Democracy’s Roundtable

NYU Law has launched a new Project engaging with law and democracy in an age of polarization and a series featuring 100 authors with views across the political spectrum over 100 days.

Event:

We're live! Bob Bauer, Rick Pildes and Sam Issacharoff introduce the Democracy Project.

Event:

We're live! Bob Bauer, Rick Pildes and Sam Issacharoff introduce the Democracy Project.

Event:

We're live! Bob Bauer, Rick Pildes and Sam Issacharoff introduce the Democracy Project.

Event:

We're live! Bob Bauer, Rick Pildes and Sam Issacharoff introduce the Democracy Project.

Event:

We're live! Bob Bauer, Rick Pildes and Sam Issacharoff introduce the Democracy Project.

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100 Ideas

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What's New

Sep 9, 2025

Introducing the NYU Law Democracy Project

Faculty Directors

Sep 9, 2025

Introducing the NYU Law Democracy Project

Faculty Directors

Sep 9, 2025

Introducing the NYU Law Democracy Project

Faculty Directors

Sep 9, 2025

Introducing the NYU Law Democracy Project

Faculty Directors

Sep 9, 2025

Introducing the NYU Law Democracy Project

Faculty Directors

Sep 9, 2025

Introducing the NYU Law Democracy Project

Faculty Directors

Sep 24, 2025

Voting Our Way Out of Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 24, 2025

Voting Our Way Out of Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 24, 2025

Voting Our Way Out of Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 24, 2025

Voting Our Way Out of Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 24, 2025

Voting Our Way Out of Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 24, 2025

Voting Our Way Out of Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 23, 2025

Democracy Is Evolving—and It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Us

Mark Cuban

Society & Communications

Sep 23, 2025

Democracy Is Evolving—and It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Us

Mark Cuban

Society & Communications

Sep 23, 2025

Democracy Is Evolving—and It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Us

Mark Cuban

Society & Communications

Sep 23, 2025

Democracy Is Evolving—and It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Us

Mark Cuban

Society & Communications

Sep 23, 2025

Democracy Is Evolving—and It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Us

Mark Cuban

Society & Communications

Sep 23, 2025

Democracy Is Evolving—and It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Us

Mark Cuban

Society & Communications

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Sep 11, 2025

The Case for Universal National Service: Restitching America's Social Fabric

Jake Sullivan

Society & Communications

Sep 11, 2025

The Case for Universal National Service: Restitching America's Social Fabric

Jake Sullivan

Society & Communications

Sep 11, 2025

The Case for Universal National Service: Restitching America's Social Fabric

Jake Sullivan

Society & Communications

Sep 11, 2025

The Case for Universal National Service: Restitching America's Social Fabric

Jake Sullivan

Society & Communications

Sep 11, 2025

The Case for Universal National Service: Restitching America's Social Fabric

Jake Sullivan

Society & Communications

Sep 11, 2025

The Case for Universal National Service: Restitching America's Social Fabric

Jake Sullivan

Society & Communications

Sep 15, 2025

Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

Robert P. George

Society & Communications

Sep 15, 2025

Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

Robert P. George

Society & Communications

Sep 15, 2025

Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

Robert P. George

Society & Communications

Sep 15, 2025

Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

Robert P. George

Society & Communications

Sep 15, 2025

Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

Robert P. George

Society & Communications

Sep 15, 2025

Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

Robert P. George

Society & Communications

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Congress, The President & The Courts

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Congress, The President & The Courts

1

Congress, The President & The Courts

1

Congress, The President & The Courts

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Congress, The President & The Courts

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Congress, The President & The Courts

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Congress, The President & The Courts

