Examining the Roots of Polarization in Our Constitutional Order

April 1-3, 2016

Conference Participants

• David Dreier, Trustee, Claremont McKenna College
• Hiram Chodosh, President, Claremont McKenna College
• Zachary Courser, Research Director, Dreier Roundtable
• Eric Helland, Director, Dreier Roundtable
• Ken Miller, Director, Dreier Roundtable
• Joe Bessette, Professor, Claremont McKenna College
• Michael Greve, Professor, George Mason University
• Amanda Hollis-Brusky, Professor, Pomona College
• Kathryn Pearson, Professor, University of Minnesota
• Garry Schmitt, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
• George Thomas, Professor, Claremont McKenna College
• Mo Batal, Dreier Fellow
• Jess Davis, Dreier Fellow
• Jessica Jin, Dreier Fellow

Authors and Chapters

• Joe Bessette, “In Defense of Polarization”
• George Thomas, “The Madisonian Constitution, Political Dysfunction, and Polarized Politics”
• Zach Courser, “Parties against the Constitution”
• Michael Greve, “Our Polarized, Presidential Federalism”
• Eric Helland and Ken Miller, “Polarization and the Administrative State”
• Kathryn Pearson, “Rising Partisan Polarization and Dysfunction in the U.S. Congress”
• Amanda Hollis-Brusky, “Political Polarization, Judicial Activism and the New Constitutional Politics”