Podcast appearances and mentions of Robert A Levy

Robert A. Levy, former chairman of the board of the Cato Institute, joins us to discuss antitrust laws. Do these laws help or hurt competition? When, if ever, should the government step in to protect and promote competition in the marketplace? We delve into these questions and many more in our conversation with Bob.

Joe Selvaggi talks with U.S. Constitution scholar, Cato Institute’s Thomas Berry, about oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the NetChoice cases, exploring the First Amendment questions that affect both social media users and the platforms that curate their content.   Thomas A. Berry is a research fellow in the Cato Institute's Robert A. Levy […]

As the fight continues over how to handle mounting U.S. debt, Cato's Robert A. Levy has a few thoughts on how the Constitution ought to inform the debate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with constitutional scholar Thomas Berry about the process for electing U.S. presidents and the efforts underway to modernize the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to forestall frivolous challenges in the future. Guest: Thomas Berry is a research fellow in the Cato Institute's Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and managing editor of the Cato Supreme Court […]

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On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court issued its 8-1 decision in Nestle USA, Inc. v. Doe et al and the consolidated case of Cargill, Inc. v. Doe I. In this case, six people from Mali who had been trafficked as child slaves onto cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast sued under the Alien Tort Statute, arguing that since the American companies Nestle and Cargill provided financial and technical support to those farms, they should be liable for aiding and abetting human trafficking. The Ninth Circuit had reversed the District Court, finding that the respondents had adequately pled a domestic application of the Alien Tort Statute because the corporate decisions driving contracting with the Ivory Coast farms originated in the United States. The Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit holding that the presumption against extraterritoriality required plaintiffs to establish relevant conduct in the United States and that general corporate activity like decision making was insufficient.Justice Thomas announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and II, in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett joined. Justices Thomas, Gorsuch and Sotomayor all filed concurring opinions and Justice Alito dissented.Featuring: -- Ilya Shapiro, Vice President and Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute -- William S. Dodge, John D. Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law -- Moderator: Julian Ku, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty Director of International Programs, and Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

Ilya Shapiro, vice president and direct of Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at Cato Institute and author of "Supreme Disorder" joins the show to discuss the latest legislative proposal to pack the US Supreme Court. Cohosted by Josiah Neely of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.

There is no official law that forbids businesses from asking for proof of vaccination for service. However, there are exceptions such as religious objections, ADA exceptions, and HIPAA objections. The Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies Senior Fellow Walter Olson joins John to discuss if a business can require proof of vaccination for service.

On February 8, 2021, the Federalist Society's Puerto Rico Lawyers Chapter and Puerto Rico Student Chapters co-hosted Ilya Shapiro and Prof. William Vazquez Irizarry to discuss COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions and their impact on individual liberties.Featuring:Ilya Shapiro, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato InstituteProf. William Vazquez Irizarry, University of Puerto Rico School of LawIntroduction: John Ross Serrano, Attorney; The Federalist Society's Puerto Rico Lawyers ChapterIntroduction: Omar Andino, Deputy Solicitor General, Puerto Rico Department of Justice; The Federalist Society's Puerto Rico Lawyers Chapter* * * * *As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

In this episode, we’re bringing you an Acton Lecture Series event from December of 2016, featuring Ilya Shapiro speaking on judicial abdication and the growth of government.Ilya Shapiro is the director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute and publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review.In this discussion, Shapiro recounts the fight for the Supreme Court during the 2016 presidential campaign and how that battle crystalized the importance of judges' both having the right constitutional theories and being willing to enforce them. According to Shapiro, too much "restraint" — like Chief Justice Roberts in the Obamacare cases — has led to the unchecked growth of government, toxic judicial confirmation battles, and even our current populist moment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA) is a federal statute permitting the President to appoint acting officials to fill vacancies that arise within federal departments and agencies when certain conditions are met. Last amended in 1998, the law represents a compromise of sorts between the Legislative and Executive branches, which share power regarding the appointment and confirmation of many federal officers. The FVRA’s use in recent years to fill vacancies within the Departments of Justice and Veterans Affairs and agencies such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, among others, has been controversial. What are the limits of the FVRA? Is the FVRA constitutional as applied to the appointment of acting principal officers? Does it apply when an organic agency statute also provides for a more specific succession plan? Does it apply to vacancies created by firing rather than temporary absence, death or resignation? Who has standing to challenge an FVRA appointment or the actions of an FVRA appointee? How should the incoming Administration think about the use of FVRA?Featuring: -- Thomas Berry, Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute -- Stephen Migala, Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Department of State-- Anne Joseph O'Connell, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, Stanford Law School-- Moderator: Brian Johnson, Partner, Alston & Bird

