Discussion: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism.”

On May 20, 2014, Professor Nathaniel Persily moderated the discussion “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism.”
The discussion panel featured Benjamin Ginsberg, Co-Chair, Presidential Commission on Election Administration and Jane Schacter, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor in Law at Stanford University, who shared their findings on why America’s government has become so dysfunctional.