As January 6 hearings proceed on Capitol Hill, join the National Constitution Center for the launch of the Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy team reports. The project brings together three teams of leading experts— libertarian, progressive, and conservative—to identify institutional, legal, and technological reforms that might address current threats to American democracy. Team leaders Edward B. Foley, Sarah Isgur, and Clark Neily discuss their proposals. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.
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Edward B. Foley holds the Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law at The Ohio State University, where he also directs its Election Law Program. He is a contributing opinion columnist for The Washington Post, and for the 2020 election season, he served as an NBC News election law analyst. His latest book is Presidential Elections and Majority Rule: The Rise, Demise, and Potential Restoration of the Jeffersonian Electoral College.
Sarah Isgur is a staff writer at The Dispatch, where she also co-hosts the legal podcast, Advisory Opinions. She also serves as an analyst for ABC News and as a contributing editor to Politico Magazine. Prior to joining The Dispatch, Isgur worked in the Department of Justice as the director of the Office of Public Affairs and senior counsel to the Deputy Attorney General. She also previously worked on three Republican presidential campaigns.
Clark Neily is senior vice president for legal studies at the Cato Institute. He served as co-counsel in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), in which the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to own a gun. Neily is the author of Terms of Engagement: How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution’s Promise of Limited Government. He is also the team leader for Team Libertarian on the NCC’s Constitution Drafting project.
Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the U.S. Constitution. Rosen is also professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.
Additional Resources
- National Constitution Center, Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy
- Sarah Isgur, David French, and Jonah Goldberg, Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy: Team Conservative
- Edward B. Foley and Franita Tolson, Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy: Team Progressive
- Clark Neily, Walter Olson, and Ilya Somin, Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy: Team Libertarian
- Bush v. Gore (2000)
- United States v. Alvarez (2012)
- Electoral Count Act of 1887
- The Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform (2005)
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