Department Hosted a Lecture by Yale Professor Skowronek

On Wednesday January 29th the Zavala Program for Constitutional Studies and the R.W. Morrison Chair hosted a talk by Dr. Stephen Skowronek, Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political Science at Yale University. In his talk “How Adaptable is the American Constitution,” Professor Skowronek interrogated the common idea that the Constitution is capable of infinite adaptation, and that the current tumult in American politics is, in fact, “nothing new.” According to Skowronek, however, our current state may be far from mere “politics as usual” and is, perhaps, indicative of the limit of the constitution’s adaptability. The talk produced a lively Q&A period, with enthusiastic participation from undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty.