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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; Ph.D. expected.
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.
ARTICLES
Federalism, Political Ignorance, and Constitutional Design, Social Philosophy and Policy (forthcoming) (symposium on "What Should Constitutions Do?").
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).
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, Case Western Reserve University Law Review (forthcoming 2009) (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
BooK Chapters
Taking Property Rights Seriously? The Supreme Court and the “Poor Relation” of Constitutional Law, in The Supreme Court: Contested COnstitutional Doctrines (Steven Kautz, Arthur Melzer, and Jerry Weinberger, eds., University of Pennsylvania Press, forthcoming 2009) (tentative title and publisher).
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).
Government Failure and Economic Development Takings, in The Pursuit of Justice: Law and Economics of Legal Systems (Edward R. Lopez ed., Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2010).
POPULAR PRESS
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.
BOOKS
MONOGRAPHS
TESTIMONY
2003-present George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA.
Taught Constitutional Law I, Constitutional Law II, Property, Legislation, and Seminar on Federalism.
Fall 2008 University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Teaching 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.
2000- 2001 Harvard University Department of Government, Cambridge, MA.
Head Teaching Fellow for “Representation, Equality & Democracy,” course taught by Professor Sidney Verba. Taught two sections of students and managed TF staff.
Fall 1999 Harvard University Department of Government, Cambridge, MA.
Taught undergraduate seminar on “Constitutional Democracy in America .”
2003-Present George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA.
Assistant Professor of Law.
Fall 2008 University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law.
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.
“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 & Carribean 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.