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Real Regime Change? Conflict, Change, and Continuity in U.S. Public Governance

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Add to Calendar 2026-04-17 09:00:00 2026-04-17 16:00:00 Real Regime Change? Conflict, Change, and Continuity in U.S. Public Governance Event details: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/events/regime-change-conflict-change-and-continuity-us-public-governance - University of Chicago Law School blog@law.uchicago.edu America/Chicago public —
Room V
1111 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Open to the public

The University of Chicago Law Review's 2026 Symposium will explore questions raised about the substance and nature of public law since the start of the second Trump administration. Rapid change has created opportunities to examine disruption and continuity across the legal field. Scholars from different disciplines will share their insights about the turbulent legal landscape. Papers will examine government speech and spending, free elections, the federal bureaucracy, the United States's global relationships through trade and force, cultural conflicts shaping today's legal order, and the evolving roles of institutions and norms.

Schedule of Events

  • Friday, April 17
    • Breakfast
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    • Opening Remarks
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        • Dean Adam Chilton 
    • Panel I: Theorizing American Authoritarianism
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        • The Constitution of Dictatorship
          Tom Ginsburg
        • Trumpian Authoritarianism as Vindication and Indictment of the First Amendment
          Genevieve Lakier
        • The Presumption of Regularity During Regime Change
          Darrell Miller
        • The First Amendment and the Ideological Reshaping of the Federal Workforce
          Sonja Starr

         

    • Lunch
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    • Panel II: Role of Courts
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        • The Shadow/Emergency/Interim Docket
          William Baude
        • Prosecuting Contempt
          Aditya Bamzai & Samuel Bray
        • Merchant States & Foreign Commerce Federalism
          Kathleen Claussen
    • Panel III: What Structural Constitution?
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        • The Constitution of Immigration Law
          Adam Cox
        • Executive Power & Federal Data
          Bridget Fahey & Steve Kochevar
        • Contemplating the Death of a Constitution
          Aziz Huq
        • The Para-Presidency
          Jennifer Nou
    • Closing Remarks