Authors

Rigorous research and a broad-range of views

We're promoting a dialogue on democracy across ideological and political lines and bringing in voices from democracies overseas struggling with many of the same questions. Our authors represent a broad-range of perspectives – and bring institutional, empirical, historical, and comparative approaches to issues in democracy.

Authors

Rigorous research and a broad-range of views

We're promoting a dialogue on democracy across ideological and political lines and bringing in voices from democracies overseas struggling with many of the same questions. Our authors represent a broad-range of perspectives – and bring institutional, empirical, historical, and comparative approaches to issues in democracy.

Authors

Rigorous research and a broad-range of views

We're promoting a dialogue on democracy across ideological and political lines and bringing in voices from democracies overseas struggling with many of the same questions. Our authors represent a broad-range of perspectives – and bring institutional, empirical, historical, and comparative approaches to issues in democracy.

Authors

Rigorous research and a broad-range of views

We're promoting a dialogue on democracy across ideological and political lines and bringing in voices from democracies overseas struggling with many of the same questions. Our authors represent a broad-range of perspectives – and bring institutional, empirical, historical, and comparative approaches to issues in democracy.

Authors

Rigorous research and a broad-range of views

We're promoting a dialogue on democracy across ideological and political lines and bringing in voices from democracies overseas struggling with many of the same questions. Our authors represent a broad-range of perspectives – and bring institutional, empirical, historical, and comparative approaches to issues in democracy.

Authors

Rigorous research and a broad-range of views

We're promoting a dialogue on democracy across ideological and political lines and bringing in voices from democracies overseas struggling with many of the same questions. Our authors represent a broad-range of perspectives – and bring institutional, empirical, historical, and comparative approaches to issues in democracy.

Contributing Authors

Alan Bogg

Alan Bogg

Professor of Labour Law

University of Bristol

Amrit Singh

Amrit Singh

Professor of Practice and Founding Director of the Rule of Law Lab

NYU School of Law

andrew mccarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy

Former federal prosectuor

bestselling author and National Review contributing editor

Ashley Rogers Berner

Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

and Associate Professor of Education

Aziz Rana

J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor of Law and Government

Boston College Law School

Aziz Huq

Aziz Z. Huq

Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law

University of Chicago Law School

Ben Ginsberg

Benjamin L. Ginsberg

Center for Revitalizing American Institution’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Stanford’s Hoover Institution

Bertil Oder

Bertil Oder

Professor of Constitutional Law

Koç University Law School

Bertrall Ross

Bertrall Ross

Professor of Law / Faculty Director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy

University of California, Berkeley

Bill Dauster

Bill Dauster

U.S. Senate and Presidential staff

1986-Present

Bob Bauer Headshot

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bradley A. Smith

Bradley A. Smith

Professor of Law Emeritus

Capital University

Bruce Cain

Bruce E. Cain

Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Political Science

Stanford University

Caleb Nelson

Caleb Nelson

Emerson G. Spies Distinguished Professor of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

Caroline Tolbert

Caroline J. Tolbert

Distinguished University Professor of Political Science

The University of Iowa

charles stewart III

Charles Stewart III

Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science

MIT

Cora Chan

Cora Chan

Professor of Law

University of Hong Kong

Cynthia Estlund

Crystal Eastman Professor

Daniel Stid

Daniel Stid

Senior Fellow

American Enterprise Institute

David F. Levi

David F. Levi

James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean Emeritus of Law

Duke University School of Law

Froomkin

David Froomkin

Assistant Professor of Law

University of Houston Law Center

David Landau

David Landau

Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar Chair and Associate Dean for International Program

Florida State University College of Law

David Pozen

Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law

Columbia Law School

Derek Muller

Derek Muller

Professor of Law

Notre Dame Law School

Didi Kuo

Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Stanford University

Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel

Founder and President

Interfaith America

Edward Foley

Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law and Director of Election Law

The Ohio State University

Edward Whelan

Distinguished Senior Fellow & A. Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Elizabeth Price Foley

Elizabeth Price Foley

Professor of Law

Florida International University College of Law

Towfigh

Emanuel V. Towfigh

University Professor

EBS University in Oestrich-Winkel (Germany)

Eric Olson

Eric Olson

Co-founder and Partner

Olson Grimsley

Frances Lee

Frances E. Lee

Professor of Politics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Gillian Metzger

