16th Annual Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference

Location

The Dana on Mission Bay

Cost

0

Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, the conference will involve the presentation of a variety of new works concerning originalism. All scholars who are interested in originalism are invited to attend. This conference is made possible through support from the Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation. 

Sixteenth Annual Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference - Papers and Commentators

1. Randy Barnett (Georgetown) & Larry Solum (Virginia), "Originalism and the Party Presentation Principle"

• Commentator: Tara Grove (Texas)

2. Mitchell Berman (Penn), “Public Meaning Originalism: Right Question, Wrong Answer”

• Commentator: Will Baude (Chicago)

3. Charles Capps (Arizona State), “Does the Law Ever Run Out?”

• Commentator: Jack Balkin (Yale)

4. Sherif Girgis (Notre Dame), "Unfinished Rights: The Inevitability Of Balancing Liberties Over Time" 

• Commentator: Stephanie Barclay (Georgetown)

5. Robert Leider (Scalia), "The Individual Right To Bear Arms For Common Defense"

• Commentator: Adam Winkler (UCLA)

6. Stephen Sachs (Harvard), “The Twelfth Amendment and the ERA.”

• Commentator: Thomas Schmidt (Columbia)

7. Ilan Wurman (Minnesota), "The Constitution of 1789: Foreign Affairs and War."  

• Commentator: Michael McConnell (Stanford)

Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism Members

• Michael Rappaport — Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law and Center Director, University of San Diego
• Lawrence Alexander — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego (Retired)
• Laurence Claus — Professor of Law, University of San Diego
• Donald Dripps — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego
• Michael Ramsey — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego
• Steven Smith — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego

About the Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism

Originalism is the view that the Constitution should be interpreted in accordance with its original meaning—that is, the meaning it had at the time of its enactment. The Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism at the University of San Diego School of Law studies all aspects of originalism by holding conferences, hosting speakers, sponsoring fellows, operating a blog, and promoting originalist scholarship.

2025 Participants

• Larry Alexander, University of San Diego, School of Law
• Joel Alicea Catholic University 
• Jack Balkin Yale Law School
• Stephanie Barclay, Georgetown University Law Center
• Randy Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center
• William Baude, University of Chicago Law School
• Mitchell Berman, University of Pennsylvania, Carey Law School
• Thomas Berry, Cato Institute
• Matthew Brogdon, UVU Center for Constitutional Studies
• Patrick Bumatay, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Jud Cambpell, Stanford Law School
• Charles Capps, Arizona State University
• Dale Carpenter, SMU Dedman School of Law
• Hung-Ju Chen, Institute of Europena and American Studies, Academia Sinica
• Eric Claeys, George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School
• Laurence Claus, University of San Diego, School of Law
• Thomas Colby, The George Washington University Law School
• Martin David Kelly, University of Edinburgh
• Andrew DeLoach, Trinity Law School
• Brannon Denning, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
• Charles Eldred
• Rob Gelles, University of Chicago
• Sherif Girgis, Notre Dame Law School
• Christopher Green, University of Mississippi School of Law
• Adam Griffin, Pacific Legal Foundation
• Stephen Griffin, Tulane Law School
• Tara Grove, University of Texas School of Law
• Emilie Kao, Alliance Defending Freedom
• Brittney Kubisch, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
• Robert Leider, George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School
• Tyler Lindley, BYU Law School
• Brian Lipshutz, University of Chicago Law School
• Michael McConnell, Stanford Law School
• John McGinnis, Northwestern Law School
• Miranda McGowan, University of San Diego School of Law
• Brad Niederschulte, Harvard Law School
• James Phillips, BYU-Wheatley Institute
• Richard Primus, University of Michigan Law School
• Micah Quigley, Stanford Law School
• Michael Rappaport, University of San Diego, School of Law
• Bradley Rebeiro,  BYU-Wheatley Institute 
• Stephen Sachs, Harvard Law School
• Thomas Schmidt, Columbia Law School
• Maimon Schwarzschild, University of San Diego, School of Law
• Jonathan Scruggs, Alliance Defending Freedom
• Theodore Seto, LMU Loyola Law School
• Steven Smith, University of San Diego, School of Law
• Larry Solum, University of Virginia 
• William Treanor, Georgetown University Law Center
• David R. Upham, St Thomas University, Crump College of Law
• Garrett West, Yale Law School
• Bryan Wildenthal, Thomas Jefferson, USD, CWSL
• Adam Winkler, UCLA School of Law
• Ilan Wurman, University of Minnesota