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02/17/2022

Thirteenth Annual Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference in San Diego Friday and Saturday
Michael Ramsey

The Thirteenth Annual Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference, hosted by the University of San Diego Law School's Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, will take place tomorrow and the next day, February 18-19, 2022.  Here is the schedule: 

Friday, Feb. 18

2:30 – 2:45      Opening Remarks, Michael Rappaport (USD)

2:45 – 4:00      First Paper: Will Baude (Chicago): Severability First Principles

Commentator: Tara Leigh Grove (Alabama); Moderator: Steve Smith (USD)

4:15 – 5:30      Second Paper: Michael Paulsen (St. Thomas), The Power to Declare Peace

Commentator: Michael McConnell (Stanford); Moderator: Larry Alexander (USD)

Saturday, Feb. 19

9:30 – 10:45    Third Paper:  Evan Bernick (Northern Illinois) & Chris Green (Mississippi), There Is Something That The Constitution Just Is

Commentator: Bernie Meyler (Stanford); Moderator: Eric Segall (Georgia State)

11:00 – 12:15  Fourth Paper: Ilan Wurman (Arizona State), Reconstructing Reconstruction-Era Rights

Commentator: John Harrison (Virginia); Moderator: David Upham (Dallas)    

1:30 – 2:45      Fifth Paper: Adam Samaha (NYU), Construction Zone Destruction

Commentator: John McGinnis (Northwestern); Moderator: Tom Colby (George Washington)

3:00 – 4:15      Sixth Paper: Jud Campbell (Richmond), Rights of American Citizenship

Commentator: Ryan Williams (Boston College); Moderator: Mila Sohoni (USD)

4:30 – 5:45      Seventh Paper: Anthony Bellia (Notre Dame) & Bradford Clark (George Washington), The Original Law of Constitutional Interpretation

Commentator: Ingrid Brunk Wuerth (Vanderbilt), Moderator: Maimon Schwarzschild (USD)