Events Calendar
Bowden Fellows Speaker Series: Christina Mulligan (Brooklyn Law)
If you have any questions about the status of this event, please contact one of the event administrators listed below.
- Date:
- October 14, 2025
- Start:
- 11:50am
- End:
- 12:50pm
- Save to your calendar:
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- Location:
- TNH 2.138 (Blanton Classroom)
- On the web:
- https://law.utexas.edu/first-amendment-center/events/the-police-power-and-the-general-law/
Present-day jurisprudence primarily limits state power by recognizing rights. Whereas the federal government is considered one of limited, enumerated powers, state governments are understood to have a general and broad “police power,” and thus fewer internal limitations on what they can do. But as the Supreme Court’s recent jurisprudence on rights evolves, it’s worth rethinking not just how rights protect individuals, but how internal limits on arbitrary exercises of government power can protect them too.
Professor Christina Mulligan (Brooklyn Law) joins us to explore the nature, evolution, and internal limits of the state police power. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP at the link.
- Faculty Colloquia Series:
- Specific audiences:
- Texas Law students
- Texas Law alumni
- Faculty
- Staff
- General public
- Sponsored by:
- Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.