Panel | Can It Happen Here: Law and (Dis)Order, Executive Power, and Deploying Federal Officers

A panel of UW faculty discuss the legal, historical, and political context surrounding this pivotal moment in history and the upcoming election and post-election season. The panelists are from the Department of History and the School of Law and have expertise in topics including executive power, constitutional law, political history, and fascism.

Panelists:
Lisa Manheim, Charles I. Stone Associate Professor of Law
Margaret O'Mara, Howard and Frances Keller Endowed Professor of History
Laurie Marhoefer, Associate Professor of History
Moderator:
Glennys Young, Chair and Professor of History

This event was originally streamed and recorded on Thursday, August 20, 2020.

0:00 Introduction
3:38 Lisa Manheim
11:45 Margaret O'Mara
21:09 Laurie Marhoefer
31:10 Q&A with the panelists