The seventeenth annual Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference, hosted by the University of San Diego Law School’s Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism, will take place tomorrow and Saturday, February 6 and 7. Here is the schedule:
Friday, Feb. 6, 2026
2:30 – 3:00
Opening Remarks Michael Rappaport (USD)
3:00 – 4:15
First Paper: Joseph Blocher (Duke) & Reva B. Siegel (Yale): The Ambitions of History and Tradition in and Beyond the Second Amendment
Commentator: Joel Alicea (Catholic)
Moderator: Thomas Colby (George Washington)
4:15 – 4:30 Break
4:30 – 5:45
Second Paper: Keith Whittington (Yale): By Birth Alone: The Original Meaning of Birthright Citizenship and Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States
Commentator: Thomas Lee (Fordham)
Moderator: David Upham (St. Thomas)
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026
9:30 – 10:45
Third Paper: Eric Claeys (Scalia): The Police Power and the Fourteenth Amendment
Commentator: Michael McConnell (Stanford)
Moderator: Lorianne Updike Schulzke (Northern Illinois)
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:15
Fourth Paper: Ryan Snyder (Missouri): Historical Practice at the Founding
Commentator: Aditya Bamzai (Virginia)
Moderator: Charles Capps (Arizona State)
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:30
Fifth Paper:
Will Baude (Chicago): Crosskey’s Legacy
Commentator: Tara Grove (Texas)
Moderator: Erin Sheley (USD)
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 4:00
Sixth Paper:
Christopher Green (Ohio State): Equal Citizenship Yes, Intermediate Scrutiny No
Commentator: Jack Balkin (Yale)
Moderator: Adam Griffin (DOJ)
4:00 – 4:15 Break
4:15 – 5:30
Seventh Paper: John Harrison (Virginia): Does the Constitution Give the United States Government General Authority to Act in the National Interest?
Commentator: John Mikhail (Georgetown)
Moderator: Maimon Schwarzschild (USD)
Posted at 6:03 AM