Charting a Path
towards Unity

Embracing unity is like exercise: A great and noble idea, but difficult and all too easy to forego. Yet the history of American democracy has proven that in extraordinary moments of unity, Americans can accomplish extraordinary things.

The Future of the U.S. Supreme Court

Upcoming Event: The Future of the U.S. Supreme Court

The Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy will host an in-person event on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 11 a.m. CT at Vanderbilt University’s Student Life Center Ballroom to discuss the impact of the court's previous term on its future.

Panelists include Jan Crawford, CBS News chief legal correspondent, Robert Bauer, professor of practice and distinguished scholar in residence at the New York University School of Law and former White House counsel, and Alberto Gonzales, 80th attorney general of the U.S., former White House counsel, and dean of Belmont Law School.

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American democracy in the 21st century is struggling amid deep polarization. While disagreement is democracy’s oxygen, not since the Civil War have so many Americans held such radically opposed views not just of politics but of reality itself. The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy, working in concert with the university’s world-class faculty, will elevate the role of research and evidence-based reasoning into the national conversation. Drawing on original content anchored on facts and evidence, the Project seeks to make a meaningful contribution to bridging America’s deepest differences. The Project aims to inform thinking and reframe public discourse through the following initial themes:

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