One of the greatest honors of my career has been receiving the inaugural 2022 Edwin Meese III Originalism Award. My lecture was titled Originalism and Stare Decisis in the Lower Courts. The winners in 2023 and 2024, respectively, were Professors Kurt Lash and John Yoo. I am pleased that the 2025 winner was Professor Joel Alicea at Catholic University. Joel was recently appointed as the St. Robert Bellarmine Professor of Law. He is also the Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.
Joel's lecture was titled Originalism, the Administrative State, and the Clash of Political Theories. It is well worth a watch and a listen.
