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Graber (2008-09)
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Mark Graber - (2008-2009) Mark Graber is a Professor of Law and Government at the University of Maryland School of Law. He graduated from Columbia Law School and earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale. Professor Graber is recognized as one of the leading scholars in the country on constitutional law and politics. He is the author of Rethinking Abortion (Princeton University Press) and Transforming Free Speech (University of California Press). His most recent book is Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil. Graber was in residence at the UO School of Law in August and September 2008, where he taught a class on Judicial Review and Democracy. Graber gave a public address on “Polarization and the Courts” on September 23, 2008. Among the highlights of Graber visit was a discussion at the White Stag building / UO Portland Center on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, titled, “Are Courts More Democratic than Congress?” This discussion focused on the democratic deficits in our current political system. Graber also organized the first “West Coast Constitutional Law Schmooze” on September 12 and 13, 2008 at the Knight Law Center. The “schmooze” is an unstructured conference on a general topic in constitutional law that attracts scholars in the law and social sciences. The topic for Graber's UO schmooze was “Polarization and the Constitution,” including the definition of polarization, political theories of democracy and assumptions about majoritarian or polarized processes, and the role of the courts when the political parties are polarized.
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