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- “Thomas Jefferson,
Revolutionary,” Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution,
Alexandria, Virginia, November 17, 2007
- “Interpreting the
Constitution Contextually: How Both Conservatives and Liberals Get It Wrong,”
Thomas M. Cooley Law School (sponsored by the Federalist Society), Lansing,
Michigan, October 19, 2007
- Atlas and
the American Revolution,” at The Atlas Society’s conference celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Washington,
D.C., October 6, 2007
- “Judicial Activism,
Real and Imagined” and “Crime Through Time: The Joy of Historical Mystery
Novels” at “Objectivism in Theory and Practice,” 18th annual Atlas
Society Summer Seminar, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, July 9 & 10, 2007
- "The Ninth and Tenth Amendments: The Forgotten Foundations of the
Constitution," Case Western Reserve University School of Law (sponsored by
Case's chapter of the Federalist Society), Cleveland, Ohio, October 4, 2006
- "Interpreting the Constitution Contextually: How Both Conservatives and
Liberals Get It Wrong," Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law (sponsored by
Ohio Northern's chapter of the Federalist Society), Ada, Ohio, September 18,
2006
- "Liberty of
Contract,” “Separation of Powers in American Constitutions,” and “Judicial
Activism, Real and Imagined,” at Institute for Humane Studies' "Liberty and
Society: Markets, Law, and Prosperity" Seminar, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania, June 10-16, 2006
- "Interpreting the Constitution Contextually: How Both Conservatives and
Liberals Get It Wrong," University of Toledo College of Law (sponsored by
Toledo's chapter of the Federalist Society), Toledo, Ohio, September 14, 2005
- "Separation of Powers in American Constitutionalism"
at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice,"16th annual Objectivist Center
Summer Seminar, Union College , Schenectady , New York , July 14-15, 2005
- "The Real Thomas Jefferson"
at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice,"16th annual Objectivist Center
Summer Seminar, Union College , Schenectady , New York , July 10, 2005
- "'Necessary Evil': Government, Its Powers and Limits," a legislative
orientation briefing for members and staff of the Ohio General Assembly,
sponsored by The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, Columbus, Ohio,
April 26, 2005
- "Slavery as the
Cause of the Civil War: Evidence from the Confederate Constitution," Civil War
Group of the Columbus Bar Association, Columbus, Ohio, May 26, 2004
- "Thomas Jefferson's
Legacy of Liberty," Libertarian Studies Organization at The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, May 13, 2004
- "The Liberal Bias
on College Campuses," Ohio College Republican Federation state convention, Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio, April 3, 2004
- "Interpreting the Constitution"
at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice,"14th annual Objectivist Center
Summer Seminar, Bentley College , Waltham , Massachusetts , June 30, 2003
Audiotapes available for purchase from
The Objectivist Center's online bookstore:
http://www.objectivismstore.com
- "Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary
Dialogue" at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice,"14th annual
Objectivist Center Summer Seminar, Bentley College , Waltham , Massachusetts
, June 29, 2003
- "Abraham Lincoln: Hero or Villain?"
at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice,"13th annual Objectivist Center
Summer Seminar, University of California at Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California
, July 2, 2002
Audiotapes available for purchase from
The Objectivist Center's online bookstore:
http://www.objectivismstore.com
- "Origins of the Bill of Rights"
and "History of Libertarianism," at Institute for Humane Studies'
"Liberty and Society" Summer Seminar, Pitzer College , Claremont
, California , June 22-29, 2002
- "Necessary & Proper: West Point
and Jefferson's Constitutionalism," at "Thomas Jefferson's Military
Academy," a conference celebrating the bicentennial of the United States
Military Academy at West Point, New York, November 1-3, 2001
- "After DeRolph III : Who Makes Public
Policy in Ohio, the Legislature or the Courts?" remarks at the Fall reception
for Ohio legislators and policymakers sponsored by the Buckeye Institute for
Public Policy Solutions, Columbus, Ohio, October 2, 2001
- "Liberty of Contract: Rediscovering
a Lost Constitutional Right," at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice,"
12th annual Objectivist Center Summer Seminar, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown,
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, July 5 & 6, 2001 CDs available for purchase from
The Objectivist Center's online bookstore:
http://www.objectivismstore.com
- "Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings:
The Myth Revisited, "at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice,"12th
annual Objectivist Center Summer Seminar, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown,
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, July 1, 2001
- "Judicial Tyranny in Ohio ,"
Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Columbus , Ohio , September 7, 2000
- Comments at "Roundtable on Jean
M. Yarbrough's American Virtues: Thomas Jefferson on the Character of a Free
People ,"American Political Science Association annual meeting, Washington
, D.C. , September 2, 2000
- "The Intellectual Foundations of
American Constitutionalism," at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice,"
11th annual Objectivist Center Summer Seminar, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver , B.C., Canada , July 4 & 5, 2000
Audiotapes available for purchase from
The Objectivist Center's online bookstore:
http://www.objectivismstore.com
- “The Thomas Jefferson - Sally Hemings
Myth and the Politicization of American History" at "Objectivism:
Theory and Practice,"11th annual Objectivist Center Summer Seminar, University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, July 2, 2000
- "The False Premises of Antitrust
Law: Why Ohio Should Abandon the Microsoft Antitrust Suit," Buckeye Institute
Legislative Policy Breakfast, Columbus , Ohio , January 26, 2000
- "Antitrust vs. Capitalism"
and "The Nature of Government" at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice,"
10th annual Institute for Objectivist Studies Summer Seminar, University of
Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, July 7 & 8, 1999
Audiotapes available for purchase from
The Objectivist Center's online bookstore:
http://www.objectivismstore.com
- "Have Ohio Courts Gone Too Far?