Famed legal expert and author Ilya Shapiro joins Dr. Kris Ferguson on this episode of the Get Healthy 360 Podcast to discuss the history, rules, and procedures regarding supreme court nominations. Controversy, bureaucracy, and political intrigue have surrounded America's highest court for decades. Mr. Shapiro shares his insights on this fascinating episode of the Get Healthy 360 Podcast. Ilya Shapiro is the director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute and publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Before joining Cato, he was a special assistant/adviser to the Multi‐National Force in Iraq on rule‐of‐law issues and practiced at Patton Boggs and Cleary Gottlieb. Shapiro is the author of Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court (2020), co‐ author of Religious Liberties for Corporations? Hobby Lobby, the Affordable Care Act, and the Constitution (2014), and editor of 11 volumes of the Cato Supreme Court Review (2008–18). He holds an AB from Princeton University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a JD from the University of Chicago Law School (where he became a Tony Patiño Fellow). He can be found on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ishapiro SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author=1382023

The Electoral College has cast its votes for President. It should come as no surprise that Joe Biden won. Cato Chairman Robert A. Levy details the current process and the hurdles to changing it for future elections. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How might the Supreme Court respond to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit contesting the results of the election? Why did so many House members and state attorneys general file amicus briefs in support of the lawsuit? Is Paxton’s legal effort just a political stunt? On today’s episode, Sarah and Steve are joined by Ilya Shapiro—director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute and publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review—for the breakdown.   Show Notes: -Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s new lawsuit against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin. -106 House Republicans sign amicus brief supporting Texas lawsuit and Chip Roy’s tweet thread explaining why he will not join Texas’s lawsuit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Day One of the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings featuring: CARRIE SEVERINO President of the Judicial Crisis Network Co-author of "Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court" =========   Ilya Shapiro Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute Publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Author of the new book, "Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The President's nominee Amy Coney Barrett says she is 'honoured and humbled' to have been chosen by Donald Trump for a place in the US's top court. After the first day of confirmation hearings, we speak to Ilya Shapiro, director at the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies' Cato Institute and author of Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court. Stanford University game theorists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have won the 2020 Nobel Economics Prize for their work on auction theory. We speak to Robert Wilson and ask how relevant auction theory is in the world today. And Australian scientists have discovered that the virus that causes Covid-19 can survive for up to 28 days on banknotes. Dr Debbie Eagles from the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness tells us how much of a threat this could be. Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by Simon Littlewood, president of AC Growth Delivered, in Singapore, and by Alexis Goldstein, activist and financial reform advocate, in Washington DC. (Picture: Amy Coney Barrett; Picture credit: Getty Images)

The President's nominee Amy Coney Barrett says she is 'honoured and humbled' to have been chosen by Donald Trump for a place in the US's top court. After the first day of confirmation hearings, we speak to Ilya Shapiro, director at the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies' Cato Institute and author of Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court. Our regular US market commentator Peter Jankovskis brings us up to date with the movements on Wall Street, and explains why markets were up sharply on Monday. Also in the programme, Australian researchers have found that Covid-19 bacteria can remain on banknotes for up to four weeks. We hear from Debbie Eagles from science agency CSIRO.

Is the Supreme Court too powerful? When did judicial nominations become so contentious? Should we have term limits for judges and justices?Ilya Shapiro '99, Director of the Cato Institute's Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, joins the show to answer these questions and discuss his new book, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court. Supreme Disorder: https://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Disorder-Judicial-Nominations-Politics/dp/1684510562 "The Brilliance Lives Loudly Within Her": https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-brilliance-lives-loudly-within-her 

