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The CSI Legal Studies Institute Presents:
The Fall Election Season Lecture Series

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Corey Brettschneider
Brown University
“The Presidents and the People:
Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It”
4:30—6:00 p.m.
Building 1P, Center for the Performing Arts, Room 120
Reception to Follow

 Thursday, October 24, 2024

Kevin J. McMahon
Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
“A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other:  The Deepening Divide Between the Justices and the People”
4:30—6:00 p.m.
Building 1L, Library, Room 203
Reception to Follow

About the Authors:

Corey Brettschneider is a professor of political science at Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and politics, as well as a visiting professor at Fordham Law School. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago Law School. His new book is The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought To Defend It. He is also the author of The Oath and The Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents, Democratic Rights: The Substance of Self-Government, and When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Politico, and The Guardian, as well as in top academic journals and law reviews. His constitutional law casebook is widely used in classrooms throughout the United States. Brettschneider is frequently interviewed about constitutional and political issues on MSNBC, CNN, BBC, Sirius XM, and other media outlets. He holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton and a JD from Stanford Law School.

Kevin J. McMahon is the John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science at Trinity College. He is also the author of Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race (winner of the Richard E. Neustadt Award), and Nixon’s Court (winner of the Erwin N. Griswold Prize). His recent book is A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other: The Increasing Divide Between the Court and the People (University of Chicago Press, 2023).  Professor McMahon earned his PhD at Brandeis University in 1997. As an advanced graduate student, he taught for two years in Russia with the Civic Education Project (a.k.a., the “academic Peace Corps”). In 2006, he was a Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair at the University of Montreal.