Philip Wallach is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who studies America's separation of powers, with a focus on the relationship between Congress and the administrative state. His 2023 book Why Congress argues that the legislative branch sits at the heart of the constitutional system and warns that its self-imposed irrelevance is letting the executive and the courts rush into the vacuum. A Princeton-trained scholar and a fixture in debates over regulatory policy, DOGE, and congressional reform, he writes for outlets ranging from National Affairs to the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.
Rashida Tlaib is a groundbreaking American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 12th Congressional District since 2019. Born in Detroit to Palestinian immigrant parents as the eldest of 14 children, she made history as the first Palestinian American woman elected to Congress and one of the first two Muslim women in the House. A founding member of 'The Squad' progressive coalition, Tlaib champions working-class issues, economic justice, and human rights with authentic grassroots energy. From raising her 13 siblings while her parents worked Ford assembly lines to fighting for the unhoused, higher wages, and accountability, she brings Detroit grit and moral clarity to Washington.
Ziad Obermeyer is a physician-scientist and professor at UC Berkeley whose 2019 Science paper exposing racial bias in a healthcare algorithm used by millions changed how the world thinks about AI fairness. An emergency medicine doctor who moonlights as a machine learning researcher, McKinsey alum, and serial founder, Obermeyer co-founded Dandelion Health and Nightingale Open Science while testifying before Congress and earning a spot on TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI.