The merits and pitfalls of originalist interpretation of the US Constitution were the focus at the November 19 installment of ...

Former federal appellate Judge J. Michael Luttig assailed his former law clerk John Eastman on Thursday for advancing a far-flung legal theory that the vice president had unilateral authority to ...

Part II of The Collective-Action Constitution develops a collective-action theory of the Constitution's federal structure and identifies limits of this theory. Chapter Three examines the states' ...

Originalist legal commentator Josh Blackman joins Supreme Court Brief to discuss the rise of originalism from a fringe legal theory to the dominant method of interpreting the Constitution in today's ...

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In 1987, the last time the Senate voted to reject a president’s pick for the Supreme Court, a constitutional theory seemingly went down with the nominee. Robert Bork, Ronald Reagan’s ill-fated choice, ...

Paul Schiff Berman, Walter S. Cox Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School Paul Schiff Berman is one of the world’s foremost theorists on the interactions among legal systems. He is ...

Launched in May 2025 by the College of Liberal Arts, under the leadership of Dean Casilde Isabelli and Executive Director Rick Trachok, the Center promotes interdisciplinary research and dialogue on ...