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Ilya Somin and Josh Blackman talked about Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and the questions facing the Supreme Court as it hears arguments on former President Trump’s appeal of a Colorado ru…

Policy advocates discussed U.S. immigration policy during an event hosted by the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. The addressed several topics, including the effectiveness of refugee and a…

Yale political science and law Professor Akhil Reed Amar talked about the possibility of term limits for Supreme Court justices. He spoke during the final portion of the Cato Institute’s 21s…

The Cato Institute held its 21st annual Constitution Day Symposium in Washington, D.C. In this first panel, legal scholars spoke about constitutional structure and Supreme Court cases from t…

The Cato Institute held its 21st annual Constitution Day Symposium in Washington, D.C. In this fourth panel, legal scholars previewed high-profile Supreme Court cases in the upcoming 2022-23…

Immigration law experts discussed the role of federal courts in reshaping immigration policy. They also analyzed the Supreme Court’s immigration rulings for the 2021-22 term and potential la…

Claremont Review of Books editor Charles Kesler argued that there are two competing views of the U.S. Constitution. He was interviewed by author and George Mason University law Professor Ily…

The American Political Science Association held a discussion on constitutional issues in the Trump administration and what they could mean for U.S. democracy. Legal scholars discussed whethe…

The Cato Institute hosted a discussion about President Trump’s border security national emergency declaration. They talked about the constitutional and statutory implications and made sugges…

In the second panel of an American Enterprise Institute forum on pending litigation that could render part of the 2010 health care law unconstitutional, legal scholars talked about how the c…

Georgia State University hosted this conference on retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. In this session, law professors discussed his views on the division of power between the fed…

Princeton professor Keith Whittington discussed free speech on college campuses.

Ilya Somin talked about his opinion that military action against ISIS is illegal, as well as the possibility of an updated Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) resolution. Th…

Ilya Somin talked about The Grasping Hand: “Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain.” The book is about the 2005 Supreme Court ruling that allowed the government to seize…

Contributors Randy Barnett and Orin Kerr, and editor Trevor Burrus talked about their book, A Conspiracy Against Obamacare: The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case. The participants w…

Military and policy experts testified on the the constitutional and statutory authority for targeted killings with aerial drones of American terrorist suspects overseas. In his opening remar…

Legal scholars talked about property rights decisions during the 2011-12 Supreme Court term, focusing on Sackett v. EPA. In the case the Sackett family planned to build a house on land they …

Ilya Somin talked about the the individual mandate of the 2010 health care law that requires all Americans to either buy individual insurance policies or pay fines. The Supreme Court was sch…

Attorneys Andrew Pincus and Ilya Somin previewed the Supreme Court oral argument on the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law. They outlined the legal principles the Court will exami…

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights heard from scholars and civil rights on eminent domain abuses. The Justice Department recently brought a lawsuit against the city of Joliet, Illinois, acc…