The State of the United States

The second Trump administration has disrupted longstanding norms of US power at home and abroad. In an era of constitutional hardball where the Executive Branch is asserting ever greater levels of authority, what is the future of US democracy? How might leaders, citizens, and people outside the US shape the course of events? And what can we learn from how other countries have handled moments of democratic challenges and crisis? The State of the United States is a series of bold conversations, bringing prominent US judges, attorneys, legal experts, and media figures into discussion about democracy and constitutionalism in the Trump Era. The events also highlight the work of the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism, which is devoted to advancing knowledge of democratic governance, the rule of law, and constitutional resilience. 

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