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At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Benjamin Franklin was quoted as saying America now had a republic — “if you can keep it.” Keeping a republic means more than enjoying a blissful escape from monarchy. It also means respecting and defending the independent institutions that buttress the republican form of government. Over the past year, many of those institutions in America — the independent judiciary, the press, the intelligence community and the electoral system among them — have come under attack from President Donald Trump and his allies. They refuse to respect any institution that might stop them from getting their way. over 6 years in Sun Times