Michael D. Ramsey

               Professor of Law, University of San Diego Law School

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Presentations (continued)

2018 Presentations

· 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

2016 Presentations

· The Troubled Constitutionality of Nonbinding Agreements

 

Paper presentation, Yale-Duke Roundtable on Foreign Relations Law: The Future of International Agreements, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, October 15, 2016.

 

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· ICSID Investor-State Arbitration: Is There a Problem?  Is There a Solution?

 

Presentation at Sogang University Law School, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 29, 2016.

 

· Justice Scalia’s Legacy

 

Panel discussion with Kristin Myles, Professor Jonathan Mitchell, and Professor John Eastman, U.C. Berkeley Law School, Berkeley, CA, April 21, 2016.

 

· Justice Scalia’s Legacy

 

Panel discussion with Professors Paul Cassel, Jonathan Mitchell and John Fee, University of Utah Law School, Salt Lake City, UT, April 13, 2016.

 

· Evading the Treaty Power: The Constitution and Nonbinding Agreements

 

Paper presentation, Florida International University Law Review symposium on Separation of Powers in the Obama Administration, Florida International University Law School, Miami, FL, March 11, 2016.

 

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· Is Ted Cruz a Natural Born Citizen?

 

Debate with Professor Tom Lee, University of San Diego Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, University of San Diego Law School, San Diego, CA, February 19, 2016.

 

· Presidential Power to Implement Treaties

 

Panel discussion with Professors Kif Augustine-Adams, David Moore, Michael Van Alstine and David Sloss, International Law Association, American Branch, International Law Weekend West, BYU Law School, Provo, UT, January 29, 2016.

 

 

· The Constitution’s Text and Customary International Law

 

Symposium paper presentation, Georgetown Law Journal Symposium on “The Law of Nations and the U.S. Constitution,” Georgetown Law School, Washington, DC, November 2, 2017

 

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· The Executive Oversight Amendment

 

Symposium presentation, Stanford Constitutional Law Center conference: “The Big Fix: Should We Amend our Constitution?,” Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, May 13, 2017.

 

· The Constitution and President Trump’s Travel Ban

 

Presentation, University of San Diego Law School, Middle-Eastern Students Association, San Diego, CA, February 10, 2017.

 

· Justice Scalia’s Originalism in Practice

 

Symposium paper presentation, Notre Dame Law Review symposium on “Justice Scalia and the Federal Courts,” Notre Dame Law School, South Bend, IN, February 3, 2017.

 

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2017 Presentations

2019 Presentations

 

· 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