-- A Panel Discussion on the Appropriate Role for the Courts in School Funding,"
sponsored by the Columbus Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society for Law
& Public Policy Studies, Columbus, Ohio, April 28, 1999
- "Basic Copyright Law for Artists
and Designers," Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus , Ohio , April
21, 1999
- "John Adams and Thomas Jefferson,"
a seminar for high school social studies teachers at the John M. Ashbrook Center
for Public Affairs, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, April 17, 1999
- "The Welfare State vs. The Constitution"
at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice," 9th annual Institute for Objectivist
Studies Summer Seminar, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, July 8 &
10, 1998
Audiotapes available for purchase from
The Objectivist Center's online bookstore:
http://www.objectivismstore.com
- "In Defense of Lochner : Why Justice
Holmes Was Wrong," at Case Western Reserve University School of Law (sponsored
by the Federalist Society), Cleveland , Ohio , April 7, 1998
- "Liberty of Contract: A Defense
of the Supreme Court's Jurisprudence during the `Lochner Era,' 1897-1937,"
at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio, April 3, 1998
- "Atlas and the World, Then and
Now," at Atlas and the World , a Cato Institute/Institute for Objectivist
Studies conference in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the publication
of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged , Washington, D.C., October 4, 1997
- "The Declaration of Independence
as a Literary and Philosophical Work" at "Objectivism: Theory and
Practice,"8th annual Institute for Objectivist Studies Summer Seminar,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, July 11, 1997
Audiotapes available for purchase from
The Objectivist Center's online bookstore:
http://www.objectivismstore.com
- "Thomas Jefferson's Wall of Separation
between Church and State," at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice,"
8th annual Institute for Objectivist Studies Summer Seminar, Charlottesville
, Virginia , July 6, 1997
- "Back to the Future: Restoring the
Founders' Vision of Freedom and Limited Government," at the Law Day luncheon,
Guernsey County Bar Association, Cambridge , Ohio , May 1, 1997
- "Madison , Jefferson , and American
Constitutionalism" (with Drew McCoy), James Madison Memorial Fellowship
Foundation, Washington , D.C. , July 19, 1996
- "Thomas Jefferson's Legacy of Liberty,"
at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice," 7th annual Institute for Objectivist
Studies Summer Seminar, Boulder Colorado , July 9, 1996
- "Origins of the Constitution and
Bill of Rights," at "Objectivism: Theory and Practice," 7th annual
Institute for Objectivist Studies Summer Seminar, Boulder Colorado , July 7-8,
1996
Audiotapes available for purchase from
The Objectivist Center's online bookstore:
http://www.objectivismstore.com
- "`The Chains of the Constitution':
A Jeffersonian Critique of the Modern United States Government," The Catholic
University of America School of Law, Washington, D.C., March 29, 1996
- "`The Holy Cause of Freedom': The
Libertarian Legacy of Thomas Jefferson," in the lecture series, "Fame
and the Founders" sponsored by the Merrill Endowment/Department of Political
Science, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, November 3, 1995
- Participant, A Conference for Scholars
on "The State of Jefferson Scholarship," International Center for
Jefferson Studies (Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation), Monticello , Charlottesville
, Virginia , June 7-8, 1995
- "The Libertarian Legacy of Thomas
Jefferson," Cato Institute, Washington , D.C. , June 6, 1995
- "Citizenship and Change in Jefferson
's Constitutional Thought," at the conference, "Thomas Jefferson and
the Education of a Citizen in the American Republic ,"Library of Congress,
May 13-15, 1993
- "Jefferson 's Libertarian Heritage,"
University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia , April 13, 1993 (sponsored
by the Honor Committee and U.Va. Students for Individual Liberty, as part of
the University's celebration of the 250th anniversary of Jefferson 's birth)
- "Jefferson's Libertarian Heritage,"
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, April 12,
1993 (sponsored by the Washington & Lee chapter of the Federalist Society)
- "`Parchment Barriers'?: The Jefferson-Madison
Dialogue and English Real Whig Influences on the American Bill of Rights,"
American Society for Legal History annual meeting, Charleston , South Carolina
, October 21, 1988
- "Liberty and the Media: A Bicentennial
Look at the First Amendment," Institute for Humane Studies/ Freedom Newspapers
conference for editors, Alexandria , Virginia , October 3, 1988
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