Constitutional Conventions

Yale Law School Federalist Society
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Constitutional Conventions

Constitutional Conventions is the official podcast of the Yale Federalist Society. Hosts Jonathan Feld and Zack Austin are joined by leading lawyers, jurists, and intellectuals to discuss pressing issues in law, jurisprudence, and public policy. Constitutional Conventions gives you a taste of the exciting programming hosted by Yale Law School's Federalist Society. New episodes are released every Thursday morning.

  1. 03/31/2023

    Josh Halpern on Anti-Boycott and Anti-BDS Legislation

    Josh Halpern serves as a Lecturer on Law and part-time Research Fellow at Harvard Law School, where he focuses on the corporate and constitutional law issues in boycotts and sanctions regimes. He concurrently practices appellate and complex litigation at a DC-based firm. He previously served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General of the United States. Josh graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as a Notes Editor on the Harvard Law Review. Josh joins Rob and Jon to talk about the history of American boycott legislation and its application to the constitutionality of anti-BDS legislation.

    41 min

  2. 03/09/2023

    Marc DeGirolami on Religious Establishment and the American Founding

    Prof. Marc DeGirolami is the Cary Fields Professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law, where he is also the co-director of the Center for Law and Religion. His research interests include law and religion, freedom of speech, constitutional law, jurisprudence, tort law, and criminal law. His book, The Tragedy of Religious Freedom, was published by Harvard University Press in 2013.  Prof. DeGirolami joins Rob and Teddy to talk about the Establishment Clause and the role of religion in American public life.

    1h 1m

  3. 02/23/2023

    Presidents' Day with John Yoo: Executive Authority and Presidential Power

    Prof. John Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at the Department of Justice during the Bush Administration, where he worked on issues related to national security and the war on terrorism. He was also General Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Prof. Yoo joins Jon and Rob to talk about the contours of the American presidency and the nature of the executive power.

    47 min

  4. 02/16/2023

    Vincent Phillip Muñoz on the Religion Clauses and the Founders' Natural Rights Philosophy

    Prof. Vincent Phillip Muñoz is the Tocqueville Associate Professor of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. He is the Founding Director of ND’s Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government. His most recent book, Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses, was published in 2022. His writing has been cited by Justice Alito in Fulton (2021) and Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Thomas in Espinoza (2020). Prof. Muñoz joins the show to talk about his new book, its arguments and methodology, and the various strains informing the Founding Fathers' philosophy of religious liberty.

    53 min

  5. 02/09/2023

    David Blight on the Historian's Craft and the Legal Profession

    Prof. David Blight is Sterling Professor of American History at Yale University. Prof. Blight is one of the world's leading experts on the American Civil War and Frederick Douglass. He won the Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize in 2019 for his most recent book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. His 2001 book Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory won the Bancroft Prize. Prof. Blight joins Jon and Rob to talk about how historical research can inform the legal profession and his career as a leading light in the American academy.

    1h 18m

  6. 11/10/2022

    Roger Pilon on Natural Rights, Unenumerated Rights, and the 14th Amendment

    Roger Pilon holds the B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute. Before joining Cato in 1988, Pilon held senior posts in the Reagan administration and was a national fellow at the Hoover Institution. Between 1989 and 2019, Dr. Pilon served as director of Cato’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, which he founded. Dr. Pilon joins Jon and Rob to talk about unenumerated rights, natural rights, and the Founders' conceptions of Lockean theory in constitutional self-government.

    56 min

  7. 11/03/2022

    Presidential Hiring and Federal Civil Service Reform with Andrew Kloster

    Andrew Kloster is General Counsel at Personnel Policy Operations. He was previously the Associate Director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel and Deputy General Counsel of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Andrew joins the show to talk about civil service reform, public servants and the administrative state.

    36 min

  8. 10/27/2022

    Sherif Girgis on Dobbs and the Future of the Pro-Life Movement

    Sherif Girgis is an Associate Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, where his research sits at the intersection of law and philosophy. His first book, What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense, was co-authored with Robert P. George and Ryan T. Anderson and was cited by Justice Alito in his dissent in US v. Windsor. He also served as a law clerk to Justice Alito, earned a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, and graduated from Princeton, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Sherif joins Jon and Rob to talk about the legal reasoning employed in Dobbs and its implications for future litigation.

    54 min
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Constitutional Conventions is the official podcast of the Yale Federalist Society. Hosts Jonathan Feld and Zack Austin are joined by leading lawyers, jurists, and intellectuals to discuss pressing issues in law, jurisprudence, and public policy. Constitutional Conventions gives you a taste of the exciting programming hosted by Yale Law School's Federalist Society. New episodes are released every Thursday morning.

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  • Creator
    Yale Law School Federalist Society
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023 Yale Law School Federalist Society

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