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Stanford Law School will host its annual Constitution Day Lecture this week on Thursday Sept. 17 at 5 p.m., featuring Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School. Balkin will examine how technological change affects constitutional governance, Read morecreating what he terms "constitutional rot"—the process by which a democratic republic becomes less democratic and less republican over time.
The event is free and open to the public:
Technological change affects the Constitution not only by creating new problems of constitutional interpretation, but also by changing the distributio
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Looking for a good book or two to start before the end of summer? It's not too late!
Take a look at the Stanford Law School Faculty Summer Reading List which offers up some of our professors’ favorite reads.
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What happens when a federal agency lacks permanent leadership? Stanford Law School's Anne Joseph O'Connell addresses this pressing question in the latest Stanford Legal episode, exploring the rules that determine who can step in and what powers they can exercise.
O'Connell Read moreand host Professor Pam Karlan examine how the federal bureaucracy functions when permanent appointments are delayed and what authority temporary leaders can exercise. Their discussion covers recent disputes that test the boundaries of presidential power and statutory constraints on interim appointments.
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Stanford’s Anne Joseph O’Connell examines who can step in when a top federal position is vacant and what recent court decisions could mean for ...
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