Dickinson College to Host Talk on Attempts to Overturn the 2020 Election
Jonathan M. Winer (L), Mary McCord and David Thornburgh
The Winfield C. Cook Constitution Day Program
by Bao Tran '23
From left to right: Jonathan M. Winer, Mary McCord and David Thornburgh.
Dickinson will host a panel discussion, “Democracy Stress Test: Analysis of Attempts to Overturn the 2020 Election Results,” on Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter (ATS) Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Well-fitting masks are required, and N95 or KN95 masks are strongly recommended. This event marks Dickinson’s Winfield C. Cook Constitution Day Program.
Panelists:
- Mary McCord is executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) and a visiting professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. Leading a team at the institute, McCord works on court cases involving constitutional impact at the federal and state levels. Previously, she served as the assistant attorney general for national security at the U.S. Department of Justice, principal deputy assistant attorney general for national security and assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia for nearly 20 years.
- David Thornburg is a senior advisor at the Committee of Seventy, Pennsylvania’s oldest and largest good-government group, which championed measures to limit donations in politics, make the government more accountable and transparent and educate and engage citizens in the political process. He previously served as the committee’s CEO from 2014 to 2021. He also previously led the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government.
- Jonathan Winer is the former U.S. deputy assistant secretary for international law enforcement, U.S. Special Envoy for Libya and counsel to Senator John Kerry, during which he worked extensively on election law legislation and policy. Awarded the two highest honors by the State Department for extraordinary service, he was recognized with his achievements that “are virtually unprecedented for any single official.”
The Winfield C. Cook Constitution Day Program is an annual event endowed through the generosity of its namesake, a former Dickinson trustee. The event celebrates the signing of the United States Constitution and commemorates Dickinson’s connection to that document, through John Dickinson’s participation as an original signer. Each year, the Clarke Forum invites prominent public figures to campus to speak on a contemporary issue related to the Constitution.
The event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the Department of Law & Policy.
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Published February 16, 2022