REP. NAN HAYWORTH  M.D. Former U.S. Congresswoman  Dr. Hayeorth joins the podcast to discuss the medical scenarios surrounding the president's covid-19 diagnosis and the political fall-out in congress, the campaign trail and the media.  ILYA SHAPIRO Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute Publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Author of the new book, "Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court" Highlighting the cover story in the week's Washington Examiner magazine, author Ilya Shapiro discusses Judge Amy Coney barret, the stakes surrounding her confirmation hearings and the notion that fuel to the recent covid diagnosis of President Trump and Senator Mike Lee, the hearings should be delayed.  TOM FITTON  President of Judicial Watch New book, "A Republic Under Assault: The Left's Ongoing Attack on American Freedom" available for pre-order on Amazon. Every day brings a new series of troubling stories from across the country regarding ballot irregularities, duplicate ballot mailings and problems with inaccurate voter rolls. Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch are trying to get to the bottom of these problems before it's too late. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The brutal confirmation battles we saw over Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh are symptoms of a larger problem with our third branch of government, a problem that began long before Kavanaugh, Merrick Garland, Clarence Thomas, or even Robert Bork: the courts’ own self-corruption, aiding and abetting the expansion of federal power. In Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court, Ilya Shapiro, director of the Cato Institute's Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, takes readers inside the unknown history of fiercely partisan judicial nominations and explores reform proposals that could return the Supreme Court to its proper constitutional role. Confirmation battles over justices will only become more toxic and unhinged as long as the Court continues to ratify the excesses of the other two branches of government and the parties that control them. Only when the Court begins to rebalance our constitutional order, curb administrative overreach, and return power to the states will the bitter partisan war to control the judiciary subside.Featuring: -- Ilya Shapiro, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, The Cato Institute and Author, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court-- Joseph Tartakovsky, Author of The Lives of the Constitution: Ten Exceptional Minds that Shaped America's Supreme Law

How will Amy Coney Barrett shake things up on the bench if she is confirmed by the Senate before November 3? “Amy Coney Barrett will not be as revolutionary as the left fears or the right wishes,” Sarah argues, “Because no justice really is, because it’s one vote.” On today’s episode, David and Sarah address the hysteria surrounding her upcoming Senate confirmation battle while breaking down what a 6-3 conservative majority would mean for the future of Supreme Court jurisprudence. Sarah and David are also joined by Ilya Shapiro—director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute and publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review—for a conversation about the politics and history of Supreme Court nominations. To a certain degree, politics has always played a role in Supreme Court nominations. What makes this era unique? “What’s different is that you have divergent interpretive theories mapping onto partisan preference at a time when the parties are more ideologically sorted than they’ve been since at least the Civil War,” Shapiro argues. When it comes to divergent legal theories, “every decade provides a new escalation.” Tune in for a conversation about the future of First and Second Amendment jurisprudence, the left’s misconceptions surrounding Roe v. Wade, and the problems associated with public hearings for judicial nominations. Show Notes: -30 day free trial at The Dispatch, CBS post-debate poll, “Why Amy Coney Barrett Should Not Be On The Supreme Court” by Nathan Robinson in Current Affairs, Chevron doctrine, “Qualified and Absolute Immunity at Common Law” by Scott Keller and Jay Schweikert’s response in Cato. -Ilya Shapiro’s new book: Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court and Ted Kennedy tirade against Judge Robert Bork

The brutal confirmation battles we saw over Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh are symptoms of a larger problem with our third branch of government, a problem that began long before Kavanaugh, Merrick Garland, Clarence Thomas, or even Robert Bork: the courts’ own self-corruption, aiding and abetting the expansion of federal power. In Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court, Ilya Shapiro, director of the Cato Institute's Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, takes readers inside the unknown history of fiercely partisan judicial nominations and explores reform proposals that could return the Supreme Court to its proper constitutional role. Confirmation battles over justices will only become more toxic and unhinged as long as the Court continues to ratify the excesses of the other two branches of government and the parties that control them. Only when the Court begins to rebalance our constitutional order, curb administrative overreach, and return power to the states will the bitter partisan war to control the judiciary subside.Featuring: Ilya Shapiro, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, The Cato Institute and Author, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest CourtJoseph Tartakovsky, Author of The Lives of the Constitution: Ten Exceptional Minds that Shaped America's Supreme Law Teleforum calls are open to all dues paying members of the Federalist Society. To become a member, sign up on our website. As a member, you should receive email announcements of upcoming Teleforum calls which contain the conference call phone number. If you are not receiving those email announcements, please contact us at 202-822-8138.

