In this video, I briefly probe 3 USAmerican institutions to measure how they live up to our central national mythology. What would it take to make the US a democracy? Or at least transform these institutions to be more egalitarian? While there are many metrics that could be designed to challenge our understanding of the US as a democracy, here, in this lecture, I focus on 3 institutions (and their early original framing + practice) 1. Supreme Court 2. Senate 3. Electoral College Shout out to peg Bundy for inspiring this week’s high femme look #hautehistorian * correction! I meant 535 TOTAL reps= 100 senators + 435 house of reps * * * * * #historian #criticalhistory #officehours #teaching #criticalpedagogy #pedagogy #democracy #ushistory #hifemme #highfemme #engagedscholars #senate #electoralcollege #supremecourt #politicalscience #historicalcontext