University of Chicago Law School

Constitutional Law Institute Receives $1M Gift from Debra A. Cafaro, ’82

The Law School recently received a significant gift to advance the study of constitutional law from Debra A. Cafaro, ’82, chairman and chief executive officer of Ventas, a leading S&P 500 company and ...
Reason

Is and Ought in Constitutional Law

Does originalism need a moral defense? In his newly published Vaughan Lecture, Joel Alicea argues that it does: Justifying a constitutional methodology requires arguing that judges ought to employ ...
unr.edu

Center for Constitutional Law

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 ...
Medicine Buffalo

Reclaiming Constitutional Law: Limiting Executive Power Overreach, Expanding Shields

May 30 and 31, 2025 CLC workshop: Reclaiming Constitutional Law: Limiting Executive Power Overreach, Expanding Shields. This is the second of a three-part series on Teaching Constitutional Law in a ...
unr.edu

Introducing the Center for Constitutional Law at the College of Liberal Arts

At the University of Nevada, Reno, a bold, new era in constitutional law is unfolding, redefining how students approach the ever-evolving legal landscape. With the launch of the Center for ...
The New York Times

The Crisis in Teaching Constitutional Law

Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board. If you attended law school at any time over the past half-century, your course in constitutional law likely followed a well-worn path. First you learned ...
Tennessean

Without compromise, American states would never have ratified the U.S. Constitution

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...