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Constitutional Change in Mexico
This week Constitutional Conversations posts the video from a February 2023 Center for Constitutional Design event dedicated to discussing “Constitutional Change in Mexico.” Three prominent scholars of Mexican law and politics joined us to discuss the current state of democracy and constitutional law in Mexico.
Can Courts Save Democracy?
This week Constitutional Conversations posts the video from a partnership the Center for Constitutional Design hosted in November 2022 with the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, presenting a discussion on the ability of courts to halt democratic decay and support the institutions of democracy.
Originalism and its Discontents
This week, Constitutional Conversations continues its summer posting of video from the Center for Constitutional Design (CCD) at ASU Law’s event series during the 2022-23 season.
Originalism and the Rights of Women
Proponents of originalism argue that judges must adhere faithfully to the meaning of constitutional texts as those texts would have been understood at the time of their adoption. In the case of the 14th Amendment, such an approach would limit clauses like “equal protection of the laws” to nineteenth century understandings of equality. Since women were not equal to men under the law in 1868, and…
The Unfortunate Consequences of a Misguided Free Speech Principle
Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He served as the School’s 16th Dean from 2009 until 2017. Before coming to Yale, he taught at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law.
USVI’s End-run Against America’s State Constitutional Tradition
J.H. Snider is the president of iSolon.org and edits the USVI Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse and the U.S. State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse.
A possible transformation of state electoral systems
Quinn Yeargain is an Assistant Professor at Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Amendments: The LaRue-Olsen Debate Continues and Welcomes Others
Rick LaRue is an independent analyst of constitutional electoral structure who writes at Structure Matters. His 40-year career in Washington, DC nonprofits included service as the deputy director of the Eisenhower Institute and of the American Society of International Law.
Can the Legislative Power be Delegated to the Administrative State?
James R. Stoner, Jr. is Hermann Moyse Professor and Director of the Eric Voegelin Institute for American Renaissance Studies and in the Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University.