E.J. Dionne: Renewing democracy after Trump

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. McConnell is opposed to H.R. 1, the first bill of the new House majority that tackles campaign finance reforms and other issues. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., listens at left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Washington • A central challenge of the Trump era is how to deal urgently with the president’s transgressions while also taking steps to prevent politicians from abusing power in the future.

Equally important is restoring faith in our republican democracy as a genuinely representative system that is open to broad participation and protected from the outsized…