Ilya Shapiro
Senior Fellow, Center for Constitutional Studies and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review
Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies 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. Mr. Shapiro writes the "Dispatches from Purple America" column for TCS Daily.com and has written for the L.A. Times, Washington Times, Weekly Standard, Roll Call, and National Review Online, among other publications. He has also appeared on Fox News, CBS, WGN, Voice of America, American Public Media's "Marketplace," and a variety of other TV and radio outlets. Before entering private practice, Mr. Shapiro clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit while living in Mississippi and traveling around the Deep South. He holds degrees from Princeton University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Chicago Law School (where he became a Tony Patiņo Fellow), and is an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School. Mr. Shapiro is a native speaker of English and Russian, is fluent in Spanish and French, and is proficient in Italian and Portuguese.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: ishapiro@cato.org
Articles and Newsletters
"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.
Opinion and Commentary
"Color the Nation's Political Map Purple," Tampa Tribune, July 30, 2008
"Olympics Are for Sport, Not Politics," Marketplace, July 10, 2008
"Let Millionaires Spend," by John Samples and Ilya Shapiro, New York Sun, June 27, 2008
"What's Sauce For the Private Goose...," Legal Times, June 2, 2008
"Valeo's Revenge," American Spectator (Online), May 7, 2008
Legal Briefs
Baylor v. United States, June 11, 2008 (PDF, 114 KB)
Dupuy v. McEwen, March 11, 2008 (PDF, 150 KB)
Davis v. Federal Election Commission, February 27, 2008 (PDF, 223 KB)
Chamber of Commerce v. Brown, January 16, 2008 (PDF, 140 KB)
Events
"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]
"What to Do about Self-Funded Campaigns ," April 21, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Multimedia
"A Full Docket for SCOTUS" featuring Ilya Shapiro, July 3, 2008 [Flash Audio, 05:32]
"SCOTUS Wrapup 2008" featuring Ilya Shapiro, July 2, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:27]
"Exxon, Punitive Damages and Decisive Indecision" featuring Ilya Shapiro, June 26, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:25]
"Chamber of Commerce v. Brown Ruling" featuring Ilya Shapiro, June 24, 2008 [Flash Audio, 05:20]
"California Tries to Trump Free Speech" featuring Ilya Shapiro, March 19, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:06]