When Crises Pile Up Faster Than Government Can Act

Constitutional scholar Devin Stone has flagged a structural vulnerability in democratic oversight: when major scandals emerge in quick succession, earlier ones never fully resolve before the next one breaks. During Trump's presidency, this pattern created what researchers call "scandal fatigue." Worth noting: traditional checks and balances assume misconduct surfaces as isolated events with breathing room for investigation and response. When crises arrive at sustained, relentless frequency rather than as rare exceptions, those safeguards may no longer function as designed.