Ilya Shapiro
Senior Fellow, Center for Constitutional Studies and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review
Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Before joining Cato, he was Special Assistant/Advisor to the Multi-National Force-Iraq on rule of law issues and practiced international, political, commercial, and antitrust litigation at Patton Boggs LLP and Cleary Gottlieb LLP. Shapiro has contributed to a variety of academic, popular, and professional publications, including the L.A. Times, Washington Times, Weekly Standard, Roll Call, National Review Online, and from 2004 to 2007 wrote the "Dispatches from Purple America" column for TCS Daily.com. He also regularly provides commentary on a host of legal and political issues for various TV and radio outlets, including Fox News, CBS, WGN, Voice of America, and American Public Media's "Marketplace." He is also an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School and lectures regularly on behalf of the Federalist Society, The Fund for American Studies, and other educational and professional groups. Before entering private practice, Shapiro clerked for Judge E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, while living in Mississippi and traveling around the Deep South. He holds an A.B. from Princeton University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (where he became a Tony Patiņo Fellow). Shapiro is a native speaker of English and Russian, is fluent in Spanish and French, and is proficient in Italian and Portuguese.
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E-Mail: ishapiro@cato.org
Articles and Newsletters
"Book Review of My Grandfather's Son and Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas," Cato Journal, vol. 28, number 2, Spring/Summer 2008.
Opinion and Commentary
"Color the Nation's Political Map Purple," Tampa Tribune, July 30, 2008
"Olympics Are for Sport, Not Politics," Marketplace, July 10, 2008
"Let Millionaires Spend," by John Samples and Ilya Shapiro, New York Sun, June 27, 2008
"What's Sauce For the Private Goose...," Legal Times, June 2, 2008
"Valeo's Revenge," American Spectator (Online), May 7, 2008
Legal Briefs
Baylor v. United States, June 11, 2008 (PDF, 0 B)
Dupuy v. McEwen, March 11, 2008 (PDF, 0 B)
Davis v. Federal Election Commission, February 27, 2008 (PDF, 0 B)
Chamber of Commerce v. Brown, January 16, 2008 (PDF, 0 B)
Events
"7th Annual Constitution Day," September 17, 2008 [Conference]
"The Dirty Dozen: Are They the Worst Supreme Court Cases in the Modern Era?," July 31, 2008 [Policy Forum]
"The One-Drop Rule in Hawaii? The Akaka Bill and the Future of Race-Based Government," May 21, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement," May 14, 2008 [Book Forum]
"What to Do about Self-Funded Campaigns ," April 21, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Multimedia
"Constitution Day Preview 2008" featuring Ilya Shapiro, September 16, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:01]
"A Full Docket for SCOTUS" featuring Ilya Shapiro, July 3, 2008 [Flash Audio, 05:32]
"SCOTUS Wrapup 2008" featuring Ilya Shapiro, July 2, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:27]
"Exxon, Punitive Damages and Decisive Indecision" featuring Ilya Shapiro, June 26, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:25]
"Chamber of Commerce v. Brown Ruling" featuring Ilya Shapiro, June 24, 2008 [Flash Audio, 05:20]