Principles of Federalism Conference

Structural, not Political

Opening Address: Why Federalism Matters Today

  • The Contemporary Value of Federalism | John Dinan, Professor of Political Science, Wake Forest University 

Panel: Madisonian Federalism

  • Paul Moreno (Panel Chair) | William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History at Hillsdale College, Director of Academic Programs at Hillsdale Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship
  • Jack Rakove | William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies, Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, of Law, Stanford University
  • Colleen Sheehan | Director, Matthew J. Ryan Center, Villanova College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Debate: The Dangers of States' Rights v. the Dangers of the Administrative State

  • Jonathan Turley (Panel Chair) | Professor of Law, George Washington University
  • Sotirios Barber | Professor, Political Science, University of Notre Dame
  • Paul Moreno | William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History at Hillsdale College, Director of Academic Programs at Hillsdale Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship
  • Ernest Istook | Former U.S. Congressman, Lecturer, Utah Valley University
How Washington uses the power of the purse to bribe and control state and local governments (PDF) | Ernest Istook

Panel: Federalism and American Identity

  • Carl Scott (Panel Chair) | Professor, Utah Valley University
  • Jonathan Turley | Professor of Law, George Washington University
  • Alan Tarr | Board of Governors Professor, Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Rutgers University
  • Ernest Young | Alston & Bird Professor of Law, Duke University
  • Michael Greve | Professor of Law, George Mason University

Panel: The Future of Federalism

  • Ken Ivory | Representative, State of Utah House of Representatives
  • Robert Nagel | Rothgerber Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Colorado Law School
  • Malcolm Feeley | Claire Sanders Clements Dean’s Professor of Law, University of California Berkeley Law