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, Legal 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 CNN, Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, Voice of America, and American Public Media's "Marketplace." He is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School, a member of the board of visitors of the Legal Studies Institute at The Fund for American Studies, and lectures regularly on behalf of the Federalist Society 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 PatiƱo 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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Cato Supreme Court Review: 2008-2009, editor-in-chief, (2009).
Introduction, Cato Supreme Court Review: 2008-2009, pp. 1-8.
Cato Supreme Court Review: 2007-2008, editor-in-chief, (2008).
Medellin v. Texas and the Ultimate Law School Exam, Cato Supreme Court Review: 2007-2008, pp. 63-103.
Introduction, Cato Supreme Court Review: 2007-2008, pp. 1-8.
"Friends of the Second Amendment: A Walk Through the Amicus Briefs in D.C. v. Heller," 20 Journal on Firearms and Public Policy 15 (Fall 2008).
"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.
"The Sotomayor Vote," Washington Times, August 7, 2009
"Five Questions for Sotomayor," Christian Science Monitor, June 9, 2009
"Sotomayor Pick Not Based on Merit," CNN.com, May 27, 2009
"When the Government Takes Your Money, It Takes Your Property," by Ilya Shapiro and Lauren Wiggins, DC Examiner, April 22, 2009
"No Taxation without Representation? I'll Take No Taxation," DC Examiner, March 5, 2009
"How Will the Court Vote on "Incorporating" the Second Amendment?," November 18, 2009
"Heller Counsel Argues for an Originalist Revolution," November 17, 2009
"How Is Sotomayor Doing?," November 16, 2009
"A Lesson for Young Journalists, Courtesy of Justice Kennedy," November 11, 2009
"Taking Land for Public Uselessness," November 9, 2009
McDonald v. City of Chicago, November 21, 2009 (PDF, 253 KB)
Palmer v. Waxahachie Independent School District, November 5, 2009 (PDF, 131 KB)
United States v. Comstock, November 4, 2009 (PDF, 155 KB)
Indiana State Police Pension Trust v. Chrysler LLC, October 6, 2009 (PDF, 200 KB)
Independence Institute v. Buescher, October 5, 2009 (PDF, 139 KB)
"8th Annual Constitution Day," September 17, 2009 [Conference]
"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]
"First Amendment at SCOTUS" featuring Ilya Shapiro, October 16, 2009 [Flash Audio, 10:16]
Ilya Shapiro discusses Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on IBD's Weekly Podcast September 10, 2009 [Flash Audio, 26:50]
Ilya Shapiro discusses the Sotomayor confirmation hearings on Univision July 27, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:14]
Ilya Shapiro discusses the Sotomayor confirmation hearings on Univisions' Al Punto July 19, 2009 [Flash Video, 12:15]
"Sotomayor Speaks" featuring Ilya Shapiro, July 15, 2009 [Flash Audio, 07:26]