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Yale Law School, J.D., February 2001
Honors
Benjamin N. Cardozo Prize for Best Moot Court Brief, 1999.
Humane Studies Fellowship (nationwide fellowship competition for graduate and law study), 2000.
Humane Studies Fellowship, 1998.
Semifinalist, Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals, 2000.
Semifinalist, Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals, 1999.
Teaching Fellowship, Yale Political Science Dept., 2000.Activities
Yale Law Journal - Editor.
Yale Journal on Regulation - Editor.
Non-Profit Organizations Clinic.
Moot Court.
Harvard University, M.A., Political Science, 1997.
Honors
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (top national fellowship for political science), 1996.
Fund for Scholars Research Grant, 2001.
Program on Constitutional Government Grant, 2000.
Humane Studies Fellowship, 1996.
Raymond Atherton Fellowship, 1996.
Finalist, Jacob Javits Fellowship, 1995.
Amherst College, B.A., Summa Cum Laude, in Political Science and History, 1995
Honors
Phi Beta Kappa, 1994.
Alfred F. Havighurst Prize (awarded to top senior history major), 1995.
George Plimpton Fellowship for Graduate Study, 1995.
Earl Latham Fellowship in Political Science, 1994.
Armstrong Prize for Best English Essay by a Freshman Student, 1992.Activities
Amherst Spectator - Senior Editor.
Cambodian Refugee Tutoring Program.
BOOKS
ARTICLES
Foot Voting, Federalism, and Political Freedom, Nomos (forthcoming) (issue on Federalism and Subsidiarity).
Originalism and Political Ignorance, 97 Minnesota Law Review 625 (2012).
A Mandate for Mandates: Is the Individual Health Care Mandate Case a Slippery Slope? 75 Law and Contemporary Problems 75 (2012).
What if Kelo Had Gone the Other Way? 45 Indiana Law Review 21 (2012) (Symposium on What-Ifs in Constitutional History).
Federalism and Property Rights, 2011 University of Chicago Legal Forum 53 (2011) (symposium on Governance and Power).
The Tea Party Movement and Popular Constitutionalism, 105 Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy 300 (2011) (symposium on The Constitutional Politics of the Tea Party Movement).
Let There Be Blight: Blight Condemnations in New York after Goldstein and Kaur, 38 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1193 (2011) (Symposium on Eminent Domain in New York).
The Judicial Reaction to Kelo, 4 Albany Government Law Review 1 (2011) (Introduction to the Symposium on Eminent Domain in the United States).
Stop the Beach Renourishment and the Problem of Judicial Takings, 6 Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy 91 (2011) (Symposium on Judicial Takings).
Foot Voting, Political Ignorance, and Constitutional Design, 28 Social Philosophy and Policy 202 (2011) (Symposium on “What Should Constitutions Do?”) (reprinted in What Should Constitutions Do? (Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2011)).
Deliberative Democracy and Political Ignorance, 22 Critical Review 253 (2010) (symposium on deliberative democracy).
Taking Stock of Comstock: The Necessary and Proper Clause and the Limits of Federal Power, 2009-10 Cato Supreme Court Review 239 (2010) (Symposium on the 2009-10 Supreme Court term).
Is Textualism Doomed? 158 University of Pennsylvania Law Review PENNumbra 235 (2010).
Immigration and Political Freedom, The Forum, (Fall 2010), at 38.
The Limits of Backlash: Assessing the Political Response to Kelo, 93 Minnesota Law Review 2100 (2009).
Democracy and International Human Rights Law, 84 Notre Dame Law Review 1739 (2009) (with John O. McGinnis).
Democracy, Political Ignorance, and Constitutional Reform, 157 University of Pennsylvania Law Review PENNumbra 239 (2009) (debate with Sanford M. Levinson).
Tiebout Goes Global: International Migration as a Tool for Voting With Your Feet, 73 Missouri Law Review 1247 (2008) (Symposium on federalism and international law).
The Political Economy of Economic Development Takings, 58 Case Western Reserve University Law Review 1185 (2008) (Symposium on “Corporations and their Communities”).
