Montpelier Conference
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”