny in a sentence.
TYRANNY definition: arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. See examples of tyranny used in a sentence.
Tyranny, in the Greco-Roman world, an autocratic form of rule in which one individual exercised power without any legal restraint. In antiquity the word tyrant signified the holder of absolute political power.