Gillian Metzger

Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law

Columbia Law School

Gregg Nunziata

Gregg Nunziata

Executive Director

Society for the Rule of Law

Heath Mayo

Heath Mayo

Executive Director

Principles First

Ian Shapiro

Sterling Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs

Yale University

Jack Goldsmith headshot

Jack Goldsmith

Professor of Law

Harvard University

Jake Sullivan

National Security Advisor

January 2021-January 2025

Jan-Werner Müller

Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics

Princeton University

John Samples

John Samples

vice president

Cato Institute

John Sexton

John Sexton

President of New York University

2001-2015

jonathan mitchell

Jonathan F. Mitchell

Solicitor General of Texas

2010-2015

Jonathan Gould

Professor of Law

New York University School of Law

jonathan h adler

Jonathan H. Adler

Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law

William & Mary Law School

Joshua Sellers

Professor of Law

University of Texas School of Law

Julia Azari

Professor in the Department of Political Science

Marquette University

Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond

William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Stanford University

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Charles I. Stone Professor of Law

University of Washington School of Law

Mark Cuban

Entrepreneur and Co-founder

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs

Michael D. Ramsey

Michael D. Ramsey

Warren Distinguished Professor of Law

University of San Diego School of Law

Michael Kang

Michael Kang

Class of 1940 Professor of Law

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Michaela Hailbronner

Professorship of International and German Public Law and Comparative Law

University of Muenster

Molly Reynolds

Molly Reynolds

Interim Vice President and Director of Governance Studies

Brookings

Nate Persily

Nate Persily

James B. McClatchy Professor of Law

Stanford Law School

Nicholas Bagley

Nicholas Bagley

Thomas G. Long Professor of Law

University of Michigan Law School

Niels Petersen

Niels Petersen

Professor of Public Law, International Law, and EU Law

University of Münster

Paul Rosenzweig

Paul Rosenzweig

Founder

Red Branch Consulting PLLC

Randall Kennedy

Randall Kennedy

Michael R. Klein Professor of Law

Harvard Law School

Randy Barnett

Randy E. Barnett

Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law

Georgetown University Law Center

Richard Briffault

Richard Briffault

Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation

Columbia Law School

Richard L. Hasen

Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project

UCLA School of Law

Richard L. Revesz

AnBryce Professor of Law and dean emeritus

New York University School of Law

Rick Pildes Headshot

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Robert Boatright

Robert G. Boatright

Professor of Political Science

Clark University

Robert George

Robert P. George

McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence

Princeton University

Rollie Olson

Research & Media Manager, President’s Office

Interfaith America

Rosalind Dixon

Rosalind Dixon

Professor of Law

University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law

Sam Issacharoff Headshot

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn

Kent Professor of Law and History

Yale University

seth masket

Seth Masket

Professor of Political Science

University of Denver

Spencer Overton

Spencer Overton

Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law

George Washington University Law School

Stephen Skowronek

Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science

Yale University

Abu El-Haj

Tabatha Abu El-Haj

Professor of Law

Kline School of Law at Drexel University

thomas griffith

Thomas Griffith

Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit

2005-2020

Turkuler Isiksel

Turkuler Isiksel

Associate Professor of Political Science

Columbia University

William Galston

William A. Galston

Senior Fellow and the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair

Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution

Wojciech Sadurski

Challis Professor of Jurisprudence

University of Sydney

Zach Price

Zachary Price

Professor of Law

UC Law San Francisco (the former UC Hastings)

Contributing Authors

Alan Bogg

Alan Bogg

Professor of Labour Law

University of Bristol

Amrit Singh

Amrit Singh

Professor of Practice and Founding Director of the Rule of Law Lab

NYU School of Law

andrew mccarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy

Former federal prosectuor

bestselling author and National Review contributing editor

Ashley Rogers Berner

Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

and Associate Professor of Education

Aziz Rana

J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor of Law and Government

Boston College Law School

Aziz Huq

Aziz Z. Huq

Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law

University of Chicago Law School

Ben Ginsberg

Benjamin L. Ginsberg

Center for Revitalizing American Institution’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Stanford’s Hoover Institution

Bertil Oder

Bertil Oder

Professor of Constitutional Law

Koç University Law School

Bertrall Ross

Bertrall Ross

Professor of Law / Faculty Director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy

University of California, Berkeley

Bill Dauster

Bill Dauster

U.S. Senate and Presidential staff

1986-Present

Bob Bauer Headshot

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bradley A. Smith

Bradley A. Smith

Professor of Law Emeritus

Capital University

Bruce Cain

Bruce E. Cain

Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Political Science

Stanford University

Caleb Nelson

Caleb Nelson

Emerson G. Spies Distinguished Professor of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

Caroline Tolbert

Caroline J. Tolbert

Distinguished University Professor of Political Science

The University of Iowa

charles stewart III

Charles Stewart III

Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science

MIT

Cora Chan

Cora Chan

Professor of Law

University of Hong Kong

Cynthia Estlund

Crystal Eastman Professor

Daniel Stid

Daniel Stid

Senior Fellow

American Enterprise Institute

David F. Levi

David F. Levi

James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean Emeritus of Law

Duke University School of Law

Froomkin

David Froomkin

Assistant Professor of Law

University of Houston Law Center

David Landau

David Landau

Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar Chair and Associate Dean for International Program

