Trevor Burrus is a research fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and Center for the Study of Science, as well as managing editor of the Cato Supreme Court Review. His research interests include constitutional law, civil and criminal law, legal and political philosophy, legal history, and the interface between science and public policy. His academic work has appeared in journals such as the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, the New York University Journal of Law and Liberty, the New York University Annual Survey of American Law, the Syracuse Law Review, and many others. His popular writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, the Huffington Post, the New York Daily News, and others.
Burrus lectures regularly on behalf of the Federalist Society, the Institute for Humane Studies, the Foundation for Economics Education, and other organizations, and he frequently appears on major media outlets. He is also the co-host of Free Thoughts, a weekly podcast that covers topics in libertarian theory, history, and philosophy.
He is the editor of A Conspiracy against Obamacare (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and Deep Commitments: The Past, Present, and Future of Religious Liberty (Cato, 2017), and holds a BA in philosophy from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
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DEBATE: Marijuana in Ohio and Its Consequences
Columbus Lawyers Chapter
The Athletic Club of Columbus - Crystal Room, 2nd Floor136 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Opioids: The Crisis in 2022 and Beyond
TeleforumSCOTUS Roundup
Southern Methodist Student Chapter
Florence Hall at SMU Dedman School of Law3315 Daniel Ave
Dallas, TX 75205
Supreme Court Preview: 2019 Term
Pennsylvania Student Chapter
Penn Law School3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Supreme Court Preview: 2019 Term
Pennsylvania Student Chapter
Penn Law3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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American Craft: What Beer Can Teach Us About Well-Crafted Laws
Documentary short from Motivo Media and FedSoc Films
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