The Federalist Society

Prof. John S. Baker, Jr.

Visiting Fellow, Oriel College, University of Oxford and Professor Emeritus, LSU Law School

Dr. John S. Baker is Visiting Professor at Georgetown Law School; a Visiting Fellow at Oriel College, University of Oxford; and Emeritus Professor of Law, LSU Law School. He also teaches short-courses on separation of powers for the Federalist Society with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Baker previously worked as a federal court clerk and an assistant district attorney in New Orleans and has served as consultant to the U.S Department of Justice, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, the White House Office of Planning, USIA and USAID. He was a Fulbright Scholar in the Philippines (2006) and Fulbright Specialist in Chile (2012).


Publications

The Electoral College vs. The National Popular Vote Plan - Event Audio/Video
2012 National Lawyers Convention
November 20, 2012
Mens Rea and State Crimes
White Paper
September 4, 2012
Critique of a Proposal to Allow State Bankruptcy
Engage Volume 12, Issue 2, September 2011
September 12, 2011
The Government’s Duty to Defend the Law in Court - Podcast
Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group Podcast
October 29, 2010
Honest Services Cases (Skilling, Black & Weyrauch) - Podcast
Criminal Law & Procedure Practice Group
June 28, 2010
Hate Crimes: What is the Proper Federal Role? - Event Audio/Video
Civil Rights and Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Groups
May 8, 2008
Immigration, Amnesty, and the Rule of Law - Event Audio/Video
2007 National Lawyers Convention
November 16, 2007

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