Norman J. Ornstein

Norman Ornstein

Norman J. Ornstein is a political scientist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative-leaning Washington D.C. think tank. Ornstein was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota^[1] in 1948 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1974. He is married to Judith L. Harris, a litigation attorney specializing in regulatory matters.

Ornstein studies American politics and is a frequent contributor to The Washington Post and many magazines. He has written a weekly column for Roll Call since 1993, and is currently co-director, along with Thomas E. Mann, of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project.

Ornstein helped draft key parts of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as the McCain-Feingold Act.^[2]

Ornstein is a long-time friend of current U. S. Senator and former comedian Al Franken. Despite working at the conservative-leaning AEI, Ornstein considers himself a centrist.^[3]

Advisory boards

Ornstein is a member of the Advisory Board of the Future of American Democracy Foundation,^[4] a non-profit, nonpartisan foundation in partnership with Yale University Press and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies "dedicated to research and education aimed at renewing and sustaining the historic vision of American democracy".^[5] He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Law and Politics at the University of Minnesota Law School.^[6] Ornstein is also a member of the Board of Directors of the nonpartisan election reform group Why Tuesday?.

References

1. ^ St. Louis Park Historical Society biography of Norman Ornstein
2. ^ Richey, Warren, Court Upholds "Soft Money" Ban, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
3. ^ Ornstein, Norman (10 September 2007). "My Neocon Problem". The New Republic. http://www.tnr.com/article/my-neocon-problem. Retrieved 25 May 2011. 
4. ^ Future of American Democracy Foundation website
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ Institute for Law and Politics Advisory Board web page

External links

• AEI Scholar Website
• AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
• Continuity of Government Project

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