TOMORROW: Tuesday, November 14, 1–2 p.m. ET
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The Supreme Court is mired in controversy. Public support has collapsed to the lowest level ever recorded in polls. One key reason: unfolding ethics scandals involving undisclosed gifts and dark money groups. Another: hard-right rulings from the Court’s supermajority on landmark cases regarding abortion rights, guns, and affirmative action. Americans deserve a fair and independent judiciary. Is it time to reform the Court? And what can the public, the media, and Congress do to bring accountability to this institution?

Check out the virtual premiere of a previously recorded conversation with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), featuring a live YouTube chat with Brennan Center President Michael Waldman.

Whitehouse is author of The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court. As a leader on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Whitehouse has unique insights into these issues. Waldman is author of The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America and was a member of the Biden administration’s 2021 Presidential Commission on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The two discuss important proposals for term limits and ethics reform with Kenji Yoshino, the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law.

Speakers: Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator (D-RI); Author of The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court // Michael Waldman, President, Brennan Center; Author of The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America // Moderator: Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law

Tuesday, November 28, 6–7 p.m. ET
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The explosive rise of artificial intelligence during the past two years coincides with assaults on American democracy. 2024 will bring the first presidential election of the generative AI era. Will AI help quell the fears of another disputed election outcome, or will it fuel the fire? As AI produces output that is increasingly difficult to distinguish from human-created content, how will voters separate fact from misinformation?

The Brennan Center and Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology are convening experts to examine these and other critical questions about AI. They will explore how it might impact election security, voter suppression, election administration, and political advertising and fundraising.

Join us for this live virtual panel that will address near-term risks of AI that could become critical in the 2024 election cycle. The conversation will also explore what steps the government, the private sector, and nonprofits should take to minimize the possible dangers while harnessing the benefits of these new and powerful tools.

Speakers: Larry Norden, Senior Director, Brennan Center Elections and Government Program // Mekela Panditharatne, Counsel, Brennan Center Democracy Program // Mia Hoffmann, Research Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University // Moderator: Zoë Shiffer, Managing Editor, Platformer