Constitution Day in the shadow of political violence: Can the US keep its republic?

Published September 11, 2025 6:00pm ET



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Wednesday is Constitution Day, the date on which that venerable document was signed by the delegates to the convention that drafted it. In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, it’s worth asking ourselves whether we are still capable of keeping the republic it created.

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