Hawaiʻi Senate panel to host briefing about erosion of democratic norms
Island residents are invited to attend or watch this week as members of the Hawaiʻi Senate Committee on Judiciary learn about the erosion of democratic norms in the United States.
Committee members — including Big Island lawmaker Puna state Sen. Joy A. San Buenaventura — will receive an informational briefing beginning at 10 a.m. Sept. 18 from University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization professor Colin Moore.
The director of Matsunaga Institute for Peace will detail how that democratic decay is already happening throughout the nation and in Hawaiʻi, as well as what affects it will have in the future for the island state.
Moore received his bachelor’s degree in political science — with high honors — in 2002 from Swarthmore College, a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pa.
He earned a master’s of arts degree in 2006 and awarded his doctorate degree in 2009, both through the Department of Government at Harvard, the private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Mass.
The professor and political scientist has been a member of the University of Hawaiʻi faculty since 2011, teaching and serving in the Department of Political Science, Public Policy Center, School of Communications and School of Communication and Information prior to 2023, when he joined University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization.
Moore was a member of the Obama Presidential Library Initiative in 2014-15, among serving in several other capacities and roles for the university through the years.
You also might have even seen him on TV, as his many civic activities include being a political analyst for Hawai‘i News Now since 2014.
The public is reminded that all opinions expressed by Moore during the informational briefing are his own.
AGENDA
- Welcome and Introductions (7 minutes)
- Professor Moore’s Presentation on the Erosion of Democratic Norms in the United States (30 minutes)
- Questions from the Committee — 5 minutes per Member for Questions and Answers
BRIEFING NOTES
- When: 10 a.m. Sept. 18
- Where: Conference Room 016, Hawaiʻi State Capitol, 415 S. Beretania St., Honolulu
- Videoconference: Click here — if you can’t make it in person — to watch the briefing on the Hawai‘i Senate YouTube channel.
- Hearing notice: Click here.
The briefing is part of a series of informational briefings about the rule of law in relation to the recent actions of President Donald Trump’s administration and how its decisions are impacting Hawaiʻi.
While the public is invited to attend and watch, as is normal with informational briefings, no public testimony will be accepted.
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