REP. DEVIN NUNES U.S. Representative for California's 22nd congressional district   Rep. Nunes joins Larry O'Connor to discuss the latest revelations behind the Obamagate scandal and the failure of California's environmental policies that have led, he says to the recent wild fires.  JAMES O'KEEFE Founder of Project Veritas    O'Keefe has a brand new expose on ballot harvesting activities in Rep. Ilhan Omar's district in Minneapolis.  ANDREW GROSSMAN A partner at the law firm Baker & Hostetler LLP   [HOS-STET-LER] An Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies While the mainstream media discuss Judge Amy Coney Barret's faith, her children, her adoptions and other superfluous issues, we discuss her actual record as a judge on the 7th circuit court of appeals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ilya Shapiro, the director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute and publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review, talks about his new book, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away from cancer last Friday, is lying in repose at the Supreme Court at this hour. On Friday, Justice Ginsburg will lie in state at the Capitol. She will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery next Tuesday, the day after Yom Kippur. And on Saturday, President Trump will announce his nomination for her replacement on the court. It does appear now that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has enough votes among Republicans to move that nomination forward, over the objections of Democrats who say that, in accordance with public opinion polls and given the proximity of the election, the choice should be made by whoever wins in November... Yesterday, Tom spoke with Ronald Weich, the Dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law, who argued that the Senate should not move ahead with the confirmation of President Trump’s nominee to the High Court, as voters will be deciding the fate of the executive and legislative branches of government in just six weeks. Andrew Grossman joins Tom today. He’s an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies. He practices appellate law at Baker Hostetler's law offices in Washington. He has argued several cases before the Supreme Court, and he has testified more than a dozen times before the Judiciary Committees of the House and Senate. Mr. Grossman co-wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal last Saturday defending swift Senate action to confirm a new High Court nominee. He joins us on Zoom.

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The Supreme Court recently wrapped up its term, with decisions handed down on LGBTQ workplace discrimination, abortion clinic doctors, DREAMers, and the president’s financial records. Supreme Court scholar Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, joins CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford to discuss the significance of these decisions and how this year it became "the Roberts Court" after Chief Justice John Roberts joined the majority for all but two cases.

Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, joins us for a conversation about the latest Supreme Court decisions from the summer of 2020. Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.

Ilya Shapiro joined host Ben Domenech to discuss the meaning and impact of recent Supreme Court decisions. Shapiro serves as the Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, and he recently wrote a new book, “Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court.“ Shapiro observed […]Join the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour/ilya-shapiro-should-supreme-court-justices-rule-along-party-lines/.Now become a Ricochet member for only $5.00 a month! Join and see what you’ve been missing: https://ricochet.com/membership/.Subscribe to Federalist Radio Hour in Apple Podcasts (and leave a 5-star review, please!), or by RSS feed. For all our podcasts in one place, subscribe to the Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed in Apple Podcasts or by RSS feed.

The Supreme Court has dealt a blow to private school choice programs that exclude parents who would send their children to religious school. Cato's Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, and Neal McCluskey, director of the Center for Educational Freedom, comment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Featuring Randy Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University Law Center; and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; and Ilya Shapiro, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute.Related Content: Coronavirus and the Constitution See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New research from Duke University scholars questions Medicaid’s value for the people the health care program was designed to help. The research arrives as the N.C. General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper continue to bicker over Cooper’s proposal to expand Medicaid to several hundred thousand more people in the state. Jordan Roberts, John Locke Foundation health care policy analyst, assesses the new research and its potential impact. The latest U.S. Supreme Court term yielded several important rulings, including two with direct impacts on N.C. congressional elections and the state Revenue Department’s taxing authority. Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, recaps those cases, other key decisions, and important trends from the nation’s highest court. Legislative supporters of President Trump’s latest trade deal with Mexico and Canada ran into trouble when they tried to approve a resolution supporting the agreement. The resolution included positive comments about the 1990s-era North American Free Trade Agreement. Opponents of NAFTA in the N.C. House refused to vote in favor of any legislation praising that trade deal. House leaders dumped the resolution back into a committee. State lawmakers continue to hear bipartisan arguments in favor of the Second Chance Act. It would allow more people to expunge old criminal convictions from their records. During a recent hearing, lawmakers heard support from the idea from district attorneys, the state’s leading business group, and former criminal offenders tied to the Second Chance Alliance. Evidence continues to mount that film incentives fail to live up to the economic promises advocates make for them. Jon Sanders, John Locke Foundation director of regulatory studies, offers an update on incentives. Sanders also highlights good news in the ongoing campaign to rid N.C. state government of unnecessary and outdated regulations.

