Howard Schweber is Professor of American Politics and Politcal Theory at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He received his PhD in Government from Cornell University and an MA in History from the University of Chicago after spending five years practicing law in Seattle and San Francisco. Schweber teaches courses focusing on constitutional law and legal and political theory. He is the author of “Democracy and Authenticity” (Cambridge, 2012), “The Language of Liberal Constitutionalism” (Cambridge, 2007), “The Creation of American Common Law”(Cambridge, 2004), and “Speech, Conduct, and the First Amendment” (Peter Lang, 2003) and co-editor of “The Conservative Legacy of Antonin Scalia” (Lexington 2020) and “James Madison’s Constitution” (Kansa 2021), as well as articles, essays and book chapters on a variety of related topics. His current areas of research include comparative constitutionalism and democratic theories of representation. In addition to his position in the Political Science Department Schweber is an affiliate faculty member of the Law School the Legal Studies program, and Integrated Liberal Studies.
- Anticipate the future of enumerated and unenumerated constitutional rights
- Understand the current validity of gun laws and abortion laws in the United States
- Discuss potential impacts of these Supreme Court decisions on gay marriage, contraception, and other previously recognized constitutional rights
- Civil rights and constitutional lawyers
- Civil litigators
- Criminal law attorneys
- Appellate practitioners
- Any person interested in constitutional law