Constitutional Conventions is the official podcast of the Yale Federalist Society. Hosts Jonathan Feld and Robert Capodilupo are joined by leading lawyers, jurists, and intellectuals to discuss pressing issues in law, jurisprudence, and public policy. Constitutional Conventions gives you a taste of the exciting programming hosted by Yale Law School's Federalist Society.
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Dr. Pilon joins Jon and Rob to talk about unenumerated rights, natural rights, and the Founders' conceptions of Lockean theory in constitutional self-government.
Andrew Kloster is General Counsel at Personnel Policy Operations. He was previously the Associate Director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel and Deputy General Counsel of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Sherif Girgis is an Associate Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, where his research sits at the intersection of law and philosophy. His first book, What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense, was co-authored with Robert P. George and Ryan T. Anderson and was cited by Justice Alito in his dissent in US v. Windsor. He also served as a law clerk to Justice Alito, earned a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford, and graduated from Princeton, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
