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    The Hopkins Forum, a new nonpartisan debate series from Johns Hopkins University and Open to Debate, is hosting its first debate and taking a close look at the highest court in the land and its future.
    
    In the past year, multiple proposals have been suggested to change the way the Supreme Court operates. While the Justices enjoy lifetime tenure, term limits have been discussed in policy circles as a way to bring fresh and diverse perspectives to the bench. Others have suggested similar objectives might be achieved by expanding the number of seats on the Court. In addition, recent controversies have highlighted flaws in the Court’s self-policed ethics code, raising calls for external oversight and reform.
    
    In our "Unresolved" format, a former Attorney General, a former member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a former co-chair of President Biden’s Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court, and a law professor and Supreme Court commentator will debate term limits, expanding the Supreme Court, and whether external ethics codes should be applied.
    This debate will be recorded live on Wednesday, January 29 at 6:30 PM at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.
    
    Wednesday, January 29, 2025
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Alan Wolfe

Professor of Political Science and Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College

Alan’s books include “Does American Democracy Still Work?” and “The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Practice Our Faith.” He currently chairs a task force of the American Political Science Association on Religion and Democracy in the United States.

Debates Featuring Alan Wolfe

America is Too Damn Religious

With Jean Bethke Elshtain, William A. Galston, Susan Jacoby, Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Albert J. Raboteau, Alan Wolfe

February 7, 2007

From its founding, America has been celebrated as nation grounded in the principals of freedom of religion and separation of church and state. But skeptics question the secularism of laws and policies that mirror religious values, such as those that outlaw same-sex marriage and protect prayer in school, and the influence of traditional religious organizations in American politics. Are the ideals of a secular state being upheld in American law and policy, or is the United States just too damn…

America is Too Damn Religious

From its founding, America has been celebrated as nation grounded in the principals of freedom of religion and separation of church and state. But skeptics question the secularism of laws and policies that mirror religious…

With Jean Bethke Elshtain, William A. Galston, Susan Jacoby, Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Albert J. Raboteau, Alan Wolfe

February 7, 2007

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