Nicholas Bagley

On Procedures and Democracy

Thomas Griffith

In the Framers We Trust

Jack Goldsmith

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

Nicholas Bagley

On Procedures and Democracy

Thomas Griffith

In the Framers We Trust

Jack Goldsmith

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

Nicholas Bagley

On Procedures and Democracy

Thomas Griffith

In the Framers We Trust

Jack Goldsmith

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

Nicholas Bagley

On Procedures and Democracy

Thomas Griffith

In the Framers We Trust

Jack Goldsmith

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

Nicholas Bagley

On Procedures and Democracy

Thomas Griffith

In the Framers We Trust

Jack Goldsmith

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

Nicholas Bagley

On Procedures and Democracy

Thomas Griffith

In the Framers We Trust

Jack Goldsmith

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

Nicholas Bagley

On Procedures and Democracy

Thomas Griffith

In the Framers We Trust

Jack Goldsmith

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

2

Elections & Political Parties

2

Elections & Political Parties

2

Elections & Political Parties

2

Elections & Political Parties

2

Elections & Political Parties

2

Elections & Political Parties

2

Elections & Political Parties

Wojciech Sadurski

Sisyphean Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Richard Pildes

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

Wojciech Sadurski

Sisyphean Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Richard Pildes

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

Wojciech Sadurski

Sisyphean Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Richard Pildes

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

Wojciech Sadurski

Sisyphean Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Richard Pildes

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

Wojciech Sadurski

Sisyphean Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Richard Pildes

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

Wojciech Sadurski

Sisyphean Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Richard Pildes

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

Wojciech Sadurski

Sisyphean Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Richard Pildes

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

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Society & Communications

3

Society & Communications

3

Society & Communications

3

Society & Communications

3

Society & Communications

3

Society & Communications

3

Society & Communications

Frances E. Lee

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Randall Kennedy

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

John Sexton

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

Frances E. Lee

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Randall Kennedy

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

John Sexton

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

Frances E. Lee

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Randall Kennedy

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

John Sexton

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

Frances E. Lee

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Randall Kennedy

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

John Sexton

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

Frances E. Lee

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Randall Kennedy

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

John Sexton

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

Frances E. Lee

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Randall Kennedy

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

John Sexton

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

Frances E. Lee

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Randall Kennedy

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

John Sexton

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

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Sep 18, 2025

Bring Back Congress

Andrew C. McCarthy

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 17, 2025

Corporate Responsibility and Non-Enforcement of the TikTok Ban

Bob Bauer

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 23, 2025

Democracy Is Evolving—and It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Us

Mark Cuban

Society & Communications

Sep 9, 2025

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Frances E. Lee

Society & Communications

Sep 15, 2025

Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

Robert P. George

Society & Communications

Sep 12, 2025

In the Framers We Trust

Thomas Griffith

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 9, 2025

Introducing the NYU Law Democracy Project

Faculty Directors

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 26, 2025

Liberal Enclaves

Cora Chan

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 1, 2025

Majoritarianism and Minoritarianism in the Law of Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Richard Pildes

Elections & Political Parties

Aug 15, 2025

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

Jack Goldsmith

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 10, 2025

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

Randall Kennedy

Society & Communications

Sep 9, 2025

On Procedures and Democracy

Nicholas Bagley

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 16, 2025

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

Richard Pildes

Elections & Political Parties

Jul 18, 2025

Progressives and the Supreme Court: The Case for Disengagement Is Misguided

Bob Bauer

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 12, 2025

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

John Sexton

Sep 16, 2025

Reviving Democracy Promotion

Larry Diamond

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 17, 2025

Sisyphean Democracy

Wojciech Sadurski

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 25, 2025

The Bear, Tocqueville, and Institutions That Work

Eboo Patel

Rollie Olson

Society & Communications

Sep 11, 2025

The Case for Universal National Service: Restitching America's Social Fabric

Jake Sullivan

Society & Communications

Jul 1, 2025

The Neglected Value of Effective Government

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Feb 16, 2025

This Is What the Courts Can Do if Trump Defies Them

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 8, 2025

VIDEO: The Morality of Legality: A Conversation between Cass Sunstein and Richard Pildes

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 16, 2025

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Samuel Issacharoff

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 24, 2025

Voting Our Way Out of Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 22, 2025

What is “Democracy”?

