Norman Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI),where he concentrates on politics, elections, and the United States Congress. As a cohost of AEI's Election Watch series, a contributing editor and columnist for National Journal and The Atlantic, a BBC News election analyst, and the chairman of the Campaign Legal Center, he is a prominent figure in the field of politics and government.
Dr. Ornstein has an extensive background in political reform, with a particular focus on campaign finance reform and the reform of Senate committees. He has been involved in the creation of the Congressional Office of Compliance and the House Office of Congressional Ethics, and has worked on the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project.
As a renowned expert in American politics and the United States Congress, Dr. Ornstein has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004. He has been interviewed on various television networks, including C-SPAN's "Washington Journal," CBS, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NPR, and "PBS NewsHour," and has published articles and opinion pieces in numerous publications, such as Politico, The New York Times, NY Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
Dr. Ornstein has written several books, including the bestsellers "One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported," with E. J. Dionne and Thomas E. Mann, and "It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism." His other notable works include "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track," with Thomas E. Mann, and "The Permanent Campaign and Its Future."
Dr. Ornstein holds a Ph.D. and a master's in political science from the University of Michigan, as well as a B.A. from the University of Minnesota.
