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Brennan Center Events

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Virtual Event

Thursday, September 4, 2025

The Next Phase of the Fight

Speakers: Kareem Crayton, Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Elizabeth Goitein, Hernandez Stroud, Wendy Weiser, Daniel I. Weiner, Michael Waldman

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Virtual Event

Thursday, September 18, 2025

The Campaign to Undermine the Midterms

Speakers: Sean Morales-Doyle, Jasleen Singh, Michael Waldman

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Phoenix, AZ

Friday, October 3, 2025

Democracy Reform Summit: Removing Barriers to Native Political Participation

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Chicago, IL and Virtual

Thursday, November 6 – Friday, November 7, 2025

The Power of State Constitutional Rights

Saying It Loud: In Conversation with Mark Whitaker and Eugene Robinson

New York, NY

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Saying It Loud: In Conversation with Mark Whitaker and Eugene Robinson

Speakers: Mark Whitaker, Eugene Robinson

Secret War: Unauthorized Combat and Legal Loopholes

Recording Available

Virtual event

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Secret War: Unauthorized Combat and Legal Loopholes

Speakers: Katherine Yon Ebright, Oona Hathaway, Wesley Morgan, Elias Yousif

A Close Look at the ‘Independent State Legislature Theory’

Virtual event

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

A Close Look at the ‘Independent State Legislature Theory’

Speakers: Marcy L. Kahn, Anil Kalhan, Carter G. Phillips, Carolyn Shapiro, Thomas Wolf

Public Justice and Private Harmony

In-person event

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Public Justice and Private Harmony: An Evening with Former Attorney General Eric Holder and Dr. Sharon Malone

Speakers: Eric H. Holder Jr., Sharon Malone, Troy McKenzie, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Change From Within

In-person event

Monday, November 14, 2022

Change from Within: A New Vision for the 21st Century Prosecutor

Speakers: Sarah George, Eric Gonzalez, Miriam Aroni Krinsky, Rachel Barkow

The Midterms: What Happened — and Where Do We Go From Here?

Recording Available

Virtual event

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

The Midterms: What Happened — and Where Do We Go From Here?

Speakers: Sewell Chan, Rob Jesmer, Elise Jordan, David Plouffe

The Presidential Records Act

Hybrid Event

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Presidential Records Act: From Nixon to Trump, How the PRA Preserves History

Speakers: Farnoush Amiri, Bob Bauer, Lindsay Chervinsky, Tim Naftali, Dan Weiner

No Time to Fail

In-person event

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

No Time To Fail: New York Screening

Speakers: Sara Archambault, David Bornstein, Margo Guernsey, Jacquline Guzman, Derek Tisler

What's Prison For? In Conversation with Bill Keller

Recording Available

This is a virtual event

Thursday, October 6, 2022

What’s Prison For? In Conversation with Bill Keller

Speakers: Bill Keller, Jason D. Williamson

Democracy on the Brink

Recording Available

This is a virtual event

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Democracy on the Brink / Nuestra democracia en la cuerda floja

Speakers: Roberta Braga, Sean Morales-Doyle, Esosa Osa, Carolina Peguero

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