NCC Debate - "Liberalism: Current Challenges & Modern Debates"

Event Title: "Liberalism: Current Challenges and Modern Debates"

Date & Time: Thurs., Oct. 23, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. EDT

• PLEASE NOTE: This is a FREE event, but will be hosted online. Be sure to register in advance to receive the Zoom link: https://constitutioncenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_68jl0087RBCl3SLhhYdVMw#/registration
• You can also watch the live stream on their Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haBnto1f3YE

Cost: FREE

About the Event:
Susan Stokes, author of The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies (2025), and Cass Sunstein, author of On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom (2025), explore the current challenges facing liberalism and why liberalism remains essential to freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

About the Speakers & Host:

• Susan Stokes is a Professor in the Political Science department of the University of Chicago, and the faculty director of the Chicago Center on Democracy. She is also the co-founder of Bright Line Watch, an initiative to monitor the strength of U.S. democracy. Her past books include Why Bother?: Rethinking Participation in Elections and Protests (2019) and Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism: The Puzzle of Distributive Politics (2013).
• Cass Sunstein is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School known for his work in U.S. constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and behavioral economics. He is the author of many books, including The New York Times best-seller Nudge (2008), as well as How to Interpret the Constitution (2023) and Algorithmic Harm: Protecting People in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2025).
• Jeffrey Rosen is a professor of law at George Washington University, the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and a contributing editor at The Atlantic.

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