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SUMMARY:American Political Institutions: Fragile or Resilient?
DESCRIPTION:Love him or hate him\, no one should doubt that Donald J. Trump has shattered many of the norms undergirding the American political experiment. His radically populist style and unconventional conservatism have\, and will\, test the foundations of America’s system of separated powers\, checks and balances\, federalism\, and the like. One question is whether our political institutions — which have endured for almost 250 years — can survive such a disruption. Another question is whether we need to rethink some of those institutions\, given the electorate’s dissatisfaction with the election. And what about those uniquely Americanized principles of democracy\, individualism\, liberty\, and equality? Will they hold up under the weight of an administration bent on flipping the political script? How can we ensure genuinely democratic institutions while also guarding against the risk of anti-democratic policies and practices? Join us for an evening of conversations and questions about America’s fragile\, or perhaps resilient\, political landscape. \n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yZv5SzheSpqWlEAgmwa7Bg \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \nThis event is from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm EST on Thursday\, February 13\, 2025 \n\nSpeakers: \n \nLisa L. Miller\, a professor in the political science department at Rutgers University\, has research interests in crime and punishment\, racial inequality\, democratic accountability\, constitutions\, and social policy. She has written three books: The Myth of Mob Rule: Violent Crime and Democratic Politics (Oxford University Press\, 2016)\, The Perils of Federalism: Race\, Poverty and the Politics of Crime Control (OUP\, 2008) and the Politics of Community Crime Prevention (Dartmouth\, 2001). Her work has appeared in Law and Society Review\, Perspectives on Politics\, Journal of Race and Ethnic Politics\, Policy Studies Journal\, and Annual Review of Law and Social Science\, among others. Professor Miller has served as a Visiting Professor and Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford\, and as a Visiting Scholar at Princeton University.  Her current book project is titled\, The Myth of Checks and Balances and the American Democratic Deficit. \n  \nBeau Breslin is the Joseph C. Palamountain Jr. Professor of Political Science at Skidmore College. Skidmore’s Dean of the Faculty from 2011 to 2018\, Breslin has called the College in Saratoga Springs\, NY his professional home for 25 years. He is the author of numerous articles on topics ranging from constitutional theory to the death penalty to restorative justice. He has also published three books: The Communitarian Constitution (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2004)\, From Words to Worlds: Exploring Constitutional Functionality  (The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought\, 2009)\, and his latest\, A Constitution for the Living: Imagining How Five Generations of Americans Would Rewrite the Nation’s Fundamental Law (Stanford University Press\, 2021).  He holds a BA in political science from Hobart College and a MA and Ph.D in constitutional thought from the University of Pennsylvania. \n  \nHenry L. Chambers\, Jr.\, is Professor of Law and Austin E. Owen Research Scholar at the University of Richmond.  He teaches and writes in the areas of voting rights\, employment discrimination\, constitutional law\, criminal law\, and law and religion.  His upcoming essay\, Douglass\, Lincoln\, and Douglas before Dred Scott: A Few Thoughts on Freedom\, Equality\, and Affirmative Action\, considers how past visions of equality and inequality continue to arise in today’s affirmative action discussions.  Chambers served as Special Assistant Attorney General for redistricting matters for the Commonwealth of Virginia during the post-2010 Census redistricting cycle. Recent appointments include serving as the vice-chair of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission\, as a member of the Virginia Governor’s Commission to Examine Racial and Economic Inequity in the Law\, and as an advisor to the Virginia Model Jury Instruction Committee. Chambers has lectured on constitutional law in various venues\, including through the We The People program\, which provides civic education instruction to school teachers and the public; at James Madison’s Montpelier; and at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville. He is the editor of the pocket pamphlet\, American Legacy: The United States Constitution and Other Essential Documents of American Democracy\, 2nd Edition (Center for Civic Education 2023). \n  \n  \n\nEvent Co-sponsors: \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.nfrpp.org/event/american-political-institutions-fragile-or-resilient/
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SUMMARY:Ending the Corruption of Money
DESCRIPTION:Concentrated wealth is the enemy of democracy. As the great jurist Louis Brandeis is reputed to have said\, “America has a choice. We can either have great wealth in the hands of a few\, or we can have a democracy. But we cannot have both.” \nProfessor Lawrence Lessig\, one of the most important experts on the problem of money influence\, will provide a multi-prong approach to this serious challenge to democracy. Most Americans understand and deplore how money’s influence dims our voices in favor of powerful self-interest. How to address this complex issue will be a key part of this discussion. What can we do? \n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2bBaIgFnToii637JnhaUwg \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \nThis event is from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm EST on Thursday\, February 27\, 2025 \n\nSpeaker: \nLawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Prior to returning to Harvard\, he taught at Stanford Law School\, where he founded the Center for Internet and Society\, and at the University of Chicago. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. He holds an honorary degree from the University of Victoria\, Victoria\, Canada\, UCLouvain\, Belgium\, Lund Univeristy\, Sweden\, Athabasca University\, Athabasca\, Canada\, Amsterdam University\, Amsterdam. \nLessig is the founder of Equal Citizens and a founding board member of Creative Commons. He serves on the Scientific Board of AXA Research Fund\, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He has received numerous awards including a Webby\, the Free Software Foundation’s Freedom Award\, Scientific American 50 Award\, and Fastcase 50 Award. \nLessig’s early work focused on law and technology\, especially as it affects copyright. His current work addresses the failure of democracy\, and innovations to reform democracy. \nHe is the author of hundreds of articles and essays\, and a dozen books\, including: They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy (2019)\, Fidelity & Constraint: How the Supreme Court Has Read the American Constitution (2019)\, America\, Compromised (2018)\, Republic\, Lost v2(2015)\, The USA is Lesterland (2014)\, One Way Forward (2012)\, Republic\, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It (2011)\, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (2008)\, Code v2 (2006)\, Free Culture (2004)\, The Future of Ideas (2001)\, and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (1999). \nLessig holds a BA in economics and a BS in management from the University of Pennsylvania\, an MA in philosophy from Cambridge University\, and a JD from Yale. \n\nEvent Co-sponsors: \n \n  \n 
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