BREAKING THE DEADLOCK

How to Fix an Election Premieres July 7

The Emmy Award®-nominated GBH series BREAKING THE DEADLOCK returns with a new episode, HOW TO FIX AN ELECTION, premiering Tuesday, July 7 at 8 p.m. MT on PBS Utah, and streaming on PBS Utah, and the PBS app. This episode features Deidre M. Henderson, Ninth Lieutenant Governor of Utah (R), as a panelist. Moderator Aaron Tang leads nine panelists through a dramatic hypothetical scenario around election issues and civic integrity, against the backdrop of America’s 250th anniversary.
 

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In this new episode, nine panelists explore a hypothetical scenario around election issues and government integrity, against the backdrop of America’s 250th anniversary. Moderator Aaron Tang, Professor of Law at UC Davis, leads the panelists, all prominent voices with political and cultural differences, through a hypothetical situation drawing on American civics and constitutional values. Unknown to the panelists in advance, the scenario involves city, state, and national leaders first tackling an infrastructure threat that expands to include an upcoming election, questions of voting rights, and national security. Will America’s core principles, like the power of the vote and freedom of speech and protest, withstand this theoretical stress test? Participants also discuss their vision for America’s next 250 years, with the goal of finding common ground through civil discourse.

Moderator:
Aaron Tang – Professor of Law at UC Davis, Supreme Court commentator, author of Supreme Hubris: How Overconfidence Is Destroying the Court―and How We Can Fix It

Panelists:
● Chris Christie – Former Governor of New Jersey (R)
● Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
● Mark Cuban – Entrepreneur and Co-Founder, Cost Plus Drugs
● Brittany Packnett Cunningham – Impact Strategist and Founder, Love & Power Works
● Dr. Mark T. Esper – Former United States Secretary of Defense (R)
● Deidre M. Henderson -– Ninth Lieutenant Governor of Utah (R)
● Claire McCaskill – Former U.S. Senator of Missouri (D)
● Melissa Murray – Professor at New York University School of Law
● Aaron Parnas – Independent Journalist

BREAKING the DEADLOCK is a co-production of GBH and Andrew Lack for PBS. Special thanks to The New York Historical. Funding for this program was provided in part by a grant from The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation and by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation and was made possible in part by PBS Utah viewers like you.