Florida State University College of Law

David Pozen

Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law

Columbia Law School

Derek Muller

Derek Muller

Professor of Law

Notre Dame Law School

Didi Kuo

Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Stanford University

Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel

Founder and President

Interfaith America

Edward Foley

Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law and Director of Election Law

The Ohio State University

Edward Whelan

Distinguished Senior Fellow & A. Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Elizabeth Price Foley

Elizabeth Price Foley

Professor of Law

Florida International University College of Law

Towfigh

Emanuel V. Towfigh

University Professor

EBS University in Oestrich-Winkel (Germany)

Eric Olson

Eric Olson

Co-founder and Partner

Olson Grimsley

Frances Lee

Frances E. Lee

Professor of Politics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Gillian Metzger

Gillian Metzger

Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law

Columbia Law School

Gregg Nunziata

Gregg Nunziata

Executive Director

Society for the Rule of Law

Heath Mayo

Heath Mayo

Executive Director

Principles First

Ian Shapiro

Sterling Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs

Yale University

Jack Goldsmith headshot

Jack Goldsmith

Professor of Law

Harvard University

Jake Sullivan

National Security Advisor

January 2021-January 2025

Jan-Werner Müller

Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics

Princeton University

John Samples

John Samples

vice president

Cato Institute

John Sexton

John Sexton

President of New York University

2001-2015

jonathan mitchell

Jonathan F. Mitchell

Solicitor General of Texas

2010-2015

Jonathan Gould

Professor of Law

New York University School of Law

jonathan h adler

Jonathan H. Adler

Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law

William & Mary Law School

Joshua Sellers

Professor of Law

University of Texas School of Law

Julia Azari

Professor in the Department of Political Science

Marquette University

Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond

William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Stanford University

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Charles I. Stone Professor of Law

University of Washington School of Law

Mark Cuban

Entrepreneur and Co-founder

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs

Michael D. Ramsey

Michael D. Ramsey

Warren Distinguished Professor of Law

University of San Diego School of Law

Michael Kang

Michael Kang

Class of 1940 Professor of Law

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Michaela Hailbronner

Professorship of International and German Public Law and Comparative Law

University of Muenster

Molly Reynolds

Molly Reynolds

Interim Vice President and Director of Governance Studies

Brookings

Nate Persily

Nate Persily

James B. McClatchy Professor of Law

Stanford Law School

Nicholas Bagley

Nicholas Bagley

Thomas G. Long Professor of Law

University of Michigan Law School

Niels Petersen

Niels Petersen

Professor of Public Law, International Law, and EU Law

University of Münster

Paul Rosenzweig

Paul Rosenzweig

Founder

Red Branch Consulting PLLC

Randall Kennedy

Randall Kennedy

Michael R. Klein Professor of Law

Harvard Law School

Randy Barnett

Randy E. Barnett

Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law

Georgetown University Law Center

Richard Briffault

Richard Briffault

Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation

Columbia Law School

Richard L. Hasen

Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project

UCLA School of Law

Richard L. Revesz

AnBryce Professor of Law and dean emeritus

New York University School of Law

Rick Pildes Headshot

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Robert Boatright

Robert G. Boatright

Professor of Political Science

Clark University

Robert George

Robert P. George

McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence

Princeton University

Rollie Olson

Research & Media Manager, President’s Office

Interfaith America

Rosalind Dixon

Rosalind Dixon

Professor of Law

University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law

Sam Issacharoff Headshot

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn

Kent Professor of Law and History

Yale University

seth masket

Seth Masket

Professor of Political Science

University of Denver

Spencer Overton

Spencer Overton

Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law

George Washington University Law School

Stephen Skowronek

Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science

Yale University

Abu El-Haj

Tabatha Abu El-Haj

Professor of Law

Kline School of Law at Drexel University

thomas griffith

Thomas Griffith

Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit

2005-2020

Turkuler Isiksel

Turkuler Isiksel

Associate Professor of Political Science

Columbia University

William Galston

William A. Galston

Senior Fellow and the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair

Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution

Wojciech Sadurski

Challis Professor of Jurisprudence

University of Sydney

Zach Price

Zachary Price

Professor of Law

UC Law San Francisco (the former UC Hastings)

Contributing Authors

Alan Bogg

Alan Bogg

Professor of Labour Law

University of Bristol

Amrit Singh

Amrit Singh

Professor of Practice and Founding Director of the Rule of Law Lab

NYU School of Law

andrew mccarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy

Former federal prosectuor

bestselling author and National Review contributing editor

Ashley Rogers Berner

Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

and Associate Professor of Education

Aziz Rana

J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor of Law and Government

Boston College Law School

Aziz Huq

Aziz Z. Huq

Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law

University of Chicago Law School

Ben Ginsberg

Benjamin L. Ginsberg

Center for Revitalizing American Institution’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Stanford’s Hoover Institution

