The Constitutional Crisis in the United States

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"I cannot imagine anone really defending the electoral college on its merits as currently constructed," he says. "The thing i worry about, by far and te the most, more than any of the other things we've talked about so far is some of the attempts by republicans to loyalists, rather than smordy democrats." In states like georgia, they flip certification so that the state legislature is ultimately in charge, or at least in charge of who gets appointed to do this., writes CNN's John Sutter.

Sam Koppelman is a Democratic strategist who served as director of surrogate speechwriting on the Biden campaign. He is the author, with former Attorney General Eric Holder, of Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote—a History, a Crisis, a Plan.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Sam Koppelman discuss the history of voting rights, how and whether to reform institutions from the electoral college to primary elections, and why Democrats are in such a weak position as they head into the midterms and 2024.

This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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