Donald Trump was indicted last week over his role in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, an effort that ultimately led to the deadly attack at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump’s actions represented one of the most serious threat to American democracy in history. And according to historians like Jon Meacham and scholars like Rachel Kleinfeld, who spoke to the Washington Post, the act of indicting Trump is crucial to show that the system still works and that no one above is the law. “Just as the tearing down of the Berlin Wall showed the weakness in the former Soviet Union, the mob on January 6 trying to use force to overturn the will of voters shocked the world and showed our democracy’s weakness,” Kleinfeld told the Post. “Now, it’s important to show the strength of our system by demonstrating that no one, not even a former president, stands above the law,” she added. “This is more likely to restore a sense that America is back and our democracy is...