Event: The Challenges to Republican Self-Governance in the 21st Century

It's not just the political left who has concerns about our governance

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Date: October 16, 2024

Time: 12:15-6pm (Lunch will be served; a reception follows the event)

Location: American Enterprise Institute, 1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

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Concerns about “the death of democracy” in the United States have become common in public discourse. But these are mostly conversations driven by thinkers and commentators on the left, reflecting some of their distinct worries. Many conservatives also have profound worries over the health of the American republic, and they need to articulate these concerns in their own terms.

Please join the American Enterprise Institute for a conference where leading conservative scholars from a range of perspectives and disciplines will assess the challenges of American national governance in the 21st century and discuss strategies to address modern dangers to the constitutional system.

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Agenda

12:15 p.m.
Lunch and Registration

12:45 p.m.
Welcome:
Yuval Levin, Director, Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, American Enterprise Institute

1:00 p.m.
Panel I: Challenges for Congress

Participants:
Joseph Postell, Associate Professor of Politics, Hillsdale College
Philip Wallach, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

1:30 p.m.
Q&A

1:45 p.m.
Break

2:00 p.m.
Panel II: Challenges for Elections and Parties

Participants:
John C. Fortier, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Matt Germer, Senior Fellow, R Street Institute

2:30 p.m.
Q&A

2:45 p.m.
Break

3:00 p.m.
Panel III: Challenges for the Judiciary

Participants:
Beth A. Williams, Former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy, US Department of Justice
Jeffrey A. Rosen, Nonresident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

3:30 p.m.
Q&A

3:45 p.m.
Break

4:00 p.m.
Panel IV: Challenges for the Executive Branch

Participants:
Andy Busch, Associate Director of the Institute of American Civics, Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Tennessee
Gary J. Schmitt, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

4:30 p.m.
Q&A

4:45 p.m.
Concluding Remarks:
Kevin R. Kosar, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

5:00 p.m.
Adjournment