Professors Barak Richman and Guy-Uriel Charles debate the economics and politics of health care reform and take questions from students during an event sponsored by the Duke Health Law Society and the American Constitution Society.

September 16, 2011 - Fourth Session - Enduring Problems with the American Health Care System

Theodore Ruger (University of Pennsylvania School of Law), "Of Icebergs and Glaciers: The Submerged Constitution of American Health Care"
Introductory remarks by Mark Hall (Wake Forest University School of Law), moderator

Panelists: Arti Rai (Duke Law School), Barak Richman (Duke Law School), Gillian Metzger (Columbia Law School), Abigail Moncrieff (Boston University School of Law)

Closing Remarks: Neil Siegel (Duke Law School)

September 16, 2011 - First Session - Constitutional Expanse of Congress's Enumerated Powers

Erwin Chemerinsky (UC-Irvine School of Law), "Distinguishing Politics and Law: Why the Affordable Care Act is Clearly Constitutional"
Introductory remarks by Stephen Sachs (Duke Law School)

Neil Siegel (Duke Law School), "Free Riding on Benevolence: Collective Action Federalism and the Individual Mandate"
Introductory remarks by Jack Balkin (Yale Law School), moderator

Panelists: Robert Cooter (UC Berkeley School of Law), Ernie Young (Duke Law School)

November 12, 2009 - Leading figures from the Duke University Community gathered to discuss current issues in healthcare reform. Panelists include Dr. Kevin Schulman, a professor of medicine who is also director of the Health Sector Management Program at the Fuqua School of Business, Professor Clark Havighurst, a law professor who has written extensively on the health services industry, and Dr. Don Taylor of the Sanford School of Public Policy who has been a leading commentator on the health care debate. The event was moderated by Professor Barak Richman.

September 16, 2011 - Third Session - The ACA Litigation as Popular Constitutionalism

Ernie Young (Duke Law School), "Popular Constitutionalism and the Underenforcement Problem: The Case of the National Healthcare Law"
Introductory remarks by Guy Charles (Duke Law School), moderator

Bryan J. Leitch (Student - Duke Law School), "Where Law Meets Politics: Freedom of Contract, Federalism, and the Fight Over Health Care"
Introductory remarks by Neil Siegel (Duke Law School)

October 4, 2011 - Dr. Michael Greve, the John G. Searle Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and one of America's leading experts on Federalism will be debating Duke Law's own Professor Neil Siegel on the topic of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and Federalism. The Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy is excited to join us in cosponsoring the debate. Join us for this intellectual duel between two incredibly smart men.

James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology

September 16, 2011 - Second Session - Constitutional Limits of Congress's Enumerated Powers

Ilya Somin (George Mason University School of Law), "A Mandate for Mandates: Is the Individual Health Insurance Case a Slippery Slope?"
Introductory remarks by Gillian Metzger (Columbia Law School), moderator

Stuart Benjamin (Duke Law School), "Bootstrapping"
Introductory remarks by Matt Adler (University of Pennsylvania School of Law)

Panelists: Jamie Boyle (Duke Law School), Erwin Chemerinsky (UC-Irvine School of Law)