Lecture Series News
2011-2012 Speaker
Robert A. Levy, Ph.D., J.D.
Chairman, Cato Institute
7 p.m., Monday, October 3, 2011
Jordan Ballroom, Student Union Bldg.
“How the Supreme Court Has Subverted the Constitution”
Dr. Robert A. Levy, chairman of the Cato Institute's board of directors, is an expert on constitutional law. He joined Cato as senior fellow in constitutional studies in 1997 after 25 years in business. Today he also sits on boards of the Institute for Justice, the Federalist Society, and the George Mason University School of Law. He founded CDA Investment Technologies, a major provider of financial information and software, and was its CEO until 1991. In addition, Levy clerked for Judge Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.[more]
BRANDT FOUNDATION
LECTURE NEWS
Charlotte Twight, Brandt Professor of Free Enterprise Capitalism, is continuing to work on her next book, which focuses on the powers now claimed by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the U.S. government and their consequences for civil liberties. Her current teaching focuses primarily on international economics and intermediate microeconomics, along with a team-taught MBA class entitled Global Economic and Business Analysis. In July 2010 she served on the faculty of a week-long Cato University program, presenting lectures entitled “How Government Works and Grows: Elements of Public Choice Theory,” “Grasping Government: Public Choice at Work,” and “You’re Being Watched and Other Nightmares: The Growth of the Surveillance State.”