Ian Bassin
Special guest
Ian Bassin is founder and executive director of ProtectDemocracy.org. Ian served as Associate White House Counsel from 2009-2011. In addition to counseling the President and senior White House staff on administrative and constitutional law, his responsibilities included ensuring that White House and executive branch officials complied with the laws, rules and norms that protect the fundamentally democratic nature of our government. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an Editor of the Yale Law Journal and President of the American Constitution Society.
Ian Bassin has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Ian Bassin: Putting Democracy First
October 14th, 2021 | 44 mins 12 secs
charlie sykes, congress, democracy in crisis, gop, ian bassin, school board meetings, trump
Our democracy is in a crisis, but there's also a growing movement across the country to join forces to fight for it. Protect Democracy's Ian Bassin joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Is Liberal Democracy in Retreat?
January 21st, 2019 | 36 mins 49 secs
bill barr, executive power, liberal democracy, norms and traditions
ProtectDemocracy.org Executive Director Ian Bassin joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the state of liberal democracy in America and around the world.