A Floor, Not a Ceiling: Federalism and Remedies for Violations of Constitutional Rights in Danforth v. Minnesota, 102 Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy 365 (2008).
The Borkean Case Against Robert Bork’s Case for Censorship, 31 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 511 (2008) (symposium on the work of Judge Robert H. Bork).
Is Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform Bad for the Poor? A Reply to David Dana, 101 Northwestern University Law Review 1931 (2007).
Why Robbing Peter Won’t Help Poor Paul: Low-Income Neighborhoods and Uncompensated Regulatory Takings, 117 Yale Law Journal Pocket Part 71 (2007).
REVIEWS
Turning Federalism Right-Side Up, 82 Constitutional Commentary 303 (2012) (review of Michael Greve, The Upside-Down Constitution (2012)).
The Economics of Takings, Regulation (Spring 2012), at 54 (review of Thomas Miceli, The Economic Theory of Eminent Domain: Private Property, Public Use (2011)).
Review, 31 Cato Journal 162 (2011) (review of Alison LaCroix, The Ideological Origins of American Federalism (2010)).
Democracy and Political Knowledge in Ancient Athens, 119 Ethics 585 (2009) (review of Josiah Ober, Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens (2008)).
BooK Chapters
The Individual Mandate and the Proper Meaning of “Proper," in The Health Care Case: The Supreme Court's Decision and Its Implications (Nathaniel Persily, Gillian Metzger, and Trevor Morrison, eds., Oxford University Press, 2013).
Apathy, in Encyclopedia of political thought (forthcoming).
Blight, in Encyclopedia of Housing, 2d ed. (Sage, 2012).
Nations Should Not Be Valued Merely for their Own Sake, in Patriotism (Sylvia Engdahl, ed., Greenhaven Press, 2011).
Foot Voting, Political Ignorance, and Constitutional Design, in What Should Constitutions Do? (Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2011).
Government Failure and Economic Development Takings, in The Pursuit of Justice: Law and Economics of Legal Systems (Edward R. Lopez ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
The Limits of Backlash: Assessing the Political Response to Kelo, in Property Rights: Eminent Domain and Regulatory Takings Re-Examined (Bruce L. Benson, ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
Federalism, Political Ignorance, and Voting With Your Feet, in The Polyhedron of Libertarianism (Susumu Morimura, ed., Tokyo, Keisoshobo 2009) (in Japanese translation).
How Affirmative Action is Like Racial Profiling, in Racial Profiling (David Erik Nelson, ed., Greenhaven Press, 2009).
POPULAR PRESS
The Justices and the Individual Mandate, University of Pennsylvania Regblog, Mar. 30, 2012.
Why the Health Care Reform Law is Unconstitutional, CNN, Mar. 26, 2012.
Rein in Federal Power, New York Times Room for Debate Forum, Mar. 25, 2012.
Bond, Federalism, and Freedom, Liberty Law Blog, Dec. 28, 2011.
Referendum Initiatives Prevent Eminent Domain Abuse, Daily Caller, Nov. 9, 2011.
A Right to Economic Liberty, New York Times Room for Debate Forum, Sept. 25, 2011.
11th Circuit Rejects Unlimited Power to Impose Federal Mandates, University of Pennsylvania Regblog, Aug. 18, 2011.
Libertarianism and Science Fiction, 29 Prometheus 1 (2011).
The Limits of Anti-Kelo Legislation, Reason, August/September 2007.
Post-Kelo America: Assessing the Progress of Eminent Domain Reform, Reason Online, Apr. 20, 2007.
MONOGRAPHS
TESTIMONY BEFORE GOVERNMENT BODIES
Testimony on the Use of Drones for Targeted Killing in the War on Terror, United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, April 23, 2013.
Testimony on the Civil Rights Implications of Eminent Domain Abuse, United States Commission on Civil Rights, August 12, 2011.
Testimony on Property Rights, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Confirmation Hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, July 16, 2009.
Supplemental Testimony Property Rights, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Confirmation Hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, July 19, 2009.
2003-present George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA.
Taught Constitutional Law I, Constitutional Law II, Property, Legislation, and Seminar on Federalism.
