ACS and FedSoc Present: Supreme Court Reform Debate with Professors Baude and Chilton

Join The American Constitution Society as it co-hosts a debate on Supreme Court reform with The Federalist Society. Professors William Baude and Adam Chilton will be participating on January 31st in Room III. This debate follows a political movement criticizing the politicization of The Court in the wake of Merrick Garland's failed nomination which led to a 6-3 conservative majority when Justice Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed. Former President Joe Biden established Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States to investigate the idea of reforming The Court which ultimately did not recommend and changes. 

Professor William Baude was selected by President Joe Biden to serve on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States in April 2021.

Professor William Baude is the Harry Kalven, Jr. Professor of Law and the Faculty Director of the Constitutional Law Institute at the University of Chicago Law School, where he teaches federal courts, constitutional law, election law, and conflict of laws. His current research interests include election law, Federal Indian Law, and the constitutional law of interstate relations. Professor Baude received his BS in Mathematics from the University of Chicago and his JD from Yale Law School. He then clerked for then-Judge Michael McConnell on the United States Court of Appeals, and Chief Justice John Roberts on the United States Supreme Court.

Professor Adam Chilton is the Howard G. Krane Professor of Law and the Walter Mander Research Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School. Adam also currently serves as an editor of the Journal of Law and Economics. Adam received a BA and MA in Political Science from Yale University. After college, Adam worked as a management consultant for BCG. He then went to Harvard University, where he earned a JD and a PhD in Political Science.