The Untold Story of How Conservatives Embraced the Bill of Rights and Incorporation
The new conservative majority of the Supreme Court has begun the second phase of its
Calvin TerBeek
My name is Calvin TerBeek and I’m a political science PhD student at the University of Chicago. Before moving to Hyde Park, I clerked for two judges and practiced commercial litigation for a “Big Law” and boutique firm. My work is focused on judicial politics, American political development, and qualitative methods. More specifically, I’m interested in the postwar conservative movement and the US Constitution, particularly the political development of originalism. For more on my research interests, see my c.v.
Gun Rights as Glue? The Contested (and Uncontested) Legal Policy Terrain of the Conservative Legal Movement
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court reached down to the Second Circuit and agreed to hear
The Racialized Fabric of Intellectual Movement Conservatism: Part I
It should be part of our conventional scholarly wisdom that racial conservatism is woven into
The Federalist Society, the Fever Swamps, and Conservatism
The Federalist Society is an important institution in American politics. When talking about judicial selection
Indoctrination Camp or Institution Building? Heritage and the Law Clerk Training Academy
One should not be surprised to learn, as Adam Liptak reported yesterday, that the Heritage
Movement Conservatism and Pseudo-Conservatism
The emergence and development of movement conservatism is perhaps the most important phenomenon in American
The Kavanaugh Nomination & Originalism as “Counterrevolutionary”
Before the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court turned to allegations of sexual
Welcome to “A House Divided”
In simple terms, “A House Divided” brings together scholars who combine historical and theoretical tools