Panelists at Columbus Metropolitan Club debate whether U.S. democracy is 'collapsing' or evolving
At a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum, historians and legal scholars disagreed over whether U.S. democratic guardrails are eroding — with Dr. Hassan Kwame Jeffries warning the system is "collapsing" and Robert Alt arguing the Declaration's ideals remain enforceable through institutions and civic engagement.
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A panel at the Columbus Metropolitan Club in downtown Columbus spent the first hour of its forum probing the meaning and current force of the Declaration of Independence as Americans mark the nation's 250th anniversary. Dr. Hassan Kwame Jeffries, a history professor at The Ohio State University, opened the debate by urging an "honest assessment" of the present and saying, "I would humbly suggest that in this present moment, our democracy, is collapsing."
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