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Michael D. Ramsey Professor of Law, University of San Diego Law School |
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Recent Presentations |
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2018 Presentations |
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· The Constitution and Foreign Affairs in the Trump Administration
Panel discussion with Professor Allen Weiner, Stanford Law School, Stanford CA, January 18, 2018
· Originalism and Non-Originalism
Debate with Professor David McGowan, USD Law School Federalist Society/American Constitution Society Constitution Day Event, San Diego, CA, September 17, 2018
· Commentary: Habeas Corpus in Wartime
Commentary on book presentation by Professor Amanda Tyler, Habeas Corpus in Wartime, USD Law School, San Diego, CA, September 21, 2018
· Congress’ Incomplete Power over Foreign Affairs
Paper presentation, Yale-Duke Foreign Affairs Law Roundtable, panel presentation with Professors Curtis Bradley, Kristen Eichensehr and Ganesh Sitaraman, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, September 28, 2018
· Commentary: Federal Power over Immigration
Commentary on article “The Power to Exclude” by Professor Josh Blackman, LeFrak Forum: A 21st Century Immigration Policy for the West, Michigan State University Department of Political Science, Lansing, MI, October 13, 2018
· Commentary: Grounding Originalism
Commentary on article “Grounding Originalism” by Professors William Baude and Stephen Sachs, Northwestern University Law Review Symposium “Originalism 3.0,” Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, IL, November 2, 2018
· Two Views of the Latest Supreme Court Constitutional Law Decisions
Roundtable discussion with Professor Pamela Karlan, National Conference of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal, San Diego, CA, Nov. 17, 2018
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2020 Presentations |
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· The Constitutional Separation of Powers, National Sovereignty, and International Law: Who Controls U.S. Foreign Policy?
Presentation to San Diego World Affairs Council, San Diego, CA, May 30, 2019
· The Second Founding: Privileges or Immunities and the Fourteenth Amendment
Constitution Day Presentation to University of San Diego Law School Federalist Society, San Diego, CA, Sept. 18, 2019
· What Is Originalism?
Presentation to California Western School of Law Federalist Society, with Professor Glenn Smith (commentator), San Diego, CA, Sept. 27, 2019
· Investment Treaties and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Re-Examining Fair and Equitable Treatment
Presentation, Conference on “Global Trade and Business Law: 2020 and Beyond,” University of Nebraska College of Law/Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 30, 2019
· Courts and Foreign Affairs: Their “Historic Role”
Commentary on Restoring the Global Judiciary by Martin Flaherty, International Law Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York, October 11, 2019
· Originalism and Birthright Citizenship
Paper presentation, Fordham Law School Faculty Colloquium, New York, New York, November 14, 2019
· Who Controls U.S. Foreign Policy?
Presentation to UCSD Osher Institute, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, November 17, 2019 |
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2019 Presentations |
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· Delegating War Powers
Panel presentation at Virginia-Duke foreign affairs law roundtable, University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, VA., February 26, 2021 (virtual)
· Is International Human Rights Law Beneficial?
Panel presentation at the Federalist Society National Student Convention, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA., March 20, 2021 (virtual)
· Second Amendment Litigation: Status and Prospects
University of San Diego Law School Federalist Society “Fireside Chat,” Apr. 8, 2021 (virtual)
· The Alien Tort Statute on a Clean Slate
International Law Association - American Branch, Committee on International Law in Domestic Courts, Panel on the Alien Tort Statute after Nestle USA Inc. v. Doe, June 24, 2021 (virtual)
· Taxation by International Consent?
Federalist Society International Law and National Security Practice Group Webinar, August 26, 2021 (virtual)
· Supreme Court Preview: 2021 Term
Presentation to Orange Country Bar Association, Appellate Practice Group (with Robert Schapiro, Dean, USD Law School); Costa Mesa, CA, Nov. 9, 2021
· Originalism Justifications and Methodology
Fordham Law School, Constitutional History Workshop (roundtable discussion with Professors Jed Shugerman, Saul Cornell and Thomas Lee), New York, New York, November 17, 2021 (virtual) |
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2021 Presentations |
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· War Powers: Congress, the President, and the Courts
Roundtable discussion on model casebook section by Stephen Griffin and Matthew Waxman, December 11, 2020 (virtual)
· Presidential Succession: The Twelfth, Twentieth, Twenty-Second and Twenty-Fifth Amendments
University of San Diego Law School Federalist Society “Fireside Chat,” Oct. 14, 2020 (virtual)
· Originalism at the U.S. Supreme Court
Presentation to UCSD Osher Institute, University of California San Diego, October 2, 2020 (virtual) |
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2022 Presentations |
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· Vesting Foreign Affairs Powers
Panel presentation at the George Washington Law Review Symposium on “The Law of U.S. Foreign Relations” (panel with Professors Jean Galbraith and Jide Nzelibe), George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, Sept. 7, 2022
· Originalism and Birthright Citizenship
Paper presentation at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution conference “Originalism for Judges,” Sarasota, FL, June 10, 2022
· What the First Congress Didn’t Do
Panel presentation at the Stanford Constitution Law Center’s conference on “Histories of Presidential Power” (panel with Professors Ilan Wurman, Jed Shugerman, Jennifer Mascott, Jonathan Gienapp, and Aditya Bamzai), Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA, May 20, 2022
· Debate: Should Judges Follow the Constitution’s Original Meaning?
