Annual 2022: Democracy in Peril — How Can We Change the Course for America?

Panelists examine the future health of American democracy and of those around the world in light of an erosion of public trust and confidence in our governmental institutions and in traditional news reporting.

“Democracy in Peril — How Can We Change the Course for America?” was held on Aug. 8 at the House of Delegates two-day session during the American Bar Association Annual Meeting.  Panelists included Nancy Rogers (moderator), former Ohio attorney general; Bakari Sellers, Strom Law Firm, LLC, in Columbia, S.C.; Kathleen Jamieson, professor, University of Pennsylvania; Steven Levitsky, professor, Harvard University; and J. Michael Luttig, retired judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The panel program was sponsored by the House of Delegates Committee on Issues of Concern to the Legal Profession.