Ilya Shapiro on Illiberalism and the Law

About this episode

David Josef Volodzko speaks with Ilya Shapiro about various legal and educational issues, including his new book 'Lawless'.

David Josef Volodzko speaks with Ilya Shapiro about constitutional originalism, Supreme Court reform, political bias on the bench, DEI in our courts, Shapiro’s scandal at Georgetown Law, free speech on campus, the illiberal takeover of legal education — which is the subject of his new book Lawless — and much more. Shapiro is a constitutional scholar and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute whose work focuses on free speech, higher education, and the justice system. He is also formerly the executive director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, vice president of the Cato Institute, and director of its Center for Constitutional Studies. He writes the newsletter Shapiro’s Gavel , his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal , The Washington Post , National Review , and is the author of Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court . His new book, Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites , came out in January. The Radicalist is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or…

People in this episode

Host: David Josef Volodzko

Guest: Ilya Shapiro

Topics covered

• constitutional originalism
• Supreme Court reform
• political bias
• free speech
• legal education
• DEI in courts

Keywords

• constitutional originalism
• Supreme Court
• political bias
• free speech
• legal education
• DEI
• Ilya Shapiro

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Georgetown Law, Manhattan Institute, Cato Institute, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Review

Books & works: Lawless, Shapiro’s Gavel, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court

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