Summer 2010 University of Torcuato Di Tella, Law Faculty, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Taught course on “The Political Economy of Constitutions.”
Fall 2008 University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Taught Property and Seminar on Federalism.
Summer 2007 University of Torcuato Di Tella, Law Faculty, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Taught course on “The Political Economy of Constitutions.”
Summer 2004 University of Hamburg, Institute for Law and Economics, Hamburg, Germany.
Made presentations on research. Worked with German graduate students.
Spring 2003 Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, IL.
Co-taught Introduction to Constitutional Law. Co-Leader, student International Training Program expedition to Russia to study Russian law.
2003-Present George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA.
Professor of Law. Associate Professor of Law with tenure (2009-2012); Assistant Professor of Law (2003-2009).
Summer 2010 University of Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Visiting Professor. Taught Course on "Political Economy of Constitutions."
Fall 2008 University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law. Taught Property and Seminar on Federalism.
Summer 2007 University of Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Visiting Professor.
Summer 2004 University of Hamburg, Institute for Law and Economics, Hamburg, Germany.
Visiting Scholar.
2002-2003 Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, IL.
John M. Olin Fellow in Law. Conducted research. Led student group on trip to study Russian law.
2001-2002 Judge Jerry E. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Houston, TX.
Law Clerk. Helped judge analyze cases and prepare opinions.
Summer 2001 Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC.
Summer Associate. Wrote First Amendment amicus brief for US Supreme Court in Thomas v. Chicago Park District (case on constitutionality of demonstration permit system for public parks). Wrote takings case amicus brief for Connecticut Supreme Court. Developed legal strategy for Full Faith and Credit Clause case in California Supreme Court. Offered permanent position.
Summer 1999 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, NY.
Summer Associate. Briefed arguments in case representing Japan in Law of the Sea Treaty dispute with Australia. Assisted in restructuring of Russian Federation debt. Offered permanent position.
1998-99 Professor Bruce Ackerman, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
Research Assistant. Researched separation of powers, constitutional law, and comparative law.
“Democracy and Political Ignorance,” Research Roundtable on Austrian Law and Economics, Law and Economics Center, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA, April 2013.
“Federalism and Political Ignorance: Why Decentralizing Government Helps us Make Smarter Decisions,” New York University School of Law, New York, NY, April 2013.
“The 17th Amendment and Challenges to American Democracy,” New York University School of Law, New York, NY, April 2013.(New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy symposium on “Democracy Unfiltered: Discussing 100 Years of Direct Elections and Modern Issues Affecting the Law of Democracy,”).
“Affirmative Action and Fisher v. University of Texas,” Columbia Law School, New York, NY, April 2013 (debate with Professor Theodore Shaw).
“Progressive Federalism,” Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, April 2013 (debate with Professor Heather Gerken).
“The Tea Party Movement and Voter Rationality,” George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA, April 2013.
“Kelo and its Aftermath,” University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI, March 2013.
“Does the Constitution Protect Economic Rights?,” Rutgers School of Law-Camden, Camden, NJ, March 2013 (debate with Professor Louis Michael Seidman).
“Democracy and Political Ignorance,” Faculty Colloquium, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, March 2013.
“Jury Ignorance and Political Ignorance,” William and Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA, February 2013 (Symposium on the Civil Jury as a Political Institution).
“Kelo and its Aftermath,” District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Washington, DC, January 2013 (presentation for the judges of the highest court of the District of Columbia).
“Kelo and its Aftermath,” South Texas College of Law, Houston, TX, January 2013.
“Does Regulation of Corporate Political Speech Violate the First Amendment?” Amherst College, Amherst, MA, October 2012 (debate with Professor Larry Lessig and others).
“Democracy and Political Ignorance,” Lawyers Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, October 2012.
“Eminent Domain Reform and Virginia Question 1,” Old Dominion Boat Club, Alexandria, VA, October 2012.
“Democracy, Federalism, and Dissent,” Conference in Honor of Professor Heather Gerken, University of Tulsa Law School, Tulsa, OK, September 2012.
“Assessing the Health Care Decisions,” September 2012, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN, September 2012 (debate with Professor Fred Morrison).
