The law also changed civic norms.
Imagine our politics with laws and civic norms that yield near-universal voting.
People keep addressing Blomkvist as Kalle, for a joke, Kalle Blomkvist being the intrepid boy detective in stories by Astrid Lindgren; as for Lindgren's more famous creation, Pippi Longstocking, Larsson conceded that a dose of Pippi's resourcefulness, and her blithe insouciance in the face of civic norms, had crept into the figure of Lisbeth.
To wander the streets of Old Havana is to experience the civic norms and values of a bygone era — where the space is for people, not for cars; where narrow lanes give onto public plazas and tiny shaded parks like the one with the bust of Hans Christian Andersen.
But for the elections' credibility, Baghdad may matter most, because it is the nation's capital, and because, with its intermingled population of Sunnis, Shiites, Christians and other groups, it is Iraq's most cosmopolitan city and thus, American officials believe, the most promising place for the civic norms represented by the election to take root.
As for Trump's personal behavior while in office, civic norms, criminal statutes, and even the plain language of the Constitution are insufficient to constrain him.
Critics say the country's government has harnessed, legitimized, and emboldened this ultranationalist politics, allowing it to spread from the margins into mainstream political discourse, shattering civic norms along the way.
"It is the case already, thanks to Trump's tweets, statements, and rallies, that he has been redefining certain civic norms and values that had been seen as common and unproblematic".
Donald Trump's rise to lead the Republican party is the result of decades of agitating by far-right activists who have never missed an opportunity to whip their followers into a frenzy, nursing grievances, spreading conspiracy theories and undermining the shared civic norms that hold us together as a nation.
