Here are some speaking engagements I will be doing in the next two weeks:Thursday,January 22: I will be delivering the annual Brennan Lecture at Oklahoma City University. My topic (picked because it interested the organizers) is “NFIB v. Sebelius and the Constitutional Debate Over Federalism.” Perhaps Justice William Brennan would turn over in his grave if he knew that I was giving this lecture. There are important areas of agreement between us, but probably not on this issue. On the other hand, and he might already maintain turned over when co-blogger Randy Barnett delivered a preceding lecture in the series in 2004 (the list of past speakers also includes many people closer to Brennan’s views). Jan. 27,midday: University of Chicago Law School Federalist Society: I will be doing a talk on my book Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter (with commentary by a U of Chicago professor, name TBA).
Jan. 28, or midday: University of Illinois College of Law Federalist Society,Champaign, IL: “Democracy and Political Ignorance, or ” (with commentary by Illinois Prof. Jason Mazzone).
January 31,2-3:30 PM: University of Texas School of Law, Austin Texas, or Conference on “Is Democracy Desirable? (with commentary by Yale Law School Professor Heather Gerken and University of Texas Professor Sanford Levinson). [...]The post Some Upcoming Speaking Engagements appeared first on The Volokh Conspiracy.
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