“Assessing the Health Care Decisions,” Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, September 2012 (debate with Professor Daniel Ortiz).
“The Supreme Court and Property Rights,” Annual Supreme Court Review Conference, Cato Institute, Washington, DC, September 2012
“Democracy and Political Ignorance,” Philosophy, Politics and Economics lecture series, Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, September 2012.
“Assessing the Individual Mandate Decision,” University of Toledo School of Law, Toledo, OH, August 2012 (debate with Professor Rebecca Zietlow).
“Federalism and the War on Drugs,” Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO, April 2012.
“Deregulating the Legal Profession,” University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA, April 2012.
“Property Rights Since Kelo,” Tulane Law School, New Orleans, LA, April 2012.
“Property Rights Since Kelo,” University of North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2012.
“Federalism and Judicial Review in the United States,” Forum on Federations, International Conference on Courts in Federal Countries, Montreal, Canada, March 2012.
“The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate,” LA Federalist Society/Stanford Law School Alumni Association/Libertarian Law Council, Los Angeles, CA, March 2012 (debate with Dean Larry Kramer).
“The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate,” Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, March, 2012 (debate with Andrew Pincus).
“The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate,” UCLA Law School, Los Angeles, CA March 2012 (debate with Professor Jonathan Varat).
“Political Ignorance and Popular Constitutionalism,” Conference on Popular Constitutionalism and the 2012 Election, Roger Williams Law School, Bristol, RI, February 2012.
“Originalism and Political Ignorance,” Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference, Center for the Study of Originalism, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, February 2012.
“Ending the War on Drugs,” University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL, January 2012.
“Ending the War on Drugs,” University of Arkansas Law School, Fayetteville, AK, November 2011.
“Referendum Measure 31 and Post-Kelo Reform in Mississippi,” University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, MS, October 2011.
“The Tea Party Movement and Popular Constitutionalism,” New York University School of Law, New York, NY, October 2011.
“A Mandate for Mandates: Is the Individual Health Care Mandate Case a Slippery Slope?” Symposium on Constitutional Challenges to the Affordable Care Act, Duke Law School, Durham, NC, September 2011.
“Review of the 2010-11 Supreme Court Term,” Columbus Law School, Catholic University, Washington, DC, September 2011.
“Is the Libya Intervention Constitutional?” University of Akron Law School, Akron, OH, September, 2011.
“Democracy and Political Ignorance,” University of Athens, Athens, Greece, May 2011.
“Kelo and Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform,” Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, PA, April 2011 (debate with Prof. Jane Baron).
“What if Kelo had Gone the Other Way?,” Symposium on Counterfactuals in Constitutional History, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, IN, April 2011.
“Clarence Thomas on Textualism, Originalism, and Federalism,” Conference on the Twentieth Anniversary of Justice Thomas' Accession to the Supreme Court, University of Detroit Mercy Law School, Detroit, MI, March 2011.
“Federalism and Property Rights,” Levy Seminar, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA, March 2011.
“Technology and Political Ignorance,” Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property Symposium, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, March 2011.
“The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate,” Center For American Progress debate, Washington, DC, March 2011.
“The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate,” Brookings Institution debate, Washington, DC, March 2011.
“The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate,” American Constitution Society debate, Arlington, VA, February 2011.
“The Idea of Judicial Takings,” Duke Law School, Durham, NC, February 2011.
“Property Rights Since Kelo,” University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI, January 2011.
“The Constitutionality of the Federal Health Care Law,” Federalist Society Panel, Madison, WI, January 2011 (panel with Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, and state Rep. Jon Richards).
“Why the Individual Health Care Mandate is Unconstitutional,” National Conference on Health Care Reform, Washington, DC, January 2011.
“The Tea Party and Popular Constitutionalism,” panel on The Constitutional Politics of the Tea Party Movement, American Association of Law Schools Conference, San Francisco, CA January 2011.
“Causes and Consequences of the Lack of Ideological Diversity in Legal Academia,” panel on Ideological Diversity and Discrimination in American Law Schools, American Association of Law Schools Conference, San Francisco, CA January 2011.
“Rationality and Political Ignorance,” New York University Department of Economics, New York, NY, December 2010.