Debate with Professor David McGowan, University of San Diego Law School Federalist Society, San Diego, CA, April 7, 2022
· Executive Power and Judicial Review
Presentation to Cornell Law School Federalist Society, March 24, 2022 (with commentary by Professor Michael Dorf) (virtual)
· War in Our Time? Ukraine, NATO, and Separation of Powers
Presentation to Pennsylvania State University Dickenson Law School Federalist Society, March 1, 2022 (virtual)
· Presidential Commission on SCOTUS: A Conversation with Two Commissioners
Beverly Hills Bar Association, Question and Answer session with Caroline Frederickson and Judge James Blancarte (moderator), January 27, 2022 (virtual)
· Originalism and Presidential Removal Power
“Supreme Myths” Podcast (with Professors Jed Shugerman and Eric Segall), January 11, 2022 (virtual) |
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2023 Presentations |
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· Do We Have an Originalist Supreme Court?
Lecture & discussion forum, University of California San Diego, Osher Institute, San Diego, CA, Nov. 3, 2023
· Originalism Methodology and the Executive Power over Foreign Affairs
Panel presentation, University of San Diego Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, “Originalism for Judges” conference, University of San Diego Law School, San Diego, CA, Oct. 13, 2023
· Sixteenth Amendment Originalism and Moore v. United States
Constitution Day panel discussion with Michelle Layser, Miranda Fleischer and Michael Rappaport, University of San Diego Law School, San Diego, CA, Sept. 18, 2023
· An Originalist Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine
Roundtable presentation, C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State, George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School, Arlington, VA, Sept. 8, 2023
· The Originalist Case Against the Insular Cases
Panel Presentation, Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 4, 2023
· Executive Agreements and Historical Gloss
Commentary on “Historical Gloss and Foreign Affairs,” forthcoming book by Curtis Bradley, University of Chicago Law School book workshop, Chicago, IL, March 24, 2023
· How to Choose a Theory of Constitutional Interpretation: An Originalist Perspective
Commentary on “How to Choose a Theory of Constitutional Interpretation,” lecture by Professor Cass Sunstein, Stanford Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA, Jan. 12, 2023 |
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2024 Presentations |
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· Text and “Agreements or Compacts”
Discussion draft presentation, Chicago-Virginia Foreign Affairs Law Roundtable, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL, April 12, 2024
· The Supreme Court: Recent and Pending Cases
Presentation with Robert Schapiro, Class Action Law Forum, University of San Diego, March 13, 2024
· Originalism in Constitutional Litigation; A Debate
Presentation with Eric Segall, National College of Trial Lawyers Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 2, 2024
· Commentary: The Trump Disqualification Litigation
Commentary on presentation by Michael Paulsen (with Miranda McGowan), American Constitution Society/Federalist Society, University of San Diego Law School, February 14, 2024
· Podcast: An Originalist Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine
Discussion with Jace Lington and Adam White, C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State, George Mason University, “Gray Matters” podcast series, Feb. 2, 2024, https://ricochet.com/podcast/gray-matters/michael-ramseys-originalist-defense-of-the-major-questions-doctrine/
· Judicial Independence and Trust: Has Article III Become Too Political?
Panel discussion with Benjamin Flowers, Eugene Volokh and Debra Wong Yang, Federalist Society Western Chapters Annual Conference, Simi Valley, CA, Jan. 27, 2024
· Podcast: Delegating War Power
Discussion with Matthew Gluck and Matthew Waxman, The Lawfare Podcast, January 22, 2024, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waxman-and-ramsey-on-delegating-war-power/id498897343?i=1000642475008 |