US Presidency in Crisis?

Date & Time May 04 2018 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Audience Restricted to Princeton University

The Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) is organizing this conference to bring together leading academics, journalists, and policymakers to discuss the state of the US Presidency. This conference is open to all members of the Princeton University community, by pre-registration, but is not open to the publicAdvance registration is required, using the link on the conference website. Please register using your Princeton.EDU email address. Seats for students are limited, and we will indicate on the website when space is full.

Is the US presidency in crisis as an institution?  To what extent are the factors that contributed to Trump’s election and define his presidency personal versus broader developments? What are the implications of the Trump presidency for US policy and political discourse? Panels will consider the presidency as it relates to executive policymaking, congressional relations, the judiciary, foreign policy, public communications, and elections. 

 

SPEAKERS

 

Charles

Cameron

Princeton University

Brandice

Canes-Wrone

Princeton University

Josh

Chafetz

Cornell Law School; The Hill

Joshua

Cohen

Apple University, Berkeley Law, Philosophy, and Political Science, Boston Review

Terry

Collins

Journalist on Politics and Social Media; former CNET, Associated Press

Thomas

Edsall

New York Times; Columbia University

Robert

Erikson

Columbia University

Daniel

Gillion

University of Pennsylvania, 2017-2018 CSDP Fellow

Dan

Glickman

Bipartisan Policy Center; former Secretary of Agriculture; former member of Congress

William

Howell

University of Chicago

Elaine

Kamarck

Brookings Institution

Ethan

Kapstein

Princeton University, Arizona State University

Douglas

Kriner

Penn State University

Brad

Lawrence

Political consultant, 4CM&M

David

Lewis

Vanderbilt University

Adam

Liptak

New York Times

Ray

Mabus

Former Secretary of the Navy; former governor of Mississippi; former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Nolan

McCarty

Princeton University

Terry

Moe

Stanford University

Jonathan

Nagler

New York University

Catherine

Rampell

Washington Post

John

Sides

George Washington University; The Monkey Cage

Susan

Stokes

Yale University; Bright Line Watch

Keith

Whittington

Princeton University

Lauren

Wright

Princeton University

Keren

Yarhi-Milo

Princeton University

Julian

Zelizer

Princeton University

 

MODERATORS

 

Martha

Coven

Princeton University, former Associate Director for Education, Income Maintenance, and Labor OMB, former Special Assistant to the President at the Domestic Policy Council

Kenneth

Lowande

2017-2018 CSDP Fellow, University of Michigan

Tali

Mendelberg

Princeton University

Markus

Prior

Princeton University

Paul

Starr

Princeton University

Sarah

Staszak

Princeton University