greatest scholars on the presidency and the future of presidential elections. we will have three panels. i will lead a conversation with all the scholars. put your questions in the q&a box and i will introduce them as we are talking and respond and keep this as direct as possible. let s begin with the first panel . the origins of theoretical perspectives of the electoral college, our scholars are a professor of law and philosophy at university of pennsylvania and the author of many pathbreaking articles on the founding, including james wilson and his role at the constitutional convention. his forthcoming book is. style of american law the lawrence rockefeller professor of sociology at the woodrow wilson school at princeton is one of america s leading experts on comparative constitutional law, as well as one of the most dynamic guests on the we the people potted cast podcast. and jack is another friend of the constitution center, and is a co-professor of history and amer
box and i will introduce them as we are talking and respond and keep this as direct as possible. let s begin with the first panel . the origins of theoretical perspectives of the electoral college, our scholars are a professor of law and philosophy at university of pennsylvania and the author of many pathbreaking articles on the founding, including james wilson and his role at the constitutional convention. his forthcoming book is. style of american law the lawrence rockefeller professor of sociology at the woodrow wilson school at princeton is one of america s leading experts on comparative constitutional law, as well as one of the most dynamic guests on the we the people potted cast podcast. and jack is another friend of the constitution center, and is a co-professor of history and american studies at the university of pennsylvania. he is a professor emeritus at stanford university and is the author of many books including politics and the making of the constitution.
box and i will introduce them as we are talking and respond and keep this as direct as possible. let s begin with the first panel . the origins of theoretical perspectives of the electoral college, our scholars are a professor of law and philosophy at university of pennsylvania and the author of many pathbreaking articles on the founding, including james wilson and his role at the constitutional convention. his forthcoming book is. style of american law the lawrence rockefeller professor of sociology at the woodrow wilson school at princeton is one of america s leading experts on comparative constitutional law, as well as one of the most dynamic guests on the we the people potted cast podcast. and jack is another friend of the constitution center, and is a co-professor of history and american studies at the university of pennsylvania. he is a professor emeritus at stanford university and is the author of many books including politics and the making of the constitution.
but first, let s turn to the big question today, the covid question. is it fundamentally shifting the basis for everyone s political choices at the moment? jeffrey kofman, i am going to start with you on that, if i may. do you think that the way people are thinking about who to vote for now is simply not about which personality they like, whose grand vision they like, but who they think is going to get the immediatejob done? i don t think you can separate these questions. i think clearly for five years we have talked about on this programme when trump would hit that tipping point when the american people would stop believing or accepting what he says, when that teflon presidency would be seen for what it is and i think. inaudible it s taken a pandemic, it s taken covid to expose that. we ve seen the numbers grow, the deaths grow. trump insisting even this week the us is turning a corner when there is simply no evidence of that, in fact every indication is that things are gett
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