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Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton): US Democracy 'Declines Every Day' Under Trump
Kim Lane Scheppele, constitutional law scholar at Princeton University and holder of the Rockefeller Chair in Sociology and International Affairs, stated that American democracy 'declines every day' under Donald Trump's presidency. The statement appeared in an interview published by the Italian daily La Repubblica on July 30, 2026. Scheppele is among the world's leading experts on constitutional law and democratic backsliding.