CSI Legal Studies Institute Fall Election Series Lecture Series I: Corey Brettschneider, “The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It”

Corey Brettschneider is a Professor of Political Science at Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and politics, as well as a Visiting Professor at Fordham Law School. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago Law School. He is the author of The Oath and The Office: A Guide to the Constitution for Future Presidents, Democratic Rights, and the Substance of Self-Government, and When the State Speaks, What Should It Say? How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Politico, and The Guardian, as well as in top academic journals and law reviews. His constitutional law casebook is widely used in classrooms throughout the United States. Brettschneider is frequently interviewed about constitutional and political issues on MSNBC, CNN, BBC, Sirius/XM, and other media outlets. He holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton and a JD from Stanford Law School.