Author: Lily Tran

Sometimes the original meaning of the Constitution conflicts with or points in a different direction from the Supreme Court’s precedents.  When that happens, what is the role of stare decisis?  What should an originalist Court do with non-originalist precedent?

Join us for a discussion on the role of stare decisis for originalist judges with Professor Randy Barnett, moderated by Professor Ernest Young.  Professor Barnett is the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown University Law Center, and Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.  You can find his most recent writing on the topic here (https://lawliberty.org/forum/stare-decisis-for-originalist-judges/).

Sponsored by the Duke Law Federalist Society.  For more information, please contact Meredith Criner at meredith.criner@duke.edu.

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Wen Fa, an attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, along with Duke Law professors Nicole Ligon and Sarah Ludington, will discuss the interaction of the First Amendment and commercial speech in the food industry.  Mr. Fa will focus his discussion on a Wisconsin butter regulations case he litigated, along with GMO regulations and compelled subsidies for advertisements.

Sponsored by the Duke Law Federalist Society.  Co-sponsored by the Duke Food Law Society (@duke_fls) and the Duke Law First Amendment Clinic.  For more information, please contact Brendan Clemente at brendan.clemente@duke.edu.

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Join us for a discussion with Professor Ilya Somin led by Professor Guy-Uriel Charles on Professor Somin’s most recent book, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom. In Free to Move, Professor Somin explains how foot voting, making decisions about whether to immigrate, where to live within a federal system, and what to purchase or support in the private sector, can greatly enhance political liberty for millions of people around the world.

Sponsored by the Duke Law Federalist Society. Co-sponsored by the Duke Political Science Department (@dukepolisci), the Duke Program in American Values and Institutions, and the Duke FOCUS Program. For more information, please contact Meredith Criner at meredith.criner@duke.edu.

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Will there come a day when we use Uber to deliver or rent nearly everything we use?  And how do regulations impact the increasing scope of sharing services in our economy?  This event features two experts on the sharing economy discussing how sharing services will expand and how the regulatory state will impact that expansion.

Michael Munger, an Economics Professor at Duke and the author of Tomorrow 3.0: Transaction Costs and the Sharing Economy, will provide the economic context for the emergence of sharing services like Uber and Airbnb.  Jon Riches, the Director of Litigation at the Goldwater Institute, will discuss how the regulatory state impacts the growth of sharing services.  Duke Law Professor Matthew Adler will moderate discussion and Q&A.

Sponsored by the Duke Law Federalist Society. Co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society (@dukelawacs), the Duke Political Science Department (@dukepolisci), the Duke Program in Law and Entrepreneurship, the Duke Law Center for Innovation Policy, the Duke Law and Economics Society, the Duke Center for Science & Technology Policy, the Duke Initiative on Science & Society (@dukescisoc) and the Duke Fuqua Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (@fuqua_cei). For more information, please contact Brendan Clemente at brendan.clemente@duke.edu.

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