“The Political and Judicial Reaction to Kelo,” University of Illinois Law School Colloquium on Constitutional Theory, History, and Law, Champaign, IL, November 2010.
“Why the Individual Health Care Mandate is Unconstitutional,” Duke Law School, Durham, NC, November 2010.
“Why the Individual Health Care Mandate is Unconstitutional,” University of Florida Law School, Gainesville, FL, November 2010.
“Going to Pot: Federalism and the War on Drugs,” Michigan State University Law School, Lansing, MI, October 2010 (debate with Judge Landis Lain).
“Federalism and the War on Drugs,” Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, MI, October 2010.
“Federalism and Constitutional Property Rights,” University of Chicago Legal Forum Symposium on Governance and Power, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL, October 2010.
“Public Opinion and Prospects for Reform of Overcriminalization,” Conference on Overcriminalization 2.0, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, October 2010.
“The Grasping Hand: Takings and Property Rights Since Kelo v. City of New London,” Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR, October 2010.
“Taking Stock of Comstock: The Necessary and Proper Clause and the Limits of Federal Power,” Annual Supreme Court Review Conference, Cato Institute, Washington, DC, September 2010.
“The State of the Supreme Court,” American Constitution Society Panel on the 2009-10 Supreme Court term, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA, September 2010.
“Deliberative Democracy and Political Ignorance,” University of Santo Tomas, Santiago, Chile, August 2010.
“Deliberative Democracy and Political Ignorance,” University of Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires Argentina, July 2010.
“Customary International Law and the Political Economy of the Alien Tort Claims Statute,” Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, April 2010 (with John O. McGinnis).
“Democracy and Political Ignorance,” Levy Seminar, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA, March 2010.
“Kelo and Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform,” University of Chicago Law School, February 2010 (debate with Dean Saul Levmore).
“Federalism and the Economic Crisis,” Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention, Washington, DC, November 2009.
“Localism and Democracy,” Constitution in 2020 Conference, Yale Law School, New Haven CT, October 2009.
“Foot Voting, Political Ignorance and Constitutional Design,” Korea Institutional Economics Association Conference, National University, Seoul, Korea, August 2009.
“Foot Voting, Political Ignorance and Constitutional Design,” Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Symposium on “What Should Constitutions Do?“ Tampa, FL, April 2009.
“The Art of Legal Blogging,“ Panel on Legal Blogging, Princeton University Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton, NJ, April 2009.
“Kelo and its Aftermath,” University of Florida Law School, Gainesville, FL, April 2009.
“Kelo and its Aftermath,” Michigan State University Law School, Lansing, MI, March 2009.
“Closing the Pandora's Box of Federalism,” University of Cincinnati Law School, Cincinnati, OH, March 2009.
“The Limits of Backlash: Assessing the Political Response to Kelo,” University of Pennsylvania Ad Hoc Seminar, October 2008.
“The Limits of Backlash: Assessing the Political Response to Kelo,” Boston University Law School Law and Economics Seminar, Boston, MA, October 2008.
“Competitive and Cooperative Federalism,” American Enterprise Institute Conference on the Future of Federalism, Washington, DC, September 2008.
“Normative Implications of Political Ignorance,” Critical Review Conference on “Homo Politicus,” Boston, MA, August 2008.
“Taking Property Rights Seriously? The Supreme Court and the 'Poor Relation' of Constitutional Law,” Michigan State University, Conference on “The Supreme Court: Contested Constitutional Doctrines,” Lansing, MI, March 2008.
“Tiebout Goes Global: International Migration as a Tool for Voting With Your Feet,” University of Missouri Law School, Conference on Federalism and International Law, Columbia, MO, February 2008.
“The Politics of Economic Development Takings,” Case Western Reserve University Law School, Conference on Corporations and their Communities, Cleveland, OH, February 2008.
“Democracy and International Human Rights Law,” Hebrew University Minerva Center for Human Rights, Jerusalem, Israel, November 2007.
“Property Rights and Economic Development Takings Since Kelo,” Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, October 2007.
“Federalism and Political Ignorance: The Informational Advantages of Voting with Your Feet,” IVR World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Cracow, Poland, August 2007.