What are the prospects of the United States Supreme Court taking up an abortion-related case in the near future?  What methodologies do the justices use in deciding cases?  Why does President Trump pick his nominees for the Supreme Court from a list provided by the Federalist Society?  Who better to ask than Ilya Shapiro of the Federalist Society?  Shapiro came to Tulsa to deliver a lecture to the Tulsa Federalist Society and Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis took the opportunity when Shapiro was in town to pick his brain over a slew of Supreme Court questions such as these.   Ilya Shapiro is the director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute. Shapiro is the co-author of Religious Liberties for Corporations? Hobby Lobby, the Affordable Care Act, and the Constitution (2014), and editor of 11 volumes of the Cato Supreme Court Review (2008-18). He has contributed to a variety of academic, popular, and professional publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, National Review, and New York Times Online. He also regularly provides commentary for various media outlets, including CNN, Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision and Telemundo, the Colbert Report, PBS NewsHour, and NPR.   Shapiro has testified before Congress and state legislatures and has filed more than 300 amicus curiae “friend of the court” briefs in the Supreme Court, including one that The Green Bag selected for its “Exemplary Legal Writing” collection. He lectures regularly on behalf of the Federalist Society, was an inaugural Washington Fellow at the National Review Institute and a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and has been an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School. He is also the chairman of the board of advisors of the Mississippi Justice Institute, and a member of the Virginia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. In 2015, National Law Journalnamed him to its 40 under 40 list of “rising stars.”   Before entering private practice, Shapiro clerked for Judge E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He holds an AB from Princeton University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a JD from the University of Chicago Law School (where he became a Tony Patiño Fellow).

Cato’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and its scholars take their inspiration from the struggle of America’s founding and Civil War generations to secure liberty through constitutionally limited government. The Center’s scholars address a wide range of constitutional and legal issues, especially by encouraging the judiciary to neither make nor ignore the law but rather to interpret and apply it through the natural rights tradition inherited from the Founders. Scholars affiliated with the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, both resident and non-resident, conduct rigorous legal research on a wide range of subjects: constitutional theory and history, the Supreme Court, property rights, environmental law, and others. The Center publishes the annual Cato Supreme Court Review, released at its annual Constitution Day Conference, featuring leading legal scholars analyzing the most important decisions of the Court’s recent term. Center scholars also write and commission books, monographs, articles, and op-eds; conduct forums on legal issues of the day; lecture and debate across the country; and file amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs with the Supreme Court, all aimed at encouraging a climate of ideas conducive to liberty through constitutionally limited government.

Rob Tracinski talks with Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, about the Timbs v. Indiana ruling and the possible revival of the Privileges or Immunities Clause. The conversation includes: the rise of Originalism, how the Constitution incorporates the theory of natural rights, how the Supreme Court split apart economic freedom from other rights, the potential for the return of pre-New Deal jurisprudence, and the difference between the Privileges or Immunities Clause and the Privileges and Immunities Clause. For more commentary and analysis, visit The Tracinski Letter at www.TracinskiLetter.com. Support us at patreon.com/SalonoftheRefused.

In this episode, Ilya Shapiro, Director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, discusses his article "The Once and Future Privileges or Immunities Clause," which he co-authored with Josh Blackman, and which will be published in the George Mason Law Review. Shapiro explains the origin of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the 14th Amendment and how it relates to the Due Process Clause. He describes the history of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Privileges or Immunities Clause, and how the Reconstruction-era Court largely read it out of the Constitution in the Slaughterhouse Cases. And he reflects on the recent revival of interest in the Privileges or Immunities Clause, driven both by legal scholarship and by Justice Thomas's opinions in cases like McDonald v. Chicago. Shapiro is on Twitter at @ishapiro. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The litigation over California's "sanctuary state" law raises important federalism questions that go far beyond the specific issue of immigration policy. The outcome will have a significant impact on potential future state efforts to restrict cooperation with federal law enforcement policies, and federal efforts to compel such cooperation. The litigation involves a federal government challenge to three California laws: Senate Bill 54, which restricts state and local officials from sharing information about immigrants within the state, with federal agencies; Assembly Bill 103, which requires the state attorney general to inspect any facility in the state where immigrants are detained by federal agents while awaiting immigration court dates or deportation; and Assembly Bill 450, which bars private employers from cooperating with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and audits unless such cooperation is mandated by a court order or a specific federal law. Last summer, a federal district court ruled in favor of California on the first two issues, but supported the federal government on the third. In this teleforum, Ilya Shapiro and Ilya Somin will debate that and related cases and consider their broader implications for federalism.Featuring:Mr. Ilya Shapiro, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato InstituteProf. Ilya Somin, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University Teleforum calls are open to all dues paying members of the Federalist Society. To become a member, sign up here. As a member, you should receive email announcements of upcoming Teleforum calls which contain the conference call phone number. If you are not receiving those email announcements, please contact us at 202-822-8138.

