Center Director Bruce Cain moderates panel at UCLA's March 17 Conference, “Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections?”

By
Kylie Gordon

As part of UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project, the Bill Lane Center's Eccles Family Director Bruce Cain participated in a conference on March 17 called “Can American Democracy Survive the 2024 Elections?” The event comprised panels on election threats, the role of social media, law, tech, politics and more. 

Cain moderated the conference's fourth panel, "The Role of Politics and Norms." Distinguished speakers included Julia Azari, a political science professor from Marquette University; Larry Diamond from Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Hoover Institution; Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute; Charles Stewart III, a political science professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Michael Tesler, professor of political science at UC Irvine.

As reported in Election Law Blog, video of the conference is now available. Cain's panel on politics and norms can be viewed below.

 

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