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Michael Waldman talked about voting rights and election integrity.

The Senate Rules Committee held a hearing on S.1, the For the People Act, a wide-ranging bill related to voting rights, campaign finance, and ethics. Former Attorney General Eric Holder, Michigan Secretary of…

Brennan Center President Michael Waldman talked about efforts in several states to restrict voting rights.

New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice and Federal Hall held a discussion on presidential power and transition. Experts discussed the recent attack on the U.S. Capitol and how it…

Former Acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal talked about his book, Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump.

The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections held a hearing on voting rights and election procedures. Witnesses among the four panels included leaders from the NAACP and American…

Michael Waldman talked about his book, The Second Amendment: A Biography, in which he examines the history of the Second Amendment, which protects the right of individuals to keep and bear…

The Democratic National Convention Committee’s Platform Drafting Committee held a hearing on what should be included in the party’s platform for the July 2016 convention in…

Panelists talked about automatic voter registration laws enacted in Oregon, California, Vermont, and West Virginia where eligible citizens are automatically registered to vote when obtaining a driver’s license.…

Michael Waldman talked about his book The Fight to Vote, in which he provides a history of voting rights in the United States, from the initial debates between the Founding Fathers to…

Obama administration officials, journalists, business leaders, and economists discussed the economic consequences of the criminal justice system. A panel analyzed data from a report by the…

Michael Waldman talked about his book, The Fight to Vote, on the history voting rights in the U.S., contemporary voter registration laws and issues, the role of super-PACs (political action…

Michael Waldman talked about his book, The Second Amendment: A Biography, in which he contends that the single most misunderstood sentence in the Bill of Rights is the Second Amendment. He…

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano talked about national security following the recent killing of Osama bin Laden, and ten years after the September 11, 2001, attacks. She also…

Five former presidential speechwriters discussed the role of presidential speechwriters throughout history and their relationships with the presidents they served. Topics included their assessments of…

The Center for American Progress (CAP) and the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) co-hosted an event commemorating the 15th anniversary of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, focusing on the actions taken by…

Former Clinton speechwriter Michael Waldman talked about A Return to Common Sense (Sourcebooks, Inc.; (June 1, 2008). The book details his seven recommendations for improving American…

Panelists spoke about the online release of material from the book edited by Mark Green and Michele Jolin, Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President, to be…

A discussion was held on the first 100 days of the next presidential administration. Topics included using President Franklin Roosevelt’s first hundred days as a good example for the next president to use to set…

A panel of presidential speechwriters talked about the demands of writing for presidents, and offered anecdotes from their days in the White House in a forum at the New York Times Arts and Leisure…