How did the US get here and what are the possible outcomes? A comprehensive look at the possible fate of U.S. democracy.
About the event
The first state and federal indictment of a US president in history, and a 2024 election that could define the fate of American democracy itself: How did the US get here and what are the possible outcomes? Kimberly Wehle, Professor of Law, book author and legal contributor for ABC News walks through the legal, constitutional political, practical, and theoretical implications of these issues in common-sense prose, offering a comprehensive look at the possible fate of U.S. democracy itself.
The event will be chaired by Professor Nitasha Kaul (organiser), Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD), and Professor of Politics, International Relations, and Critical Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Westminster.
The event will be followed by a drink’s reception.
Location
This event will take place at Fyvie Hall, 309 Regent Street, University of Westminster, W1B 2HT.
The speakers
Kimberly Wehle
Kimberly Wehle (pronounced "Whale-ee") is an expert in constitutional law and the separation of powers, with particular emphasis on presidential power and administrative agencies. She is a tenured law professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Administrative law, and Federal Courts. Winner of the University of Maryland System Board of Regents Award for excellence in scholarship, she writes in the areas of administrative and constitutional law, with particular interest in separation of powers questions and the modern Supreme Court. She has published in the Notre Dame Law Review, the Stanford Law and Policy Review, and the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Public Affairs, among many other scholarly journals.
She is also a legal contributor for ABC News and regularly writes for Politico, The Atlantic, and The Bulwark. She was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Washington D.C. office and Associate Independent Counsel in the Whitewater Investigation. She is author of the commercial books, What You Need to Know about Voting—and Why, How to Read The Constitution—and Why, and How to Think Like a Lawyer—and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas. Her forthcoming book, How the Pardon Pardon Works and Why, is due out in June 2024. Kim is also Of Counsel at the boutique law firm of Levy, Firestone and Muse.
Follow Kim on Twitter and follow Kim on Instagram, where she hosts an IGTV series called #SimplePolitics, in which she breaks down complex subjects on various legal and political issues in easily understandable language. A sought-out public speaker, Kim also served as an on-air legal analyst with CBS News during the first impeachment of former President Trump and has appeared regularly on numerous other networks, including CNN, NBC, BBC, Fox News, MSNBC, C-SPAN, NPR, PBS and Al Jazeera, and has written for The Guardian and the LA Times, among other publications.
Professor Nitasha Kaul
Professor Nitasha Kaul is a multidisciplinary academic, novelist, economist, poet, and public intellectual. See details of her work on the Academia.edu website.
