Bureaucratic Resistance to Autocratic Ambitions

Join the UChicago Center for Effective Government, the Chicago Center on Democracy, and Democracy Fund on Wednesday, May 26 at 12:00pm CDT for a panel discussion with scholars and practitioners about the prospects of bureaucratic resistance to populism in the United States. In this panel, we will take stock of the condition of the federal bureaucracy in the aftermath of the Trump presidency and the norms, rules, and practices that guard against the populist attacks on the administrative state.

Panelists include: 

• William Howell, University of Chicago (moderator)

• Rachel Augustine Potter, University of Virginia

• David E. Lewis, Vanderbilt University

• Rudy Mehrbani, Democracy Fund and Brennan Center for Justice

• Jennifer Nou, University of Chicago

• Walter M. Shaub, Jr., Project on Government Oversight

A recording of the event is available via YouTube below.