Event
Seventh Annual Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference

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.
Works-in-Progress
- William Baude (Chicago) and Stephen Sachs (Duke), The Law of Interpretation
- Commentator: Randy Barnett (Georgetown)
- Jamal Greene (Columbia), Originalism, Constitutional Rules, and the Separation of Powers
- Commentator: Michael McConnell (Stanford)
- Kurt Lash (Illinois), the Amendment, the Act, and the Article: Reconstructing the Historical Relationship Between the Fourteenth Amendment, the 1866 Civil Rights Act and the Comity Clause of Article IV
- Commentator: John Harrison (Virginia)
- John McGinnis (Northwestern) and Michael Rappaport (San Diego), Defending Original Methods
- Commentator: Chris Green (Mississippi)
- Jeffrey Pojanowski (Notre Dame) and Kevin Walsh (Richmond), Enduring Originalism
- Commentator: Mitch Berman (Penn)
- Larry Solum (Georgetown), The Constraint Principle
- Commentator: Richard Fallon (Harvard)
- John Stinneford (Florida), The Original Meaning of Cruel
- Commentator: Donald Dripps (San Diego)
Other Confirmed Participants
- Ian Bartrum (UNLV)
- Robert Bennett (Northwestern)
- Sam Bray (UCLA)
- Guy Burnett (Hampden-Sydney College)
- Jud Campbell (Stanford)
- Thomas Colby (George Washington)
- Michael Douma (Georgetown)
- Thomas Lee (Fordham)
- Neomi Rao (George Mason)
- Richard Re (UCLA)
- Shaakirrah Sanders (Idaho)
- Maimon Schwarzschild (USD)
- Steve Semeraro (TJSL)
- Mila Sohoni (USD)
- David Upham (University of Dallas)
- Kevin Walsh (Richmond School of Law)
- Edward Whelan (Ethics & Public Policy Center)
- Bryan Wildenthal (Thomas Jefferson)
Videos of the Conference
Recordings posted to YouTube.
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
- Laurence Claus — University Professor, University of San Diego
- Donald Dripps — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego
- Michael Ramsey — Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law, University of San Diego
- Steven Smith — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego
