1. J.Madison Virginia Ratifying Convention June 20 1788.
2. There are many initiatives and organizations that aim to reaffirm the responsibility and activity of people as civic producers not simply consumers or spectators. Notable examples are featured in the PBS documentary entitledThe Democracy Rebellion(2020) https://www.pbs.org/show/democracy‐rebellion/. Other examples include an informational website called Reclaim the American Dream (http://reclaimtheamericandream.org/) and the Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg University in Minneapolis which develops the idea of citizenship as “public work” (https://www.augsburg.edu/sabo/about/).
3. M.Boot “Democracy Is Far from Secure in America. But We Can All Exhale Again ”Washington Post November 8 2020.