Scandal Compression: How Rapid-Fire Crises May Overwhelm Democratic Safeguards

Constitutional scholar Devin Stone has identified a structural breakdown in how democracies process presidential misconduct: during Trump's presidency, new major scandals emerged before previous ones reached resolution, creating what scholars term "scandal fatigue." Traditional oversight mechanisms assume scandals unfold as isolated events with time for institutional response. Worth flagging: this compression of crisis cycles may have left democratic safeguards inadequate when misconduct reaches sustained, industrial-scale frequency rather than exceptional incidents.