Evening Conversation: A Salon with Dr. David Adler

Evening Conversation: A Salon with Dr. David Adler

In advance of the 2022 election season, Idaho Democrats are being urged to register Republican for the Republican primary, ostensibly to slow the advance of far-right candidates running for office. This talk explores this phenomenon and what it might mean for Idaho politics and the long term health of the state's political parties.

David Adler, Ph.D., is the president of The Alturas Institute and has lectured nationally and internationally on the Constitution and presidential power. His scholarly writings have been invoked by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Justice Department, the White House, and by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. He has taught courses on the Constitution at all three of Idaho’s universities. At Idaho State University, he served as director of the Center for the Study of the Constitution. At the University of Idaho, he was the James and Louise McClure…