Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Straub Hall, Room 156
1451 Onyx Street, Eugene, OR 97403
How well does our constitutional democracy work when one party
controls the levers of power and crucial rights are at stake?
This panel will try to answer this question by bringing together experts on social movements, the media, the courts, state governments, the presidency, and Congress to assess our system of checks and balances today.
Panelists
Stuart Chinn, UO law professor
Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon’s attorney general
Hector Tobar, UO journalism professor and best-selling author
Dan Tichenor, UO political science professor and director of the Wayne Morse Center’s Program for Democratic Engagement and Governance
Kelley Weigel, executive director of the Western States Center
School of Journalism and Communication, College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science, School of Law, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, Public Affairs Speaker Series
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