This Is Not Normal, Part 3

The inauguration of a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist raises some fundamental questions about our democracy.

Related Posts:

• This Is Not Normal, Part 1

• This Is Not Normal, Part 2

• This Is Not Normal, Part 3

This series of posts examines a number of fundamental presumptions about the way the United States functions — presumptions which appear to be outdated or, at the very least, insufficient to deal with the current state of the nation.

• In This Is Not Normal, Part 1, we looked at some of the ways the legal system does not seem to be up to the task of contending with the realities of life in the United States in the year 2025.

• In This Is Not Normal, Part 2, we questioned whether our political and electoral systems can live up to modern day realities.

Next up: Questions about our society at large and whether our Constitution and our laws have fully responded to the drastic changes in our society since the nation’s founding.