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SUMMARY:The Constitution in Context: Constitutional Structure and Individual Rights in Crowther v. Board of Regents
DESCRIPTION:Panel members will discuss the pending United States Supreme Court case\, Crowther v. Board of Regents\, in which the Court will consider whether private parties may sue to enforce Title IX’s prohibition on discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding. Panel members will explore how the issue in the case\, which on the surface is one of statutory interpretation\, implicates critical constitutional principles. These principles include federalism\, separation of powers\, equal protection\, and freedom of expression. \n  \n\n  \nRichard Levy is a nationally and internationally known teacher and scholar in the field of American public law\, including constitutional law\, administrative law\, and legislation. He joined the KU Law faculty in 1985\, having received his law degree with honors from the University of Chicago Law School. Before joining the faculty\, he served as a clerk for Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Levy is a prolific scholar with an extensive publication record in leading journals on a wide array of topics\, including pioneering work applying collective action theory to federalism and leading articles on judicial review of administrative agencies. He was named the inaugural J.B. Smith Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law in 2007\, now serving as professor emeritus. Levy has also given extensive service to the state\, including work on comprehensive reform of the state’s administrative procedure and child in need of care codes\, as well as offering expert testimony for various legislative committees. In recognition of this service\, he received the Steeples Award for Service to Kansas in 2010. Within the university\, Levy has occupied various positions of leadership\, including service as president of the Faculty Senate\, chair of the University Judicial Board\, and leadership of various successful committees and task forces charged with policy reform. \nKyle Velte joined the KU Law faculty as an Associate Professor of Law in 2018\, and was promoted to Professor of Law in 2022. Velte assumed the role of Associate Dean for Faculty in August 2022. She became the Karelitz Chair in Evidence Law in 2022. At the University of Kansas School of Law\, she teaches Evidence\, Torts\, and Sexual Orientation & the Law. Her scholarship\, which examines the intersection of sexuality\, gender and the law\, has appeared in law journals\, including the Yale Law & Policy Review\, Cardozo Law Review and Connecticut Law Review. She filed or coauthored amicus briefs in the United States Supreme Court cases of ​Fulton v. City of Philadelphia\, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes\, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission\, United States v. Windsor\, Obergefell v. Hodges and Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission\, and has appeared in the media discussing issues of religious liberty and its connection to antidiscrimination law\, Title IX and marriage equality. Prior to joining the faculty at KU Law\, Velte was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University School of Law\, where she taught Evidence\, Torts\, Professional Responsibility\, Conflict of Laws\, and Gender\, Sexuality & the Law\, and an Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Legal Externship Program at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law\, focusing on private firm and judicial placements. She also taught Civil Procedure\, Conflict of Laws\, and Sexual Orientation & the Law.  Velte holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and a J.D.\, summa cum laude\, from American University Washington College of Law. While at American University\, she was on the editorial board of the American University Journal of Gender\, Social Policy & the Law\, and received several significant awards\, especially for her work in the area of civil rights and public interest law. Her undergraduate degree is from Hamilton College. Before entering the legal academy\, Velte practiced complex commercial litigation at the Denver law firm of Reilly Pozner LLP. Prior to entering private practice\, she completed two judicial clerkships with Justice Alex Martinez of the Colorado Supreme Court\, and for the Honorable Roxanne Bailin of the 20th Judicial District in Boulder\, Colorado. Velte is a member and past President of the Colorado LGBT Bar Association and is a member of the Colorado Women’s Bar Association. She served as a member of the Colorado Chief Justice’s Commission on Professional Development\, as a member of the Judicial Performance Commission for the Second Judicial District (Denver)\, and as a board member for the Colorado Judicial Institute. \nAmii Castle teaches Electronic Discovery and Pretrial Advocacy at KU Law. She also teaches Business Law at KU’s School of Business and Constitutional Law through KU’s political science department. Since graduating law school in 1997\, Castle has served as a law clerk for three federal judges: Judge Pasco M. Bowman\, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals; District Judge Carlos Murguia\, District of Kansas; and Chief Magistrate Judge James P. O’Hara\, District of Kansas. In addition to clerking\, Castle practiced law in the private sector at both plaintiff and defense firms\, specializing in commercial and class-action litigation in the Kansas City metropolitan area. In 2017\, Castle received the HOPE Award\, KU’s student-selected award honoring an outstanding and progressive educator. In 2022\, Castle was named a Woman of Impact by the Lawrence Business Journal. \nDr. Barbara Ballard is senior associate director at the Dole Institute\, where she leads civic engagement and leadership programs. She has served at the University of Kansas since 1980 and previously taught in education and gender studies. A Kansas House Representative since 1992\, she is the Democratic Caucus Chair and serves on key committees. She is also a former president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-constitution-in-context-constitutional-structure-and-individual-rights-in-crowther-v-board-of-regents/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
