US today statements -- Government officials are legally sanctioned for misconduct
US today statements -- Government officials do not use public office for private gain
US today statements -- Government agencies are not used to monitor, attack, or punish political opponents
US today statements -- All adult citizens enjoy the same legal and political rights
US today statements -- Government does not interfere with journalists or news organizations
US today statements -- Government effectively prevents private actors from engaging in politically-motivated violence or intimidation
US today statements -- Government protects individuals’ right to engage in unpopular speech or expression
US today statements -- Political competition occurs without criticism of opponents’ loyalty or patriotism
US today statements -- Parties and candidates are not barred due to their political beliefs and ideologies
US today statements -- Elections are conducted, ballots counted, and winners determined without pervasive fraud or manipulation
US today statements -- Executive authority cannot be expanded beyond constitutional limits
US today statements -- The legislature is able to effectively limit executive power
US today statements -- The judiciary is able to effectively limit executive power
US today statements -- Information about the sources of campaign funding is available to the public
US today statements -- Public policy is not determined by large campaign contributions
US today statements -- Citizens can make their opinions heard in open debate about policies that are under consideration
US today statements -- The geographic boundaries of electoral districts do not systematically advantage any particular political party
US today statements -- Even when there are disagreements about ideology or policy, political leaders generally share a common understanding of relevant facts
US today statements -- Elected officials seek compromise with political opponents
US today statements -- Citizens have access to information about candidates that is relevant to how they would govern
US today statements -- Government protects individuals’ right to engage in peaceful protest
US today statements -- Law enforcement investigations of public officials or their associates are free from political influence or interference
US today statements -- Government statistics and data are produced by experts who are not influenced by political considerations
Reverse Norms and Behavior -- A president acknowledges the right of political opponents to criticize his or her leadership
Reverse Norms and Behavior -- A president endorses the legitimacy of an election in which they have been defeated
Reverse Norms and Behavior -- A president respects established boundaries between civilian and military authority
Norms and Behavior -- A president says political opponents who criticize his or her leadership should be investigated and imprisoned
Norms and Behavior -- A president attacks the legitimacy of an election in which he or she has been defeated
Norms and Behavior -- A president compels active-duty military officers to promote his or her political agenda
Reverse Institutions, Accountability and Rule of law -- Prosecutors decide whether to charge companies or individuals without interference from a president
Reverse Institutions, Accountability and Rule of law -- A government cooperates with an independent investigation into its own staff or Cabinet members
Reverse Institutions, Accountability and Rule of law -- A president respects institutional restrictions on his or her power
Institutions, Accountability and Rule of law -- A president intervenes in prosecutors’ decisions about whether to charge companies or individuals
Institutions, Accountability and Rule of law -- A government blocks an independent investigation into its own staff or Cabinet members
Institutions, Accountability and Rule of law -- A president uses emergency powers to circumvent institutional restrictions on his or her power
Reverse Rights, Protections and Freedom -- A government agency renews the broadcast licenses of media outlets even though they are critical of a president’s performance
Reverse Rights, Protections and Freedom -- A president engages respectfully with journalists who are critical of his or her performance
Reverse Rights, Protections and Freedom -- A government allows peaceful protests by its political opponents
Rights, Protections and Freedom -- A government agency refuses to renew the broadcast licenses of media outlets that criticize a president’s performance
Rights, Protections and Freedom -- A president threatens to imprison journalists who are critical of his or her performance
Rights, Protections and Freedom -- A government blocks peaceful protests by its political opponents
Reverse Elections and Voting -- Voter registration and ballot access rules allow all groups equal access regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status
Reverse Elections and Voting -- The votes of every citizen carry equal weight in elections for Congress regardless of the total population of their state
Reverse Elections and Voting -- Every citizen is allowed to vote regardless of where they were born
Elections and Voting -- Voter registration and ballot access rules place a greater burden on some racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups
Elections and Voting -- The votes of citizens in states with small populations carry greater weight in elections for Congress than the votes of citizens in states with large populations
Congress and Divided Government -- A majority party in either chamber of Congress refusing to raise the limit on the amount of money the U.S. government can legally borrow
Congress and Divided Government -- The majority party in the Senate abolishing the filibuster rule so it can pass legislation without minority party support
Congress and Divided Government -- The minority party in the Senate routinely using the filibuster rule to block legislation supported only by the majority party
Executive powers -- A president establishing important new government policy by executive order without passage of a law in Congress
Executive powers -- A president directing the Department of Justice to open investigations into political opponents
Courts -- The majority party in the Senate refusing to consider any nomination by a President to fill an open seat on the Supreme Court
Courts -- The majority party in the Senate abolishing the filibuster rule so they can confirm judges without minority party support
Courts -- A party that controls Congress and the presidency creating and filling new seats on the Supreme Court to change the partisan balance of power
Impeachment -- A majority of the House of Representatives seeking to impeach a president because they believe he or she is unfit for office rather than because of specific evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors
Impeachment -- A majority of the House of Representatives impeaching a president they believe has committed a high crime or misdemeanor even if the Senate does NOT support removal
Impeachment -- A majority of the House of Representatives impeaching a president they believe has committed a high crime or misdemeanor when the Senate supports removal
Elections, Voting Rights and Representation -- A party that controls both chambers of Congress granting statehood to Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico
Elections, Voting Rights and Representation -- State governments signing a pact to guarantee that the popular vote winner is elected president
Elections, Voting Rights and Representation -- A state political party drawing Congressional districts that ensure it will receive a share of seats much larger than its share of votes
Elections, Voting Rights and Representation -- A state political party proposing measures that make it more difficult to vote, especially for members of the other party