Congress is the branch of government closest to the people\u2014and the most embattled. At a moment when the rule of law faces mounting pressure from the courts, the executive, and political actors alike, Congress lacks the tools, the analysis, and the institutional support it needs to fight back.<\/p>\n
The Center on Congress and Democracy fills that gap. We produce historically grounded legal scholarship, train lawmakers and their staffs, and convene experts across ideological lines\u2014all in service of a Congress that can exercise its constitutional authority and hold the line for democratic governance.<\/p>\n
We do this 0.2 miles from the Capitol. That proximity is not incidental. It shapes everything.<\/p>\n
The Center is led by Professor Victoria F. Nourse<\/span>(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, Ralph V. Whitworth Professor of Law and one of the nation’s foremost scholars on Congress and the rule of law. The Center’s academic advisory board<\/a> draws on Georgetown’s exceptional depth of congressional expertise, including Professors Josh Chafetz<\/span>(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, Janel George<\/span>(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, Anita Krishnakumar<\/span>(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, Dave Rapallo<\/span>(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/span><\/a>, and Kevin Tobia<\/span>(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u2014scholars whose scholarship and Hill experience span legislation, statutory interpretation, and constitutional law.<\/p>\n The Center has convened leading voices from government, academia, and civil society on the most consequential questions facing Congress and American democracy. Our work includes both scholarship and academia<\/a>, but also conversations with the press<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some of our featured events include:<\/p>\n About the Center Congress is the branch of government closest to the people\u2014and the most embattled. At a moment when the rule of law faces mounting pressure from the courts, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/congress-and-democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/congress-and-democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/congress-and-democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/congress-and-democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/congress-and-democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/congress-and-democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/congress-and-democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/congress-and-democracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Past Events<\/h2>\n
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