Bertil Oder

Bertil Oder

Professor of Constitutional Law

Koç University Law School

Bertrall Ross

Bertrall Ross

Professor of Law / Faculty Director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy

University of California, Berkeley

Bill Dauster

Bill Dauster

U.S. Senate and Presidential staff

1986-Present

Bob Bauer Headshot

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bradley A. Smith

Bradley A. Smith

Professor of Law Emeritus

Capital University

Bruce Cain

Bruce E. Cain

Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Political Science

Stanford University

Caleb Nelson

Caleb Nelson

Emerson G. Spies Distinguished Professor of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

Caroline Tolbert

Caroline J. Tolbert

Distinguished University Professor of Political Science

The University of Iowa

charles stewart III

Charles Stewart III

Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science

MIT

Cora Chan

Cora Chan

Professor of Law

University of Hong Kong

Cynthia Estlund

Crystal Eastman Professor

Daniel Stid

Daniel Stid

Senior Fellow

American Enterprise Institute

David F. Levi

David F. Levi

James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean Emeritus of Law

Duke University School of Law

Froomkin

David Froomkin

Assistant Professor of Law

University of Houston Law Center

David Landau

David Landau

Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar Chair and Associate Dean for International Program

Florida State University College of Law

David Pozen

Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law

Columbia Law School

Derek Muller

Derek Muller

Professor of Law

Notre Dame Law School

Didi Kuo

Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Stanford University

Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel

Founder and President

Interfaith America

Edward Foley

Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law and Director of Election Law

The Ohio State University

Edward Whelan

Distinguished Senior Fellow & A. Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Elizabeth Price Foley

Elizabeth Price Foley

Professor of Law

Florida International University College of Law

Towfigh

Emanuel V. Towfigh

University Professor

EBS University in Oestrich-Winkel (Germany)

Eric Olson

Eric Olson

Co-founder and Partner

Olson Grimsley

Frances Lee

Frances E. Lee

Professor of Politics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Gillian Metzger

Gillian Metzger

Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law

Columbia Law School

Gregg Nunziata

Gregg Nunziata

Executive Director

Society for the Rule of Law

Heath Mayo

Heath Mayo

Executive Director

Principles First

Ian Shapiro

Sterling Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs

Yale University

Jack Goldsmith headshot

Jack Goldsmith

Professor of Law

Harvard University

Jake Sullivan

National Security Advisor

January 2021-January 2025

Jan-Werner Müller

Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics

Princeton University

John Samples

John Samples

vice president

Cato Institute

John Sexton

John Sexton

President of New York University

2001-2015

jonathan mitchell

Jonathan F. Mitchell

Solicitor General of Texas

2010-2015

Jonathan Gould

Professor of Law

New York University School of Law

jonathan h adler

Jonathan H. Adler

Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law

William & Mary Law School

Joshua Sellers

Professor of Law

University of Texas School of Law

Julia Azari

Professor in the Department of Political Science

Marquette University

Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond

William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Stanford University

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Charles I. Stone Professor of Law

