Legal and Constitutional Studies
AEI’s legal and constitutional studies scholars are deepening our understanding of the US Congress, presidency, state and federal courts, administrative bodies, and constitutional theory. Their work aims to strengthen the institutions that comprise the American constitutional system.
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Laurence H. Silberman Chair in Constitutional Governance and Senior Fellow
Adam J. White
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Senior Fellow; Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy; Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies; and Editor in Chief, National Affairs
Yuval Levin
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Highlighted Work
Event
October 28, 2024
In the fourth symposium of AEI’s “We Hold These Truths: America at 250” initiative, legal scholars and political scientists examine the ways in which the founding generation understood the “unalienable rights” immortalized by the Declaration of Independence.
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Research, Books, and Testimonies
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October 24, 2024
American Enterprise Institute
Official Acts and Presidential Immunity: Reflections on Trump v. United States
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October 11, 2024
American Enterprise Institute