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Joe Biden’s Presidential campaign centered on a simple message: Donald Trump represented a grave threat to constitutional democracy in the U.S., and a Biden presidency could put an end to that threat. Biden won the Democratic nomination and, in November 2020, he won the presidential election. He has held office since January 20. But the legitimacy of his election continues to be rejected by Trump and by a Republican party committed to supporting Trump and restoring a Trumpist government. Is Biden doing all that he can do to make good on his promise to defeat Trumpism and strengthen constitutional democracy? Does the Biden administration represent a new beginning, or a brief calm before the return of a great storm? Speaker information below.Â
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Jeffrey C. Isaac is James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. His books include: Democracy in Dark Times (1998); The Poverty of Progressivism: The Future of American Democracy in a Time of Liberal Decline (2003), and Arendt, Camus, and Modern Rebellion (1994).
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Jeffrey C. Isaac is James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he has taught since 1987. He served as Editor in Chief of Perspectives on Politics, a flagship journal of the American Political Science Association, from 2009-2017, and in 2017 was awarded APSA’s Frank J. Goodnow Award for Distinguished Public Service to the profession. He has published five books, edited two anthologies, and published over 75 articles and essays. A co-convener of Democracy Seminar, he writes regularly at Democracy Seminar/Public Seminar and at Common Dreams, and posts regularly on his blog, Democracy in Dark Times. He is also a jazz pianist and leader of the Postmodern Jazz Quartet.