University of Washington School of Law

Mark Cuban

Entrepreneur and Co-founder

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs

Michael D. Ramsey

Michael D. Ramsey

Warren Distinguished Professor of Law

University of San Diego School of Law

Michael Kang

Michael Kang

Class of 1940 Professor of Law

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Michaela Hailbronner

Professorship of International and German Public Law and Comparative Law

University of Muenster

Molly Reynolds

Molly Reynolds

Interim Vice President and Director of Governance Studies

Brookings

Nate Persily

Nate Persily

James B. McClatchy Professor of Law

Stanford Law School

Nicholas Bagley

Nicholas Bagley

Thomas G. Long Professor of Law

University of Michigan Law School

Niels Petersen

Niels Petersen

Professor of Public Law, International Law, and EU Law

University of Münster

Paul Rosenzweig

Paul Rosenzweig

Founder

Red Branch Consulting PLLC

Randall Kennedy

Randall Kennedy

Michael R. Klein Professor of Law

Harvard Law School

Randy Barnett

Randy E. Barnett

Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law

Georgetown University Law Center

Richard Briffault

Richard Briffault

Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation

Columbia Law School

Richard L. Hasen

Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project

UCLA School of Law

Richard L. Revesz

AnBryce Professor of Law and dean emeritus

New York University School of Law

Rick Pildes Headshot

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Robert Boatright

Robert G. Boatright

Professor of Political Science

Clark University

Robert George

Robert P. George

McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence

Princeton University

Rollie Olson

Research & Media Manager, President’s Office

Interfaith America

Rosalind Dixon

Rosalind Dixon

Professor of Law

University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law

Sam Issacharoff Headshot

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn

Kent Professor of Law and History

Yale University

seth masket

Seth Masket

Professor of Political Science

University of Denver

Spencer Overton

Spencer Overton

Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law

George Washington University Law School

Stephen Skowronek

Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science

Yale University

Abu El-Haj

Tabatha Abu El-Haj

Professor of Law

Kline School of Law at Drexel University

thomas griffith

Thomas Griffith

Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit

2005-2020

Turkuler Isiksel

Turkuler Isiksel

Associate Professor of Political Science

Columbia University

William Galston

William A. Galston

Senior Fellow and the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair

Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution

Wojciech Sadurski

Challis Professor of Jurisprudence

University of Sydney

Zach Price

Zachary Price

Professor of Law

UC Law San Francisco (the former UC Hastings)

Contributing Authors

Alan Bogg

Alan Bogg

Professor of Labour Law

University of Bristol

Amrit Singh

Amrit Singh

Professor of Practice and Founding Director of the Rule of Law Lab

NYU School of Law

andrew mccarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy

Former federal prosectuor

bestselling author and National Review contributing editor

Ashley Rogers Berner

Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

and Associate Professor of Education

Aziz Rana

J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor of Law and Government

Boston College Law School

Aziz Huq

Aziz Z. Huq

Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law

University of Chicago Law School

Ben Ginsberg

Benjamin L. Ginsberg

Center for Revitalizing American Institution’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Stanford’s Hoover Institution

Bertil Oder

Bertil Oder

Professor of Constitutional Law

Koç University Law School

Bertrall Ross

Bertrall Ross

Professor of Law / Faculty Director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy

University of California, Berkeley

Bill Dauster

Bill Dauster

U.S. Senate and Presidential staff

1986-Present

Bob Bauer Headshot

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bradley A. Smith

Bradley A. Smith

Professor of Law Emeritus

Capital University

Bruce Cain

Bruce E. Cain

Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Political Science

Stanford University

Caleb Nelson

Caleb Nelson

Emerson G. Spies Distinguished Professor of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

Caroline Tolbert

Caroline J. Tolbert

Distinguished University Professor of Political Science

The University of Iowa

charles stewart III

Charles Stewart III

Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science

MIT

Cora Chan

Cora Chan

Professor of Law

University of Hong Kong

Cynthia Estlund

Crystal Eastman Professor

Daniel Stid

Daniel Stid

Senior Fellow

American Enterprise Institute

David F. Levi

David F. Levi

James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean Emeritus of Law

Duke University School of Law

Froomkin

David Froomkin

Assistant Professor of Law

University of Houston Law Center

David Landau

David Landau

Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar Chair and Associate Dean for International Program

Florida State University College of Law

David Pozen

Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law

Columbia Law School

Derek Muller

Derek Muller

Professor of Law

Notre Dame Law School

Didi Kuo

Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Stanford University

Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel

Founder and President

Interfaith America

Edward Foley

Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law and Director of Election Law

The Ohio State University

Edward Whelan

Distinguished Senior Fellow & A. Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Elizabeth Price Foley

Elizabeth Price Foley

Professor of Law

Florida International University College of Law

Towfigh

Emanuel V. Towfigh

University Professor

EBS University in Oestrich-Winkel (Germany)

Eric Olson

Eric Olson

Co-founder and Partner

Olson Grimsley

Frances Lee

Frances E. Lee

Professor of Politics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Gillian Metzger

Gillian Metzger

Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law

Columbia Law School

Gregg Nunziata

Gregg Nunziata

Executive Director

Society for the Rule of Law

Heath Mayo

Heath Mayo

Executive Director

Principles First

Ian Shapiro

Sterling Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs

Yale University

Jack Goldsmith headshot

Jack Goldsmith

Professor of Law

Harvard University

Jake Sullivan

National Security Advisor

January 2021-January 2025

Jan-Werner Müller

Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics

Princeton University

John Samples

John Samples

vice president

Cato Institute

John Sexton

John Sexton

President of New York University

2001-2015

jonathan mitchell

Jonathan F. Mitchell

Solicitor General of Texas

2010-2015

Jonathan Gould

Professor of Law

New York University School of Law

jonathan h adler

Jonathan H. Adler

Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law

William & Mary Law School

Joshua Sellers

Professor of Law

University of Texas School of Law

Julia Azari

Professor in the Department of Political Science

Marquette University

Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond

William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Stanford University

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Charles I. Stone Professor of Law

