Norman Ornstein

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Norman Ornstein
Ph.D.)
Occupation(s)Political scientist, author, scholar
Political partyDemocratic[1]
SpouseJudith L. Harris
Children2

Norman Jay Ornstein (

political scientist and an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington, D.C., conservative think tank. He is the co-author (along with Thomas E. Mann) of It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism
.

Biography

Norman Jay Ornstein was born in

Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan in 1974.[6] By the mid-1970s, he had become a professor of political science at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and was establishing a reputation as an expert on the United States Congress.[7]

Ornstein studies American politics and is a frequent contributor to The Washington Post and many magazines, such as The Atlantic and the National Journal.[8] He wrote a weekly column for Roll Call from 1993 until April 10, 2013, and was co-director, along with Thomas E. Mann, of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project. He helped draft key parts of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as the McCain-Feingold Act.[9] Ornstein is a registered Democrat,[1] but considers himself a centrist, and has voted for individuals from both parties.[10]

Ornstein is a member of the advisory board of the

Represent.Us,[14] where he served as a consultant in the crafting of the American Anti-Corruption Act
.

Foreign Policy named Ornstein, along with Thomas E. Mann, one of its 2012 Top 100 Global Thinkers "for diagnosing America's political dysfunction".[15]

As of 2013, Ornstein has become known for "blistering critiques of Congress", which he has been following for the past three decades.[8][16]

Ornstein supports legal recognition of same-sex marriages.[17]

He opposed President Donald Trump.[18] He also criticized the Electoral College, saying that the more presidents are elected without the popular vote, "the more you get the sense that voters don’t have a say in the choice of their leaders".[19]

Personal

Ornstein is married to Judith L. Harris, a

litigation attorney specializing in regulatory matters. He is a long-time friend of former U.S. Senator and comedian Al Franken.[10] A fictional version of Ornstein appears in Franken's political spoof novel, Why Not Me?, as the campaign manager for Franken's improbable presidential run.[20]

Ornstein and his wife, as well as their younger son Danny, established the Matthew Harris Ornstein Memorial Foundation in honor of the couple's eldest son, who died in 2015 at age 34 from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.[21][22][23]

Works

External videos
video icon Booknotes interview with Ornstein on Debt and Taxes, March 13, 1994, C-SPAN
video icon Panel discussion on The Broken Branch, July 12, 2006, C-SPAN
video icon Discussion with Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann on The Broken Branch, April 30, 2007, C-SPAN
video icon Interview with Ornstein and Mann on The Broken Branch, January 27, 2011, C-SPAN
video icon Panel discussion with Ornstein and Mann on It's Even Worse Than It Looks, May 9, 2012, C-SPAN
video icon Washington Journal interview with Ornstein and Mann on It's Even Worse Than It Looks, May 23, 2012, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Ornstein on One Nation After Trump, November 18, 2017, C-SPAN

References

  1. ^ a b Mann, Thomas E.; Ornstein, Norman J. (December 2, 2017). "How the Republicans Broke Congress". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Norm Ornstein". St. Louis Park Historical Society. 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  3. ^ "Ornstein, Norman J." Name Authority File. Library of Congress. April 2, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  4. ^ Steven Waldman. "The King of Quotes." Washington Monthly, December 1986, p. 35.
  5. ^ "Pitt's Honors College to Host Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein". University of Pittsburgh. November 17, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  6. ^ Steve Goldberg. "Dr. Quote Can Be a Reporter's Best Friend." Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, December 5, 1986, p. A-14.
  7. ^ Thomas Southwick. "O'Neill's Role as House Speaker." Nashua (NH) Telegraph, January 3, 1977, p. 14.
  8. ^
    Washington Diplomat
    . Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  9. ^ Richey, Warren (December 11, 2003). "Court Upholds 'Soft Money' Ban". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  10. ^ a b Ornstein, Norman (September 10, 2007). "My Neocon Problem". The New Republic. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  11. ^ Future of American Democracy Foundation website
  12. ^ The Future of American Democracy Series
  13. ^ "Advisory Board". Institute for Law and Politics. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  14. Represent.Us
    . 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  15. ^ "The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers". Foreign Policy. November 26, 2012. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  16. ^ "The Dying Art of Legislating". The New York Times. March 1, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  17. ^ Ornstein, Norman; et al. (April 22, 2014). "Freedom to Marry, Freedom to Dissent: Why We Must Have Both". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  18. ^ Brewer, Katherine (October 12, 2017). "What Happens After Trump?". WBUR. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  19. ^ Astor, Maggie (November 6, 2020). "The Electoral College Is Close. The Popular Vote Isn't". The New York Times. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  20. ^ O'Rourke, P. J. (February 14, 1999). "If Elected, I Will Not Serve for Long (Book review)". The New York Times. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  21. ^ "The Matthew Harris Ornstein Memorial Foundation". MHO Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  22. ^ Norman J. Ornstein, How to Help Save the Mentally Ill From Themselves, New York Times (November 17, 2015).
  23. ^ Rosa Caragena, The Deeply Personal Story Behind the PBS Documentary "The Definition of Insanity": Norm Ornstein and Judy Harris have their own tragic connection to mental illness., Washingtonian (April 30, 2020).

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