US Politics
The Anointed Ones: How Retiring Lawmakers Are Subverting Democratic Renewal
Senior Democratic Congressmen Steny Hoyer and Jerrold Nadler are retiring and have successfully passed the torch to their endorsed former aides, a practice both common and controversial in modern American politics. This orchestrated transfer of power, while legal, dangerously insulates the political elite from democratic accountability and corrodes the very foundations of voter-led representation.
