Keeping Pandora's Box Sealed

The moment everyone was waiting for has arrived: The article Josh Blackman and I wrote, “Keeping Pandora’s Box Sealed: Privileges or Immunities, The Constitution in 2020, and Properly Extending the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to the States,” has officially come out in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy. (I previously blogged about this article here, among other places, and here’s a recent reference on Reason’s blog.) The journal thought enough of our work to publish it on page 1 of issue 1 of this year’s volume.

We’re also grateful to the journal editors for expediting the editing and publication process generally so that the article would come out in time for the McDonald v. Chicago argument. Indeed, that strategy is already paying off, with “Keeping Pandora’s Box Sealed” having been cited in the petitioners’ reply brief — not to mention Cato’s amicus brief. The Georgetown JLPP has been cited in Supreme Court opinions the past two terms, so we’re cautiously optimistic about our chance to continue this trend.

In addition to reading the article (also available on SSRN), you can also attend various presentations I’m giving in the next two weeks about McDonald v. Chicago and properly extending the right to keep and bear arms to the states:

• Feb. 23 at lunch – University of New Mexico Law School (sponsored by the Federalist Society) – “McDonald v. City of Chicago and Properly Extending the Right to Keep and Bear Arms”
• Feb. 25 at 1:30pm EST/10:30 PST – ABA Continuing Legal Education Teleconference – “Beyond Gun Control: McDonald v. City of Chicago and Incorporation of Bill of Rights” (registration fee, 1.5 hours of CLE credit)
• Mar. 1 at 4pm – Cato Institute Policy Forum – “McDonald v. Chicago: Will the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Apply to the States?“
• [Mar. 2 at 10am - Supreme Court argument in McDonald]
• Mar. 2 at 3:30pm – Georgetown University Law School – Post-Argument Discussion of McDonald and “Keeping Pandora’s Box Sealed” (sponsored by the GJLPP and the Federalist Society)
• Mar. 3 at 12pm – Cato Institute Hill Briefing in B-340 Rayburn House Office Building - “McDonald v. Chicago: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Future of Gun Rights“

You can also listen here to a half-hour podcast about “Keeping Pandora’s Box Sealed” that I recently recorded with the Independence Institute’s David Kopel (also a Cato associate policy analyst).

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More Supreme Court Review on the Road

As an update to an earlier post about my speaking schedule this fall, here are my remaining public events through Thanksgiving. All these events, other than the one on Nov. 3, are sponsored by the Federalist Society (and in some cases co-sponsored by other organizations) and all are open to the public. As always, if you decide to attend one of the presentations after learning of it from this blog post, please feel free to drop me a line beforehand, and do introduce yourself after the event.

Event info after the jump.

Oct. 26 at 12:00pm - Florida International University Law School (Miami) – Use of Foreign Law in Constitutional Interpretation

Oct. 27 at 12:30pm – University of Miami Law School – Use of Foreign Law in Constitutional Intepretation

Oct. 28 at 12:30pm – University of Dayton Law School – Hillary Clinton and the Emoluments Clause

Oct. 29 at 12:00pm – Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law – October Term 2009 Overview

Nov. 3 at 12:00pm – Environmental Law Institute (Washington) – Panel on Stop the Beach Renourishment and Judicial Takings

Nov. 4 at 3:00pm – Seton Hall University Law School – Debate on the The Chrysler Bankruptcy

Nov. 5 at 12:00pm – Yeshiva University Cardozo Law School (NYC) – Immigration and the Constitution

Nov. 16 at 12:00pm – St. Louis University Law School – Use of Foreign Law in Constitutional Interpretation

Nov. 17 at 12: 00pm – Washington University (St. Louis) Law School – The Looming Danger of Transnational Progressivism

Cato Supreme Court Review on the Road

With last week’s Constitution Day conference behind us (watch it here) — and the release of the 2008-2009 Cato Supreme Court Review — I can finally escape the office where I’ve been holed up all summer. Yes, it’s time to go on the road and talk about all these wonderful legal issues we’ve learned about over the past year, as well as previewing the new Supreme Court term.

To that end, below is my fall speaking schedule so far. All these events are sponsored by the Federalist Society (and in some cases co-sponsored by other organizations) and all are open to the public.

If you decide to attend one of the presentations after learning of it from this blog post, please feel free to drop me a line beforehand, and do introduce yourself after the event.

Sept. 24 at 11:50am – DePaul Law School, Chicago – Debate on the Second Amendment post-Heller

Sept. 24 at 4:30pm – Chicago-Kent School of Law – Panel on Rule of Law in Iraq

Sept. 29 at 5:00pm – University of Cincinnati Law School - Rule of Law and Economic Development

Sept. 30 at 12:00pm – Capital University Law School (Columbus, OH) – Review of October Term 2008/Preview of October Term 2009

Sept. 30 at 3:30pm – Ohio Northern School of Law (Ada, OH) – Debate on Ricci and Affirmative Action in Employment

Oct. 1 at 12:00pm – University of Toledo Law School – Debate on Ricci and Affrimative Action in Employment

Oct. 1 at 5:00pm – Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Auburn Hills, MI) – Immigration and the Constitution

Oct. 5 at 12:00pm – University of Pennsylvania Law School – Debate on the Use of Foreign Law in Constitutional Interpretation

Oct.6 at 5:30pm – Blank Rome LLP in Philadelphia (Federalist Society Lawyers Chapter; small admission fee) – Panel on Rule of Law in Iraq

Oct. 8 at 1:00pm – Penn State-Dickinson Law School (University Park) – October Term 2009 Preview

Oct. 13 at 5:15pm – George Mason University Law School (Arlington, VA) – October Term 2009 Preview

Oct. 26 at 12:00pm – Florida International University Law School (Miami) – Topic TBA

Oct. 27 at 12:30pm – University of Miami Law School – Topic TBA

[Cross-posted at Cato's blog.]

As the Supreme Court takes a winter break and the Obama team gets settled in at the DOJ, I’ll be on the road giving speeches and debating several of the most pertinent legal topics facing the incoming administration. Here’s the schedule for my upcoming trip to California and Hawaii, which starts tomorrow. All events are open to the public (though the non-law school events typically charge admission):

• University of San Diego Law School (Warren Hall Rm. 133), February 4 at 12pm — “Judicial Nominations: What’s Gone Wrong and Can It Be Fixed?”
  
• University of San Francisco Law School (Kendrick Hall Rm. 101), February 5 at 12:30pm – ”What Can We Expect from the Obama Administration on Judicial Appointments?”
  
• North Coast Federalist Society Lawyers Chapter (904 MacDonald Ave., Santa Rosa), February 5 at 7pm – “Libel Tourism: The Next Front in the War on Terror”
  
• Princeton Club of N. California (Gordon & Rees, Embarcadero Ctr., SF), February 6 at 12pm — “How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Rule of Law in Iraq”
  
• Stanford University Law School (Rm. 95), February 9 at 12:45pm — “What Role Should Foreign Law Play in U.S. Constitutional Interpretation?”
  
• SF Federalist Society Lawyers Chapter (Harrington’s, 245 Front St.), February 9 at 5:45 pm– ”What Role Should Foreign Law Play in U.S. Constitutional Interpretation?”
  
• Santa Clara University Law School (Bannan Hall), February 10 at 11:45am — “What Can We Expect from the Obama Administration on Judicial Appointments?”
  
• University of Hawaii Law School (Rm. 1 or 2), February 12, 2009 at 12:45pm – “Race-Based Government in Paradise? Hawaii v. OHA“

If you come to one of these events because you learned of it from this blog post, please come up and introduce yourself.

[Cross-posted at Cato's blog.]