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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- May 01, 2026
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- Speakers
- Valerie Jarrett, Ro Khanna, Alison LaCroix, Sarah Isgur
- Topics
- Domestic Policy, Democracy & Governance
Was the complex and ultimately incomplete promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ever fully realized in the United States? What cultural, legal, and economic factors have held back progress? Or were those ideals always contested and partial—a struggle that continues in the spirit of the nation’s founding? A panel discussion across disciplines and viewpoints exploring the nation’s values on its 250th anniversary. Featuring Valerie Jarrett, CEO of the Obama Foundation; U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA); and Alison LaCroix, Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. Moderated by Sarah Isgur, editor of SCOTUSblog and legal analyst for ABC News.
- Valerie Jarrett CEO of the Obama Foundation; Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, Former Director of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Ro Khanna U.S. Representative (D-CA)
- Alison LaCroix Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law, Associate Member of the Department of History, The University of Chicago Law School
- Sarah Isgur editor of SCOTUSblog and legal analyst for ABC News