Randy E. Barnett

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 19, 2025

When It Comes to its Spending Power, Congress Must Save Itself

Molly Reynolds

Congress, The President & The Courts

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Sep 18, 2025

Bring Back Congress

Andrew C. McCarthy

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 17, 2025

Corporate Responsibility and Non-Enforcement of the TikTok Ban

Bob Bauer

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 23, 2025

Democracy Is Evolving—and It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Us

Mark Cuban

Society & Communications

Sep 9, 2025

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Frances E. Lee

Society & Communications

Sep 15, 2025

Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

Robert P. George

Society & Communications

Sep 12, 2025

In the Framers We Trust

Thomas Griffith

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 9, 2025

Introducing the NYU Law Democracy Project

Faculty Directors

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 26, 2025

Liberal Enclaves

Cora Chan

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 1, 2025

Majoritarianism and Minoritarianism in the Law of Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Richard Pildes

Elections & Political Parties

Aug 15, 2025

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

Jack Goldsmith

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 10, 2025

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

Randall Kennedy

Society & Communications

Sep 9, 2025

On Procedures and Democracy

Nicholas Bagley

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 16, 2025

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

Richard Pildes

Elections & Political Parties

Jul 18, 2025

Progressives and the Supreme Court: The Case for Disengagement Is Misguided

Bob Bauer

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 12, 2025

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

John Sexton

Sep 16, 2025

Reviving Democracy Promotion

Larry Diamond

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 17, 2025

Sisyphean Democracy

Wojciech Sadurski

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 25, 2025

The Bear, Tocqueville, and Institutions That Work

Eboo Patel

Rollie Olson

Society & Communications

Sep 11, 2025

The Case for Universal National Service: Restitching America's Social Fabric

Jake Sullivan

Society & Communications

Jul 1, 2025

The Neglected Value of Effective Government

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Feb 16, 2025

This Is What the Courts Can Do if Trump Defies Them

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 8, 2025

VIDEO: The Morality of Legality: A Conversation between Cass Sunstein and Richard Pildes

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 16, 2025

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Samuel Issacharoff

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 24, 2025

Voting Our Way Out of Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 22, 2025

What is “Democracy”?

Randy E. Barnett

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 19, 2025

When It Comes to its Spending Power, Congress Must Save Itself

Molly Reynolds

Congress, The President & The Courts

Page 1 of 10

Sep 18, 2025

Bring Back Congress

Andrew C. McCarthy

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 17, 2025

Corporate Responsibility and Non-Enforcement of the TikTok Ban

Bob Bauer

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 23, 2025

Democracy Is Evolving—and It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Us

Mark Cuban

Society & Communications

Sep 9, 2025

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Frances E. Lee

Society & Communications

Sep 15, 2025

Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

Robert P. George

Society & Communications

Sep 12, 2025

In the Framers We Trust

Thomas Griffith

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 9, 2025

Introducing the NYU Law Democracy Project

Faculty Directors

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 26, 2025

Liberal Enclaves

Cora Chan

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 1, 2025

Majoritarianism and Minoritarianism in the Law of Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Richard Pildes

Elections & Political Parties

Aug 15, 2025

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

Jack Goldsmith

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 10, 2025

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

Randall Kennedy

Society & Communications

Sep 9, 2025

On Procedures and Democracy

Nicholas Bagley

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 16, 2025

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

Richard Pildes

Elections & Political Parties

Jul 18, 2025

Progressives and the Supreme Court: The Case for Disengagement Is Misguided

Bob Bauer

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 12, 2025

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

John Sexton

Sep 16, 2025

Reviving Democracy Promotion

Larry Diamond

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 17, 2025

Sisyphean Democracy

Wojciech Sadurski

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 25, 2025

The Bear, Tocqueville, and Institutions That Work

Eboo Patel

Rollie Olson

Society & Communications

Sep 11, 2025

The Case for Universal National Service: Restitching America's Social Fabric

Jake Sullivan

Society & Communications

Jul 1, 2025

The Neglected Value of Effective Government

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Feb 16, 2025

This Is What the Courts Can Do if Trump Defies Them

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 8, 2025

VIDEO: The Morality of Legality: A Conversation between Cass Sunstein and Richard Pildes