University of Washington School of Law

Mark Cuban

Entrepreneur and Co-founder

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs

Michael D. Ramsey

Michael D. Ramsey

Warren Distinguished Professor of Law

University of San Diego School of Law

Michael Kang

Michael Kang

Class of 1940 Professor of Law

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Michaela Hailbronner

Professorship of International and German Public Law and Comparative Law

University of Muenster

Molly Reynolds

Molly Reynolds

Interim Vice President and Director of Governance Studies

Brookings

Nate Persily

Nate Persily

James B. McClatchy Professor of Law

Stanford Law School

Nicholas Bagley

Nicholas Bagley

Thomas G. Long Professor of Law

University of Michigan Law School

Niels Petersen

Niels Petersen

Professor of Public Law, International Law, and EU Law

University of Münster

Paul Rosenzweig

Paul Rosenzweig

Founder

Red Branch Consulting PLLC

Randall Kennedy

Randall Kennedy

Michael R. Klein Professor of Law

Harvard Law School

Randy Barnett

Randy E. Barnett

Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law

Georgetown University Law Center

Richard Briffault

Richard Briffault

Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation

Columbia Law School

Richard L. Hasen

Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project

UCLA School of Law

Richard L. Revesz

AnBryce Professor of Law and dean emeritus

New York University School of Law

Rick Pildes Headshot

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Robert Boatright

Robert G. Boatright

Professor of Political Science

Clark University

Robert George

Robert P. George

McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence

Princeton University

Rollie Olson

Research & Media Manager, President’s Office

Interfaith America

Rosalind Dixon

Rosalind Dixon

Professor of Law

University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law

Sam Issacharoff Headshot

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn

Kent Professor of Law and History

Yale University

seth masket

Seth Masket

Professor of Political Science

University of Denver

Spencer Overton

Spencer Overton

Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law

George Washington University Law School

Stephen Skowronek

Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science

Yale University

Abu El-Haj

Tabatha Abu El-Haj

Professor of Law

Kline School of Law at Drexel University

thomas griffith

Thomas Griffith

Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit

2005-2020

Turkuler Isiksel

Turkuler Isiksel

Associate Professor of Political Science

Columbia University

William Galston

William A. Galston

Senior Fellow and the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair

Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution

Wojciech Sadurski

Challis Professor of Jurisprudence

University of Sydney

Zach Price

Zachary Price

Professor of Law

UC Law San Francisco (the former UC Hastings)

Contributing Authors

Alan Bogg

Alan Bogg

Professor of Labour Law

University of Bristol

Amrit Singh

Amrit Singh

Professor of Practice and Founding Director of the Rule of Law Lab

NYU School of Law

andrew mccarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy

Former federal prosectuor

bestselling author and National Review contributing editor

Ashley Rogers Berner

Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

and Associate Professor of Education

Aziz Rana

J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor of Law and Government

Boston College Law School

Aziz Huq

Aziz Z. Huq

Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law

University of Chicago Law School

Ben Ginsberg

Benjamin L. Ginsberg

Center for Revitalizing American Institution’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Stanford’s Hoover Institution

Bertil Oder

Bertil Oder

Professor of Constitutional Law

Koç University Law School

Bertrall Ross

Bertrall Ross

Professor of Law / Faculty Director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy

University of California, Berkeley

Bill Dauster

Bill Dauster

U.S. Senate and Presidential staff

1986-Present

Bob Bauer Headshot

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bradley A. Smith

Bradley A. Smith

Professor of Law Emeritus

Capital University

Bruce Cain

Bruce E. Cain

Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Political Science

Stanford University

Caleb Nelson

Caleb Nelson

Emerson G. Spies Distinguished Professor of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

Caroline Tolbert

Caroline J. Tolbert

Distinguished University Professor of Political Science

The University of Iowa

charles stewart III

Charles Stewart III

Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science

MIT

Cora Chan

Cora Chan

Professor of Law

University of Hong Kong

Cynthia Estlund

Crystal Eastman Professor

Daniel Stid

Daniel Stid

Senior Fellow

American Enterprise Institute

David F. Levi

David F. Levi

James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean Emeritus of Law

Duke University School of Law

Froomkin

David Froomkin

Assistant Professor of Law

University of Houston Law Center

David Landau

David Landau

Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar Chair and Associate Dean for International Program

Florida State University College of Law

David Pozen

Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law

Columbia Law School

Derek Muller

Derek Muller

Professor of Law

Notre Dame Law School

Didi Kuo

Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Stanford University

Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel

Founder and President

Interfaith America

Edward Foley

Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law and Director of Election Law

The Ohio State University

Edward Whelan

Distinguished Senior Fellow & A. Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Elizabeth Price Foley

Elizabeth Price Foley

Professor of Law

Florida International University College of Law

Towfigh

Emanuel V. Towfigh

University Professor

EBS University in Oestrich-Winkel (Germany)

Eric Olson

Eric Olson

Co-founder and Partner

Olson Grimsley

Frances Lee

Frances E. Lee

Professor of Politics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Gillian Metzger

