2020 Webcasts

Friday, February 21 – Saturday, February 22, 2020

• 2020 Conference Details

Conference Introductory Remarks

• Introduction by Professor Michael Rappaport

First Paper

• Presentation: Seth Tillman (Maynooth) & Josh Blackman (South Texas), Offices “of,” “under,” and “under the authority” of the United States
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• Commentator: John Mikhail (Georgetown)
  
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Second Paper

• Presentation: Will Baude (Chicago) & Stephen Sachs (Duke), The Misunderstood Eleventh Amendment
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• Commentator: Jim Pfander (Northwestern)
  
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Third Paper

• Presentation: Jamal Greene (Columbia), Rereading the Bill Of Rights
  
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• Commentator: Randy Barnett (Georgetown)
  
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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)
  
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Fifth Paper

• Presentation: Stephanie Barclay (Brigham Young), Evolving Constitutional Remedies and Religious Exemptions
  
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• Commentator: John C. Harrison (Virginia)
  
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Sixth Paper

• Presentation: Julian Davis Mortenson (Michigan), The Executive Power Clause
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• Commentator: Ilan Wurman (Arizona State)
  
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Seventh Paper

• Presentation: Stephen M. Griffin (Tulane), Optimistic Originalism and the Reconstruction Amendments
  
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• Commentator: Michael W. McConnell (Stanford)
  
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