Michael Waldman

President of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law & Former White House Chief Speechwriter

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Michael Waldman Biography

Michael Waldman is president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. A nonpartisan law and policy institute that focuses on improving systems of democracy and justice, the Brennan Center is a leading national voice on voting rights, money in politics, criminal justice reform, and constitutional law. Waldman, a constitutional lawyer and writer who is an expert on the presidency and American democracy, has led the Center since 2005. He was a member of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States in 2021.

Waldman was director of speechwriting for President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1999, serving as assistant to the president. He was responsible for writing or editing nearly two thousand speeches, including four State of the Union and two inaugural addresses. He was special assistant to the president for policy coordination from 1993 to 1995.

Waldman is the author of "The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America," in which he argues that the court’s 2022–2023 term was the most consequential in decades, with decisions such as Dobbs, Bruen, and West Virginia v. EPA reshaping American politics. Waldman explains how the court has gained so much power over Americans’ lives with so little connection to the public will. He shows the supermajority’s dangerous reliance on a newfound, radical “originalism.” He traces the similarities between this court and its most activist and controversial predecessors. And he offers a path forward. Kirkus Reviews called it “a damning account of a Supreme Court gone wildly activist in shredding the Constitution.” Jane Mayer of The New Yorker called The Supermajority “nothing less than a public service.”

Waldman is also the author of "The Fight to Vote," a history of the struggle to win voting rights for all citizens. "The Fight to Vote" was a Washington Post notable nonfiction book for 2016, and The Wall Street Journal called it “an engaging, concise history of American voting practices,” and the Miami Herald described it as “an important history in an election year.”

Waldman's previous books include "The Second Amendment: A Biography," "My Fellow Americans: The Most Important Speeches of America’s Presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama," "A Return to Common Sense," "POTUS Speaks," and "Who Robbed America? A Citizen’s Guide to the S&L Scandal."

His frequent appearances on television and radio to discuss policy, the presidency, and the law include 60 Minutes, All In with Chris Hayes, CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, Meet the Press Daily, Morning Joe, NBC Nightly News, Nightline, PBS NewsHour, and the Rachel Maddow Show, as well as NPR’s All Things Considered, Fresh Air, and Morning Edition. He writes for Bloomberg, Democracy, the New York Times, Politico, Reuters, Slate, the Daily Beast, the Washington Post, and other national publications.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/28/2024.

Michael Waldman Videos

  • Michael Waldman on the Second Amendment - YouTube
  • Former Speechwriter Michael Waldman: Clinton was Effective ...
  • Michael Waldman: The Second Amendment - A Biography - YouTube

Michael Waldman Books

  • The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America
    The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America
  • The Fight to Vote
    The Fight to Vote

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