Gillian Metzger

Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law

Columbia Law School

Gregg Nunziata

Gregg Nunziata

Executive Director

Society for the Rule of Law

Heath Mayo

Heath Mayo

Executive Director

Principles First

Ian Shapiro

Sterling Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs

Yale University

Jack Goldsmith headshot

Jack Goldsmith

Professor of Law

Harvard University

Jake Sullivan

National Security Advisor

January 2021-January 2025

Jan-Werner Müller

Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics

Princeton University

John Samples

John Samples

vice president

Cato Institute

John Sexton

John Sexton

President of New York University

2001-2015

jonathan mitchell

Jonathan F. Mitchell

Solicitor General of Texas

2010-2015

Jonathan Gould

Professor of Law

New York University School of Law

jonathan h adler

Jonathan H. Adler

Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law

William & Mary Law School

Joshua Sellers

Professor of Law

University of Texas School of Law

Julia Azari

Professor in the Department of Political Science

Marquette University

Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond

William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Stanford University

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Charles I. Stone Professor of Law

University of Washington School of Law

Mark Cuban

Entrepreneur and Co-founder

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs

Michael D. Ramsey

Michael D. Ramsey

Warren Distinguished Professor of Law

University of San Diego School of Law

Michael Kang

Michael Kang

Class of 1940 Professor of Law

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Michaela Hailbronner

Professorship of International and German Public Law and Comparative Law

University of Muenster

Molly Reynolds

Molly Reynolds

Interim Vice President and Director of Governance Studies

Brookings

Nate Persily

Nate Persily

James B. McClatchy Professor of Law

Stanford Law School

Nicholas Bagley

Nicholas Bagley

Thomas G. Long Professor of Law

University of Michigan Law School

Niels Petersen

Niels Petersen

Professor of Public Law, International Law, and EU Law

University of Münster

Paul Rosenzweig

Paul Rosenzweig

Founder

Red Branch Consulting PLLC

Randall Kennedy

Randall Kennedy

Michael R. Klein Professor of Law

Harvard Law School

Randy Barnett

Randy E. Barnett

Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law

Georgetown University Law Center

Richard Briffault

Richard Briffault

Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation

Columbia Law School

Richard L. Hasen

Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project

UCLA School of Law

Richard L. Revesz

AnBryce Professor of Law and dean emeritus

New York University School of Law

Rick Pildes Headshot

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Robert Boatright

Robert G. Boatright

Professor of Political Science

Clark University

Robert George

Robert P. George

McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence

Princeton University

Rollie Olson

Research & Media Manager, President’s Office

Interfaith America

Rosalind Dixon

Rosalind Dixon

Professor of Law

University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law

Sam Issacharoff Headshot

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn

Kent Professor of Law and History

Yale University

seth masket

Seth Masket

Professor of Political Science

University of Denver

Spencer Overton

Spencer Overton

Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law

George Washington University Law School

Stephen Skowronek

Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science

Yale University

Abu El-Haj

Tabatha Abu El-Haj

Professor of Law

Kline School of Law at Drexel University

thomas griffith

Thomas Griffith

Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit

2005-2020

Turkuler Isiksel

Turkuler Isiksel

Associate Professor of Political Science

Columbia University

William Galston

William A. Galston

Senior Fellow and the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair

Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution

Wojciech Sadurski

Challis Professor of Jurisprudence

University of Sydney

Zach Price

Zachary Price

Professor of Law

UC Law San Francisco (the former UC Hastings)

Contributing Authors

Alan Bogg

Alan Bogg

Professor of Labour Law

University of Bristol

Amrit Singh

Amrit Singh

Professor of Practice and Founding Director of the Rule of Law Lab

NYU School of Law

andrew mccarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy

Former federal prosectuor

bestselling author and National Review contributing editor

Ashley Rogers Berner

Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

and Associate Professor of Education

Aziz Rana

J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor of Law and Government

Boston College Law School

Aziz Huq

Aziz Z. Huq

Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law

University of Chicago Law School

Ben Ginsberg

Benjamin L. Ginsberg

Center for Revitalizing American Institution’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Stanford’s Hoover Institution

Bertil Oder

Bertil Oder

Professor of Constitutional Law

Koç University Law School

Bertrall Ross

Bertrall Ross

Professor of Law / Faculty Director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy

University of California, Berkeley

Bill Dauster

Bill Dauster

U.S. Senate and Presidential staff

1986-Present

Bob Bauer Headshot

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bradley A. Smith

Bradley A. Smith

Professor of Law Emeritus

Capital University

Bruce Cain

Bruce E. Cain

Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Political Science

Stanford University

Caleb Nelson

Caleb Nelson

Emerson G. Spies Distinguished Professor of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

