“No Kings” missed the mark. Here’s how we can fix that

This weekend, an estimated 7.1 million people took to the streets across the country as part of the “No Kings” protests. From big cities like New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, to small towns such as Guntersville, Alabama, Vergennes, Vermont, and Lander, Wyoming, protesters turned out to peacefully oppose President Donald Trump’s despotic policies and behavior. But as powerful and moving as the marches were, they are not enough to create the lasting change our political system so desperately needs.

And make no mistake: America needs major change.

You would not have known that had you listened to retired Judge J. Michael Luttig, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and is a leading critic of the Trump administration, on Oct. 16 when he spoke on the camp