Topic
Politics
Published on
November 14, 2025
Civitas
Conversations
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About this episode

Josh Blackman joins Civitas Conversations to discuss his recent Civitas Outlook essay entitled “Eliminating Liberal Institutional Asymmetries.”

Dr. Blackman is a contributing editor to Civitas Outlook and a professor at South Texas College of Law in Houston, where he serves as the Centennial Chair of Constitutional Law.

Civitas Conversations features leading scholars, commentators, and thought leaders for in-depth discussions of the latest essays in Civitas Outlook—and the ideas behind them.

Civitas Conversations is a production of the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.

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