On this edition of Your Call, Harvard Professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt discuss their latest book, Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point.
Tyranny of the Minority is a response to their 2018 bestseller How Democracies Die. When that book came out, readers asked, what can we do?
Levitsky and Ziblatt are calling for a number of reforms, including abolish the Electoral College and replace it with a national popular vote; pass a constitutional amendment establishing a right to vote for all citizens; make Election Day a Sunday or a national holiday; reform the Senate so that the number of senators elected per state is more proportional to the population of each state; eliminate partisan gerrymandering; abolish the Senate filibuster; and establish term limits for Supreme Court justices.
What will it take to implement these measures in a country with a Constitution that is extremely difficult to change?
Guests:
Steven Levitsky, Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government at Harvard University, and co-author of How Democracies Die and Tyranny of the Minority
Daniel Ziblatt, Professor of Government at Harvard University and co-author of How Democracies Die and Tyranny of the Minority
