August 04, 2016
Akhil Reed Amar of Yale University, Edward Larson of Pepperdine University, and Douglas Bradburn of Washington’s Mount Vernon explore the constitutional legacy of our nation’s first President.
Evaluating the state of American democracy ahead of the next presidential election
Experts Michael Gerhardt and Andrew Busch explore the pivotal elections of 1932 and 1980. They compare the transformative…
After being impeached, President Andrew Johnson survived his 1868 Senate trial by just one vote. And to this day, how that vote…
In this session, students will explore the Electoral College’s controversial origins at the Constitution Convention. The class…
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