VIRTUAL EVENT | “The Means of Our Conservation”- Three Ways to Reimagine American Democracy
Ranked-Choice Voting? Multi-Member Districts? No Caps on Congress members? Hear Bold Ideas for a Stronger Congress.
An ever widening consensus of Americans, from across the political and ideological spectrum, lacks confidence in our Congress. According to a recent Gallup poll, only 10% of Americans approve of Congress’s job performance, and 86% disapprove- tying the all-time disapproval record, last reached in 2015. SRL Executive Director Gregg Nunziata, in his recent piece in The Atlantic, “American Caesarism,” writes that “Courts cannot restrain the executive alone” and that “Congress must rediscover its role.” How can a branch so vital to effective governance and to maintaining our constitutional checks and balances regain the confidence of the American people?
The intellectual father of modern conservatism, Edmund Burke, wrote: “A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.” A growing number of advocates believe Congress cannot recover its strength without fundamental systematic reforms.
Join our webinar, “The Means of our Conservation”- Three Ways to Reimagine American Democracy, as we explore several proposed solutions. Jeff Mayhugh would significantly expand the size of the House of Representatives. Kate Maxwell believes that conservatives should consider ranked-choice voting as a potential solution. SRL Charter Member Paul Rosenzweig would institute multi-member districts, in order to compel legislators to better compete for their voters’ approval and reduce the negative effects of gerrymandering.
Can the effectiveness and reputation of Congress be restored? Can the legislative branch rediscover the strength that made it the ballast of our constitutional democracy?
Join us on Thursday, May 14th, at 4:30 PM ET for a discussion of these proposals and their chances of uplifting Congress from its current state.
Our webinar will feature Jeff Mayhugh, the President of No Cap Fund; Kate Maxwell, the Senior Fellow of Election Law and Policy at the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy and Managing Partner at Maxwell Law, Inc.; Paul Rosenzweig, the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy the Department of Homeland Security; and Gregg Nunziata, the Society’s Executive Director, who will serve as moderator.
This event will be on the record and open to press; for media inquiries, please contact [email protected]
Jeff Mayhugh
Kate Maxwell
Paul Rosenzweig
Gregg Nunziata