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SUMMARY:Previewing the Midterm Elections
DESCRIPTION:Ahead of this year’s Midterm Elections\, journalists Kirk Bado (National Journal) and Jacob Rubashkin (Inside Elections) join Dole Fellow Dr. Colleen Shogan to discuss the forces shaping this year’s campaign. \n  \n\n  \n  \nDr. Colleen Shogan served as the 11th Archivist of the United States – the first woman to be nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). She currently serves as a senior fellow at More Perfect and CEO of In Pursuit\, an ambitious history-based nonpartisan civics initiative that is identifying the most insightful and timeless lessons from the past 250 years of American history. She also currently serves as a Senior Practitioner Fellow at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia. Shogan was recognized at the Dole Institute’s Elizabeth Dole Women in Leadership Lecture in early 2026. \nKirk Bado is the editorial force behind National Journal’s campaign coverage. He directs campaign coverage\, edits National Journal’s twice daily political newsletters\, and leads a team of correspondents covering the day-to-day political news from races all over the country. Kirk is a graduate of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School before he received his Bachelors of Science in Politics and Public Law from Belmont University and a Masters in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina. \nJacob Rubashkin is the deputy editor of Inside Elections\, which provides nonpartisan analysis of campaigns for Senate\, House\, governor and president. He’s also co-host of The Inside Elections Podcast and was previously a contributor to elections site FiveThirtyEight. Jacob has appeared on CNN\, MS Now\, Fox\, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal\, the BBC\, and other TV networks around the country and globe. He’s been quoted on elections in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, the Associated Press\, and local outlets from South Florida to Alaska.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/previewing-the-midterm-elections/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
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SUMMARY:The A.I. Boom and the Future of Energy
DESCRIPTION:As artificial intelligence reshapes industries and accelerates innovation\, it is driving unprecedented demand for energy\, water\, land\, infrastructure\, and more. Communities across the country are grappling with balancing economic development with this increased strain on vital resources. Join David R. Hill\, executive vice president of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Energy Program\, and Adam Cowie-Haskell\, senior policy analyst for the BPC’s Energy Program\, for a discussion on the A.I. boom’s impact on energy\, and the bipartisan solutions being found around the country. \n  \n\n  \n     \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce \n  \n\n  \nDavid R. Hill is the executive vice president of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Energy Program in Washington\, DC. He also currently serves as vice chairman of the board of directors of the New York Independent System Operator\, Inc. Hill’s prior positions include general counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy under then-President George W. Bush; partner and co-head of the energy practice at Sidley Austin LLP in Washington\, DC; and executive vice president and general counsel of NRG Energy\, Inc. and NRG Yield\, Inc. Early in his career\, Hill was associate counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture. Hill received his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural journalism from the University of Missouri\, and his J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law. \nAdam Cowie-Haskell is a senior policy analyst with the Energy Program\, bringing deep expertise in the electricity sector. He previously spent a summer at Pattern Energy working with the distributed generation and merchant transmission regulatory team. He has held several full-time roles\, including at Solstice\, where he focused on formalizing partnerships with distributed solar developers to bring benefits to low-income populations. He also worked at CIC Health\, an early pandemic start-up that provided widespread COVID-19 surveillance testing to schools\, hospitals\, and communities in New England. Cowie-Haskell received his master’s degree in energy economics and policy from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics and a certificate in English from Wesleyan University.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-a-i-boom-and-the-future-of-energy/
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