Lawrence Lessig, author of the new book They Don't Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy, Daniel Epps of Washington University in St. Louis Law School, and Howard Rich, chairman of U.S. Term Limits, discuss the future of elections, term limits, calls for a constitutional convention, gerrymandering, and what American democracy might look like in 2020 and beyond. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.
This program is generously sponsored by John Aglialoro.
Participants
- Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, prior to which he founded the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, and taught at the University of Chicago. Lessig’s latest book, They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy, charts the way in which the fundamental institutions of our democracy, including our media, respond to narrow interests rather than to the needs and wishes of the nation’s citizenry.
- Daniel Epps is an associate professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. His most recent article, “How to Save the Supreme Court,” which was co-written with Ganesh Sitaraman, was published in the Yale Law Journal, and its reform proposal has been endorsed by presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg. His writing for popular audiences has appeared in The Washington Post, Vox, The New York Times Magazine, and The Atlantic. He is a former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
- Howard Rich is a real estate investor and chairman of U.S. Term Limits, which works to establish and defend term limits at all levels of government. Additionally, he is involved with education reform, having served as chairman of two organizations supportive of the cause and funding scholarships through the Student Sponsor Partnership. Rich also serves on the boards of the Cato Institute and the Center for Independent Thought.
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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.
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