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Speaking on constitutional power and institutional life

Programs for law schools, universities, bar associations, libraries, civic organizations, podcasts, and serious general audiences.

Suggested talks

Who Gave the Supreme Court the Final Word?

Judicial review, constitutional history, and the democratic legitimacy of judicial finality.

The Takings Clause and the Regulatory State

How property doctrine mediates conflicts between private ownership, land-use regulation, and public power.

Private Government Behind the Gates

Gated communities, homeowners’ associations, and the migration of public functions into privately governed spaces.

Why Human Institutions Take the Shape They Do

An interdisciplinary conversation spanning law, philosophy, history, and evolutionary biology.