Roger Pilon
B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies
Director, Center for Constitutional Studies
Roger Pilon is the founder and director of Cato's Center for Constitutional Studies, which has become an important force in the national debate over constitutional interpretation and judicial philosophy. He is the publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review and is an adjunct professor of government at Georgetown University through The Fund for American Studies. Prior to joining Cato, Pilon held five senior posts in the Reagan administration, including at State and Justice, and was a National Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. In 1989 the Bicentennial Commission presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Award for excellence in writing on the U.S. Constitution. In 2001 Columbia University’s School of General Studies awarded him its Alumni Medal of Distinction. Pilon lectures and debates at universities and law schools across the country and testifies often before Congress. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Legal Times, National Law Journal, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Stanford Law & Policy Review, and elsewhere. He has appeared on ABC's Nightline, CBS's 60 Minutes II, Fox News Channel, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and other media. Pilon holds a B.A. from Columbia University, an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from the George Washington University School of Law.
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Supreme Court
Separation of Powers
Political Economy
Judicial Appointments
Individual Rights
Federalism
Economic Liberty
Drug Reimportation
Drug Prohibition
Contract Law
Constitutional Theory and Limited Government
Civil Rights
Campaign Finance
Affirmative Action
9th Amendment (unenumerated rights)
5th Amendment (property rights, eminent domain and takings)
4th Amendment (search and seizure, asset forfeiture)
1st Amendment (free speech, church and state)
14th Amendment (privileges or immunities, due process and equal protection)
10th Amendment (enumerated powers)
B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies
Director, Center for Constitutional Studies
Roger Pilon is the founder and director of Cato's Center for Constitutional Studies, which has become an important force in the national debate over constitutional interpretation and judicial philosophy. He is the publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review and is an adjunct professor of government at Georgetown University through The Fund for American Studies. Prior to joining Cato, Pilon held five senior posts in the Reagan administration, including at State and Justice, and was a National Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. In 1989 the Bicentennial Commission presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Award for excellence in writing on the U.S. Constitution. In 2001 Columbia University’s School of General Studies awarded him its Alumni Medal of Distinction. Pilon lectures and debates at universities and law schools across the country and testifies often before Congress. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Legal Times, National Law Journal, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Stanford Law & Policy Review, and elsewhere. He has appeared on ABC's Nightline, CBS's 60 Minutes II, Fox News Channel, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and other media. Pilon holds a B.A. from Columbia University, an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from the George Washington University School of Law.
MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
Torts
Term Limits
Supreme Court
Separation of Powers
Political Economy
Judicial Appointments
Individual Rights
Federalism
Economic Liberty
Drug Reimportation
Drug Prohibition
Contract Law
Constitutional Theory and Limited Government
Civil Rights
Campaign Finance
Affirmative Action
9th Amendment (unenumerated rights)
5th Amendment (property rights, eminent domain and takings)
4th Amendment (search and seizure, asset forfeiture)
1st Amendment (free speech, church and state)
14th Amendment (privileges or immunities, due process and equal protection)
10th Amendment (enumerated powers)
