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    DOGE Runs Amok & Originalism's Ahistoricism

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    The Fight Against Originalism Continues

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    Politics and Political Culture in the Early American Republic

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    For or Against Constitutional Originalism?

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    The Constitution was Built to Allow for the Few to Hold so Much Power

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  • Cover of a podcast titled 'Stanford Legal' with co-hosts Pam Karlan and Richard Thompson Ford, featuring a black and white microphone illustration on a yellow background.

    Challenging Originalism: Putting the Electoral College, Presidential Immunity, and Recent SCOTUS Decisions into Historical Context

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  • Cover slide of a presentation titled 'History and Originalism: A Troubled Relationship' at Stanford Constitutional Law Center, dated February 4, 2025, with a modern building and trees in the background.

    History and Originalism: A Troubled Relationship

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  • Originalism at Stanford

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Interviews

Claremont McKenna College’s Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom, The Forum: Interview: Jonathan Gienapp

The National Memo: The Overly Supreme Court — And Why Democracy Must Rein In Its Excessive Power

NPR's All Things Considered: The Constitution was built to allow for the few to hold so much power

Stanford News: Stanford historian discusses the Electoral College and its origins

The New York Times: What Is Trump Playing At?

Town Halls and Debates

Hoover Institution: America at 250: Classical Heritage, Western Civilization, The Future

The Center for Revitalizing American Institutions: The Declaration of Independence: History, Meaning, and Modern Impact

Brennan Center for Justice and National Constitution Center Symposium: Constitutional Meaning in the Shadow of the Articles of Confederation: Debating the Constitution

Stanford Constitutional Law Center Event: History and Originalism: A Troubled Relationship

National Constitution Center Town Hall: For or Against Constitutional Originalism?: A Debate

Brennan Center Live: The Fight Against Originalism Continues

The Civic Discourse Project: America at 250: Civic Education and Upcoming Anniversaries of the Founding

National Constitutional Center Constitution Day Event: Scholar Exchange: The Constitutional Convention

Stanford Constitutional Law Center Conference: Text and (What Kind of) History?: How Has and How Should the Supreme Court Use Text and History?: History, Techniques, and Problems

James Wilson Institute: Unlocking Constitutional Meaning: James Wilson As the Key

University of Virginia Karsh Institute of Democracy: Touchstones of Democracy: The U.S. Founding and Constitutional Culture

Stanford Constitutional Law Center Conference: Histories of Presidential Power: The First Congress and Executive Power

National Constitution Center Town Hall: The Founders' Library: Intellectual Sources of the Constitution

2019 Publius Symposium, Stanford Constitutional Law Center: The Second Creation: Fixing the American Constitution in the Founding Era

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