Randy E. Barnett
Senior Fellow
Randy E. Barnett, senior fellow, is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at Georgetown University Law Center and a former prosecutor in the Office of the State's Attorney, Cook County, Illinois. He is the author of The Structure of Liberty and Restoring the Lost Constitution and the editor of The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment. He is an expert on constitutional law, criminal law, contract law, and drug policy. Barnett recently argued before the Supreme Court in Gonzalez v. Raich, a medical cannabis case.
Books and Book Chapters
Restoring the Lost Constitution, (2004)
The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law, (2000)
The Rights Retained by the People, (1991)
Opinion and Commentary
"Cronyism," The Wall Street Journal, October 4, 2005
"William Rehnquist," The Wall Street Journal (Online), September 6, 2005
"Federalism Wins," National Review (Online), December 19, 2003
"Kennedy's Libertarian Revolution," National Review (Online), July 10, 2003
"Keeping Libertarians Inside the Tent," National Review (Online), November 22, 2002