Who Gets Included in “the American People”?
It’s one of the most lumbering clichés of American politics. “The American people,” politicians intone, are hurting, tired, angry, or “bitterly divided.” Yet when this election is finished, they will have spoken, as if with one voice.Defining “the people” is not a new problem. The United States Constitution speaks in…
bubmagOctober 30, 2020