2020 Webcasts
Friday, February 21 – Saturday, February 22, 2020
Conference Introductory Remarks
First Paper
- Presentation: Seth Tillman (Maynooth) & Josh Blackman (South Texas), Offices “of,” “under,” and “under the authority” of the United States
- Commentator: John Mikhail (Georgetown)
- Discussion
Second Paper
- Presentation: Will Baude (Chicago) & Stephen Sachs (Duke), The Misunderstood Eleventh Amendment
- Commentator: Jim Pfander (Northwestern)
- Discussion
Third Paper
- Presentation: Jamal Greene (Columbia), Rereading the Bill Of Rights
- Commentator: Randy Barnett (Georgetown)
- Discussion
Fourth Paper
- Presentation: Roderick M. Hills Jr. (NYU), Strategic Ambiguity and Article VII’s Two-Stage Ratification Process: Why the Framers (Should Have) Decided Not to Decide
- Commentator: John O. McGinnis (Northwestern)
- Discussion
Fifth Paper
- Presentation: Stephanie Barclay (Brigham Young), Evolving Constitutional Remedies and Religious Exemptions
- Commentator: John C. Harrison (Virginia)
- Discussion
Sixth Paper
- Presentation: Julian Davis Mortenson (Michigan), The Executive Power Clause
- Commentator: Ilan Wurman (Arizona State)
- Discussion
Seventh Paper
- Presentation: Stephen M. Griffin (Tulane), Optimistic Originalism and the Reconstruction Amendments
- Commentator: Michael W. McConnell (Stanford)
- Discussion