The litigation over California's "sanctuary state" law raises important federalism questions that go far beyond the specific issue of immigration policy. The outcome will have a significant impact on potential future state efforts to restrict cooperation with federal law enforcement policies, and federal efforts to compel such cooperation. The litigation involves a federal government challenge to three California laws: Senate Bill 54, which restricts state and local officials from sharing information about immigrants within the state, with federal agencies; Assembly Bill 103, which requires the state attorney general to inspect any facility in the state where immigrants are detained by federal agents while awaiting immigration court dates or deportation; and Assembly Bill 450, which bars private employers from cooperating with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and audits unless such cooperation is mandated by a court order or a specific federal law. Last summer, a federal district court ruled in favor of California on the first two issues, but supported the federal government on the third. In this teleforum, Ilya Shapiro and Ilya Somin will debate that and related cases and consider their broader implications for federalism.Featuring:Mr. Ilya Shapiro, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato InstituteProf. Ilya Somin, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University Teleforum calls are open to all dues paying members of the Federalist Society. To become a member, sign up here. As a member, you should receive email announcements of upcoming Teleforum calls which contain the conference call phone number. If you are not receiving those email announcements, please contact us at 202-822-8138.

Carol Platt Liebau- president of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy. Re: State reaction to Supreme Court Union decision. @YankeeInstitute @CPLiebau Trevor Burrus is a research fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and Center for the Study of Science, as well as managing editor of the Cato Supreme Court Review. revor Burrus is a research fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and Center for the Study of Science, as well as managing editor of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Re: Recap and review the latest news on the supreme court news. @TCBurrus @CatoInstitute Steve Obsitnik, Re: State Orders Investigation of Financing For Steve Obsitnik's Campaign For Governor. @SteveObsitnik

alter Olson is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and is known for his writing on the American legal system. His books include The Rule of Lawyers, on mass litigation, The Excuse Factory, on lawsuits in the workplace, and most recently Schools for Misrule, on the state of the law schools. His first book, The Litigation Explosion, was one of the most widely discussed general-audience books on law of its time. It led the Washington Post to dub him “intellectual guru of tort reform.” Active on social media, he is known as the founder and principal writer of what is generally considered the oldest blog on law as well as one of the most popular

Walter Olson is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and is known for his writing on the American legal system. His books include The Rule of Lawyers, on mass litigation, The Excuse Factory, on lawsuits in the workplace, and most recently Schools for Misrule, on the state of the law schools. His first book, The Litigation Explosion, was one of the most widely discussed general-audience books on law of its time. It led the Washington Post to dub him “intellectual guru of tort reform.” Active on social media, he is known as the founder and principal writer of what is generally considered the oldest blog on law as well as one of the most popular, Overlawyered.com. He has advised many public officials from the White House to town councils and in 2015 was named by Gov. Larry Hogan to be co-chair of the Maryland Redistricting Reform Commission, which issued its report recommendations later that year to acclaim across the state.

"When people can’t imagine how something could work without the government, they can’t and won’t demand it," says Trevor Burrus, research fellow at The Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies. Mr. Burrus joined the program to discuss what he calls the most insidious barrier to a freer society: the lack of imagination.

Are the new calls for gun control any different from the old ones? Cato Institute Chairman Robert A. Levy weighs in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

July 2013 featuring Robert A. Levy, Alan Gura, Clark Neily, Rep. Scott Garrett, Kevin Williamson, Tim Kane, Spencer Ackerman, David A. Stockman See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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