野狼社区 University School of Law is pleased to welcome Joseph Postell, associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College, as the 2022 Brennan Lecture Series lecturer. Professor Postell will give his lecture on 鈥淪tate Legislatures and the Prospects for Self-Government鈥� Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. in the Crowe and Dunlevy rooms at OCU Law. A light reception will follow.
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鈥淭his talk will address the importance of state legislative capacity for ensuring that state legislatures are capable of fulfilling their role in self-government,鈥� Professor Postell said. 鈥淚n an era of increasing polarization, animosity, and dysfunction in the national government, what role can state governments and state legislatures play in ensuring that government responds to the wishes of the people? State legislatures are uniquely positioned to play an important role in self-government because they are close to the people. But how can they be best equipped to serve this function?鈥�
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Postell is the author of 鈥淏ureaucracy in America: The Administrative State鈥檚 Challenge to Constitutional Government鈥�. His articles have appeared in a variety of journals and law reviews including the Administrative Law Review, Constitutional Studies, the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy, George Mason Law Review, and Missouri Law Review.
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鈥淲e are excited to welcome Joseph Postell, a leading scholar of American political theory and institutions, to deliver this year鈥檚 Brennan Lecture,鈥� said Andrew Spiropoulos, professor of Constitutional Law and director of the Center for the Study of State Constitutional Law and Government at OCU Law. 鈥淧ostell鈥檚 pathbreaking work on the challenge the modern administrative state poses to constitutional government will be sure to provoke and enlighten.鈥�
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Registration is available online at .
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The Brennan Lecture is named in honor of the late United States Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. The lecture provides a forum for distinguished jurists and scholars to examine timely issues in the field of state constitutional law.
