17th 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 feature the presentation of a variety of new works concerning originalism. All scholars who are interested in originalism are invited to attend. The conference is open to the public but advance registration is required. This conference is made possible through support from the Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation.

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

1. Will Baude (Chicago), "Crosskey’s Legacy"
Commentator: Tara Grove (Texas)

2. Joseph Blocher (Duke) & Reva B. Siegel (Yale), “The Ambitions of History and Tradition in and Beyond the Second Amendment”
Commentator: Joel Alicea (Catholic)

3. Eric Claeys (Scalia), "The Police Power and the Fourteenth Amendment"
Commentator: Michael McConnell (Stanford)

4. Christopher Green (Ohio State), "Equal Citizenship Yes, Intermediate Scrutiny No"
Commentator: Jack Balkin (Yale)

5. John Harrison (Virginia), "Does the Constitution Give the United States Government General Authority to Act in the National Interest?"
Commentator: John Mikhail (Georgetown) 

6. Ryan Snyder (Missouri), "Historical Practice at the Founding"
Commentator: Aditya Bamzai (Virginia)

7. Keith Whittington (Yale), "By Birth Alone: The Original Meaning of Birthright Citizenship and Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States"
Commentator: Thomas Lee (Fordham) 

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 (Emeritus)
• 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
• Erin Sheley — Professor of Law, University of San Diego
• Steven Smith — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego (Retired)

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.

Past conference recordings, agendas, and participants are available here.