Previous Speakers
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]
Interested in viewing past Brandt Foundation Lectures?
Video recordings of previous Brandt Foundation Lectures are now available for viewing at Boise State University’s Albertson Library.
2010-2011 academic year:
PROFESSOR RANDY E. BARNETT, Georgetown University Law Center
“Restoring The Lost Constitution” ~ October 28, 2010
2009-2010 academic year:
THE HONORABLE DAVID M. WALKER, Former U.S. Comptroller General
“Day of Reckoning: America’s Fiscal Future” ~ October 19, 2009
2008-2009 academic year:
DR. ROBERT HIGGS, Senior Fellow in Political Economy,
The Independent Institute
“The Perilous Path to Unlimited Government” ~ September 29, 2008
2007-2008 academic year:
JUDGE ANDREW P. NAPOLITANO, Senior Judicial Analyst, Fox News Channel
“The Constitution in Exile” ~ September 24, 2007
2006-2007 academic year:
DR. WILLLIAM A. NISKANEN, Chairman, Cato Institute
“Constitutional Anarchy in America” ~ October 16, 2006
2005-2006 academic year:
JOHN STOSSEL, ABC News ‘20/20’ Co-Anchor/Correspondent
“Freedom and Its Enemies” ~ February 6, 2006
2004-2005 academic year:
PROFESSOR JAMES M. BUCHANAN, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Economics
“Afraid to be Free: Dependence as Desideratum” ~ November 10, 2004