About

Corey Brettschneider

Professor of Political Science, Brown University
Co-host of The Oath and the Office, with John Fugelsang

Corey Brettschneider is a constitutional scholar, author, political and legal commentator, and co-host (with John Fugelsang) of The Oath and the Office podcast.

He is a professor of political science at Brown University, where he teaches constitutional law and politics, and is frequently interviewed about constitutional issues, presidential power, the Supreme Court, and democracy on MS NOW, CNN, BBC, and other media outlets.

His latest book, The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It, won the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award and was called “essential” by Publishers Weekly. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Politico, and Time.

Brettschneider has also taught as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, the University of Chicago Law School, and Fordham Law School. He is the author of two books on democracy and civil liberties published by Princeton University Press, as well as numerous articles in leading academic journals and law reviews. His constitutional law casebook is widely used in classrooms throughout the United States.

He holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton University and a JD from Stanford Law School.

The show

The Oath and the Office

Hard-hitting constitutional analysis meets razor-sharp comedy.

Distinguished political science professor Corey Brettschneider teams up with comedian John Fugelsang to break down the most powerful 35 words in American democracy—the presidential oath of office.