“The Case Against ‘Morals’ Regulation,” Federalist Society Conference on the Work of Judge Robert Bork, Washington, DC, July 2007.
“Federalism and Political Ignorance: The Informational Advantages of Voting with Your Feet,” University of Torcuato Di Tella Conference on Law and Legal Philosophy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2007.
“The Limits of Backlash: Assessing the Political Response to Kelo,” Florida State University Law School, Conference on Eminent Domain, April 2007.
“Can We Make the Constitution More Democratic?” Drake Law School, Conference on “Our Undemocratic Constitution,” Des Moines, IA, March 2007.
“Federalism and Political Ignorance: The Informational Advantages of Voting with Your Feet,” University of California, Santa Cruz Economics Department, Conference on Federalism, Santa Cruz, CA, March, 2007
“Congressional Authority to Limit Wartime Executive Power,” Federalist Society Academic Conference, Panel on Wartime Executive Power, Washington, DC, January 2007.
“The Limits of Backlash: Assessing the Political Response to Kelo,” Northwestern University School of Law Constitutional Law Colloqium, Chicago, IL, January 2007.
“The Problem of Political Ignorance,” ESEN University, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 2006.
“Your Land is My Land: Eminent Domain After Kelo,” University of Pennsylvania Law School, October 2006.
“Controlling the Grasping Hand: Economic Development Takings after Kelo,” Seminar on Environmental Policy and Land Use, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, October 2006.
“Controlling the Grasping Hand: Economic Development Takings after Kelo,” William & Mary Law School, September 2006.
“A False Dawn for Federalism: Clear Statement Rules after Gonzales v. Raich,” Annual Supreme Court Review Conference, Cato Institute, September 2006.
“Knowledge About Ignorance: New Directions in the Study of Political Information,” Latin American & Caribbean Law and Economics Association Conference,“ Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2006.
“What Can Judges do to Promote Democracy?” Torcuato Di Tella Law School, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2006.
“The Green Costs of Kelo,” Federalist Society Faculty Conference, January 2006.
“The Politics of Ignorance,” Northwestern University School of Law, September 2005.
“I Want Your Land: Eminent Domain After Kelo,” Washington & Lee School of Law, September 2005.
“Democracy, Political Ignorance, and Limited Government,” IVR World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Granada, Spain, May 2005.
“Democracy and Political Ignorance,” New York University Department of Economics, February 2005.
“The Case for Banning Economic Development Takings,” American Association of Law Schools, Annual Conference, January 2005.
“The Case for Banning Economic Development Takings,” Conference on Property Rights in the Twenty-First Century, New York University School of Law, November 2004.
“Overruling Poletown: County of Wayne v. Hathcock and the Future of Public Use,” Conference on County of Wayne v. Hathcock, Michigan State University College of Law, November 2004.
“Federalism vs. States' Rights,” Legal Scholarship Workshop, University of Chicago Law School, October 2004.
“When Ignorance is No Bliss,” Panel on “What's Wrong with Voters?“ Cato Institute, Washington, DC. October 2004.
“Political Ignorance and the War on Terror,” Critical Infrastructure Project Annual Conference, Fairfax, VA, September 2004.
“Democracy and the Problem of Political Ignorance,” University of Hamburg Institute for Law and Economics, Hamburg, Germany. July 2004.
Discussant, Panel on “Preventing Another Florida?” American Enterprise Institute conference on the Florida 2000 recount dispute, Washington, DC. June 2004 (aired on C-SPAN).
“Federalism and the New Iraqi Constitution,” Panel on Federalism in Iraq, Cato Institute, Washington, DC., May 2004.
“Closing the Pandora’s Box of Federalism: The Case for Strict Judicial Limits on the Spending Power,” Yale Law School, New Haven, CT. November, 2003.
“Political Ignorance and the Countermajoritarian Difficulty,” George Mason University Department of Economics Seminar, Fairfax, VA. September, 2003.
“Constitutional Change in Times of Crisis,” Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA. February, 2003.
Massachusetts, admitted July 2001; United States Supreme Court, admitted October 2011.