The Trump administration at 9 months: Assessing democratic backsliding

Join us at 4 p.m. on September 29 at BESI for the second in a regular series of panels exploring the threatened status of democratic institutions in the United States. UC Berkeley political and legal scholars will weigh in on issues including the weakening of Congress, Trump and the courts, the pressures on civic institutions, and the possible dynamics and implications of popular protest.

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Participants

Catherine Lhamon, Executive Director, Edley Center on Law and Democracy

Paul Pierson, Director, Berkeley Economy & Society Initiative

Eric Schickler, Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley

Omar Wasow, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley

Moderator

Amanda Behm, Associate Director, Berkeley Economy & Society Initiative