Stanford Constitutional Law Center
Stanford Constitutional Law Center
Publius Symposium with Professor Cass Sunstein: On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom: February 19
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United States5:00 pm – Lecture Books available for purchase from 4:30 - 6:30 pm In what Politico has called a “stirring intellectual defense of liberalism from its critics across the political […]
Congress’s Power of the Purse and the Trump Administration: April 7
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin Professor Zachary Price of UC Law School for a discussion of constitutional authorities, historical background, and current issues related to Congress’s power of taxation and spending.
The War on Climate Change and the Assault on Federalism: Constitutional Controversies in Canadian Environmental Regulation: April 14
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesIn 2018, Canada enacted the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, establishing minimum national standards for carbon pricing in an effort to meet emission reduction targets under the Paris Agreement. The Act no doubt advances the laudable goal of reducing man-made climate change. But is it constitutional? Join Canadian Supreme Court Justices Russell Brown and Thomas […]
Ex Parte Young Redux: April 28
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWhen the main challenge to Texas’s then-unconstitutional abortion ban failed after a restrictive Supreme Court ruling in 2021 because there was no appropriate state official for the plaintiffs to sue, one professor wrote that “ere it not for sovereign immunity, the logical defendant . . . would have been the state of Texas.” This Constitutional Conversation draws […]
Constitutional Law Center Spring Conference: May 15
@ Stanford: Paul Brest Hall 555 Salvatierra Walk, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join us for the Constitutional Law Center's Spring Conference, May 15-16, 2026 at Paul Brest Hall.
Constitutional Conversation with Ilan Wurman: May 19
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWhy did the Founders enumerate power? What did they think of executive power? Did John Marshall invent judicial review? Join us for a constitutional conversation about Professor Ilan Wurman's new book, forthcoming on the nation's semiquincentennial.