Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law at the University of Chicago, where he serves as faculty director for the Forum on Free Inquiry and Expression, as well as the Malyi Center for the Study of Institutional and Legal Integrity. Aziz Z. Huq is the Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law at the University of Chicago.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Liberal Constitutional Democracy and Its Alternatives2. Two Pathways from Liberal Constitutional Democracy3. When Democracies Collapse4. When Democracies Decay5. Will American Democracy Persist?6. Making Democratic Constitutions That Endure7. Saving Democracy, American StyleConclusion: On Fighting Democratic ErosionAfterword: March 2026NotesIndex

Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law at the University of Chicago, where he serves as faculty director for the Forum on Free Inquiry and Expression, as well as the Malyi Center for the Study of Institutional and Legal Integrity. Aziz Z. Huq is the Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law at the University of Chicago.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Liberal Constitutional Democracy and Its Alternatives2. Two Pathways from Liberal Constitutional Democracy3. When Democracies Collapse4. When Democracies Decay5. Will American Democracy Persist?6. Making Democratic Constitutions That Endure7. Saving Democracy, American StyleConclusion: On Fighting Democratic ErosionAfterword: March 2026NotesIndex

Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law at the University of Chicago, where he serves as faculty director for the Forum on Free Inquiry and Expression, as well as the Malyi Center for the Study of Institutional and Legal Integrity. Aziz Z. Huq is the Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law at the University of Chicago.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Liberal Constitutional Democracy and Its Alternatives2. Two Pathways from Liberal Constitutional Democracy3. When Democracies Collapse4. When Democracies Decay5. Will American Democracy Persist?6. Making Democratic Constitutions That Endure7. Saving Democracy, American StyleConclusion: On Fighting Democratic ErosionAfterword: March 2026NotesIndex