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 16, 2025

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Samuel Issacharoff

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 24, 2025

Voting Our Way Out of Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 22, 2025

What is “Democracy”?

Randy E. Barnett

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 19, 2025

When It Comes to its Spending Power, Congress Must Save Itself

Molly Reynolds

Congress, The President & The Courts

Page 1 of 10

Sep 18, 2025

Bring Back Congress

Andrew C. McCarthy

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 17, 2025

Corporate Responsibility and Non-Enforcement of the TikTok Ban

Bob Bauer

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 23, 2025

Democracy Is Evolving—and It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Us

Mark Cuban

Society & Communications

Sep 9, 2025

Experts, Trust, and Uncertainty

Frances E. Lee

Society & Communications

Sep 15, 2025

Family as the Foundation of Republican Democracy

Robert P. George

Society & Communications

Sep 12, 2025

In the Framers We Trust

Thomas Griffith

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 9, 2025

Introducing the NYU Law Democracy Project

Faculty Directors

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 26, 2025

Liberal Enclaves

Cora Chan

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 1, 2025

Majoritarianism and Minoritarianism in the Law of Democracy

Samuel Issacharoff

Richard Pildes

Elections & Political Parties

Aug 15, 2025

Nonsense and Sense About Supreme Court Interim Orders

Jack Goldsmith

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 10, 2025

NOT "By All Means Necessary”

Randall Kennedy

Society & Communications

Sep 9, 2025

On Procedures and Democracy

Nicholas Bagley

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 16, 2025

Political Fragmentation in the Democracies of the West

Richard Pildes

Elections & Political Parties

Jul 18, 2025

Progressives and the Supreme Court: The Case for Disengagement Is Misguided

Bob Bauer

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 12, 2025

Restoring Trust, and Dialogue

John Sexton

Sep 16, 2025

Reviving Democracy Promotion

Larry Diamond

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 17, 2025

Sisyphean Democracy

Wojciech Sadurski

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 25, 2025

The Bear, Tocqueville, and Institutions That Work

Eboo Patel

Rollie Olson

Society & Communications

Sep 11, 2025

The Case for Universal National Service: Restitching America's Social Fabric

Jake Sullivan

Society & Communications

Jul 1, 2025

The Neglected Value of Effective Government

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Feb 16, 2025

This Is What the Courts Can Do if Trump Defies Them

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 8, 2025

VIDEO: The Morality of Legality: A Conversation between Cass Sunstein and Richard Pildes

Richard Pildes

Congress, The President & The Courts

Jul 16, 2025

Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law

Samuel Issacharoff

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 24, 2025

Voting Our Way Out of Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn

Elections & Political Parties

Sep 22, 2025

What is “Democracy”?

Randy E. Barnett

Congress, The President & The Courts

Sep 19, 2025

When It Comes to its Spending Power, Congress Must Save Itself

Molly Reynolds

Congress, The President & The Courts

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About

Engaging with law and democracy in an age of polarization and extremism

About

Engaging with law and democracy in an age of polarization and extremism

About

Engaging with law and democracy in an age of polarization and extremism

About

Engaging with law and democracy in an age of polarization and extremism

About

Engaging with law and democracy in an age of polarization and extremism

About

Engaging with law and democracy in an age of polarization and extremism

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Bob Bauer

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Richard Pildes

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

Samuel Issacharoff

Founding Faculty Director

The Democracy Project

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