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From 2010-2020, the nation’s imprisonment rate dropped by more than 25 percent, much of it supported by a bipartisan movement of policymakers and advocates from across the political spectrum working together to support commonsense reforms. Join leading organizations from the left and right who have been at the forefront of efforts to…
Since the beginning of the American Republic, a package of norms has evolved in the U.S. Constitution to protect the operation of checks and balances in national security policy. This “National Security Constitution” promotes shared powers and balanced institutional participation in foreign policymaking. Today it is under attack from a…
Randall Kennedy's lectures will posit the ends and means suitable currently for advancing the cause of racial justice in America. Lecture one will focus on aims: what should racial "justice" mean today? Lecture two will focus on strategy: what are optimal ways of proceeding in a polarized polity in which racial prejudices and resentments…
Randall Kennedy's lectures will posit the ends and means suitable currently for advancing the cause of racial justice in America. Lecture One will focus on aims: what should racial "justice" mean today? Lecture Two will focus on strategy: what are optimal ways of proceeding in a polarized polity in which racial prejudices and resentments…
Speakers
H.E. Christian Wenaweser, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the UNWolfgang F. Danspeckgruber, Founding Director, Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Princeton School of Public and International AffairsAmbassador Christian Wenaweser will highlight the…
American elections have faced stark challenges in recent cycles, from shifting rules governing voting and election administration to threats of foreign interference, disinformation, political violence, and more. On the eve of the 2024 elections, join our panel of experts as they talk through which hazards worry them this year, and when…
Join P*Law for a Preview of the Supreme Court Term. Leading journalists and scholars look back at the Supreme Court Term just past and at what’s coming up on the Court’s docket when the 2024-25 Term opens the first Monday in October. Moderated by P*LAW Director Deborah Pearlstein, panelists discuss the Court’s most consequential rulings…
Moderator: Tom Edsall
Panelists: Deborah Pearlstein, Nolan McCarty
At the center of national debates over gerrymandering, abortion, and the growing polarization of the courts, Justice Dallet discusses the role of the judge in a constitutional democracy.