Caroline Tolbert

Caroline J. Tolbert

Distinguished University Professor of Political Science

The University of Iowa

charles stewart III

Charles Stewart III

Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science

MIT

Cora Chan

Cora Chan

Professor of Law

University of Hong Kong

Cynthia Estlund

Crystal Eastman Professor

Daniel Stid

Daniel Stid

Senior Fellow

American Enterprise Institute

David F. Levi

David F. Levi

James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean Emeritus of Law

Duke University School of Law

Froomkin

David Froomkin

Assistant Professor of Law

University of Houston Law Center

David Landau

David Landau

Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar Chair and Associate Dean for International Program

Florida State University College of Law

David Pozen

Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law

Columbia Law School

Derek Muller

Derek Muller

Professor of Law

Notre Dame Law School

Didi Kuo

Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Stanford University

Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel

Founder and President

Interfaith America

Edward Foley

Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law and Director of Election Law

The Ohio State University

Edward Whelan

Distinguished Senior Fellow & A. Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Elizabeth Price Foley

Elizabeth Price Foley

Professor of Law

Florida International University College of Law

Towfigh

Emanuel V. Towfigh

University Professor

EBS University in Oestrich-Winkel (Germany)

Eric Olson

Eric Olson

Co-founder and Partner

Olson Grimsley

Frances Lee

Frances E. Lee

Professor of Politics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Gillian Metzger

Gillian Metzger

Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law

Columbia Law School

Gregg Nunziata

Gregg Nunziata

Executive Director

Society for the Rule of Law

Heath Mayo

Heath Mayo

Executive Director

Principles First

Ian Shapiro

Sterling Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs

Yale University

Jack Goldsmith headshot

Jack Goldsmith

Professor of Law

Harvard University

Jake Sullivan

National Security Advisor

January 2021-January 2025

Jan-Werner Müller

Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics

Princeton University

John Samples

John Samples

vice president

Cato Institute

John Sexton

John Sexton

President of New York University

2001-2015

jonathan mitchell

Jonathan F. Mitchell

Solicitor General of Texas

2010-2015

Jonathan Gould

Professor of Law

New York University School of Law

jonathan h adler

Jonathan H. Adler

Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law

William & Mary Law School

Joshua Sellers

Professor of Law

University of Texas School of Law

Julia Azari

Professor in the Department of Political Science

Marquette University

Larry Diamond

Larry Diamond

William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Stanford University

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Lisa Marshall Manheim

Charles I. Stone Professor of Law

University of Washington School of Law

Mark Cuban

Entrepreneur and Co-founder

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs

Michael D. Ramsey

Michael D. Ramsey

Warren Distinguished Professor of Law

University of San Diego School of Law

Michael Kang

Michael Kang

Class of 1940 Professor of Law

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Michaela Hailbronner

Professorship of International and German Public Law and Comparative Law

University of Muenster

Molly Reynolds

Molly Reynolds

Interim Vice President and Director of Governance Studies

Brookings

Nate Persily

Nate Persily

James B. McClatchy Professor of Law

Stanford Law School

Nicholas Bagley

Nicholas Bagley

Thomas G. Long Professor of Law

University of Michigan Law School

Niels Petersen

Niels Petersen

Professor of Public Law, International Law, and EU Law

University of Münster

Paul Rosenzweig

Paul Rosenzweig

Founder

Red Branch Consulting PLLC

Randall Kennedy

Randall Kennedy

Michael R. Klein Professor of Law

Harvard Law School

Randy Barnett

Randy E. Barnett

Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law

Georgetown University Law Center

Richard Briffault

Richard Briffault

Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation

Columbia Law School

Richard L. Hasen

Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law and Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project

UCLA School of Law

Richard L. Revesz

AnBryce Professor of Law and dean emeritus

New York University School of Law

Rick Pildes Headshot

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Robert Boatright

Robert G. Boatright

Professor of Political Science

Clark University

Robert George

Robert P. George

McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence

Princeton University

Rollie Olson

Research & Media Manager, President’s Office

Interfaith America

Rosalind Dixon

Rosalind Dixon

Professor of Law

University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law

Sam Issacharoff Headshot

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn

Kent Professor of Law and History

Yale University

seth masket

Seth Masket

Professor of Political Science

University of Denver

Spencer Overton

Spencer Overton

Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law

George Washington University Law School

Stephen Skowronek

Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science

Yale University

Abu El-Haj

Tabatha Abu El-Haj

Professor of Law

Kline School of Law at Drexel University

thomas griffith

Thomas Griffith

Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit

2005-2020

Turkuler Isiksel

Turkuler Isiksel

Associate Professor of Political Science

Columbia University

William Galston

William A. Galston

Senior Fellow and the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair

Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution

Wojciech Sadurski

Challis Professor of Jurisprudence

University of Sydney

Zach Price

Zachary Price

Professor of Law

UC Law San Francisco (the former UC Hastings)

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