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SCOTUS removing all fetters of executive power - Bagenstos

Jul 4, 2026 Slate
Ford School professor Sam Bagenstos notes that the recent Supreme Court decision about federal agencies shows that "every function of governance pretty much has to be subject to the will of the President in removing whoever sits in charge."
Samuel Bagenstos
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"We could use a president like Gerald Ford today" - Hills

Jul 3, 2026 Detroit Free Press
Rusty Hills comments, "As the U.S. nears its 250th anniversary, Gerald Ford’s 1976 message of unity, immigration and civic trust offers a timely reminder: America’s strength lies in openness, optimism and shared purpose."
Rusty Hills teaches "Campaigns and Elections" to a class of graduate and undergraduate students
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Spotlights, spring 2026

May 7, 2026
Over spring break, annual policy study trips took undergrads to Brussels for the BA Global Engagement Seminar (above) and graduate students to Colombia for the International Policy in Practice seminar (below).
A group of undergraduate students holding a Ford School flag at the European Parliament
In the Media

Hanson: younger candidates showing "it's time for a fresh face"

Nov 9, 2025 ABC News
"We are already seeing evidence of senior members of Congress facing challenges from younger members, and they're being backed by the voters," Jonathan Hanson, a political scientist and lecturer in statistics at the University of Michigan, told ABC N...
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U-M’s U.S. at 250 program launches grant initiative

Oct 23, 2025
July 4, 2026, will mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. democracy. To mark this milestone, the Initiative for Democracy and Civic Engagement, the William L. Clements Library, and the Arts Initiative have joined forces to create U-M’s U.S. at 250 progra...
university of michigan diag with the american flag waving in the center, students bustle around campus
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Civil service brain drain will be hard to reverse - Moynihan

Sep 30, 2025 Reuters
Don Moynihan, a professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, said the biggest impact of this week's exodus will be the brain drain of so many experienced civil servants, a loss of talent he says will be hard to reverse...
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Swisher Hosts Pete Buttigieg for Live Podcast Appearance

Sep 21, 2025
Kara Swisher, the award-winning journalist and current Ford School Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, sat down for a conversation with Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to discuss “The State of U.S. Democracy,” for her On with ...
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Moynihan: Trump's speech on Kirk's death a "missed opportunity"

Sep 11, 2025 Financial Times
Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, said Trump could have used his speech from the Oval Office to condemn all forms of political violence and emphasise the importance of tolerance as a “cornerstone for democra...
Don Moynihan
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Trump is driving America toward authoritarianism - Moynihan

Sep 10, 2025
Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by what Ford School professor Don Moynihan describes as following a checklist for consolidating power and silencing dissent—both serious threats to democracy. In an opinion for the Detroit News,...
Don Moynihan
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Hills handicaps GOP 2028 field

Sep 8, 2025
According to Ford school lecturer Rusty Hills, the Republican Party has a succession problem. This produces an opportunity for non-Trump Republicans to put forth a candidate that can transform the party. In an opinion for the Detroit Free Press, he m...
Rusty Hills teaches "Campaigns and Elections" to a class of graduate and undergraduate students
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Year of Democracy creates blueprint for campus engagement

Aug 27, 2025
The University of Michigan is wrapping the Year of Democracy, Civic Empowerment, and Global Engagement, a campuswide initiative to strengthen democratic practices and encourage active civic participation. But its work isn’t slowing.
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Bednar: Musk's third party unlikely to rival established parties

Jul 7, 2025 The Times of India
Jenna Bednar, a political scientist at the University of Michigan, echoed these concerns in an interview with The TimesofIndia.com: "“In the United States' electoral system, third parties face nearly insurmountable organizational, institutional, and ...
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