Sanford Levinson
| Sanford Victor Levinson | |
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| Born |
June 17, 1941 United States |
| Residence | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Constitutional Law, Politics |
| Institutions | University of Texas |
| Alma mater |
Duke University (A.B.) Stanford Law School (J.D.) Harvard University (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | book Our Undemocratic Constitution |
Sanford Victor Levinson (born June 17, 1941) is an American legal scholar, best known for his writings on constitutional law and as a professor at the University of Texas Law School. He is notable for his criticism of the United States Constitution as well as excessive presidential power and has been widely quoted on such topics as the Second Amendment, gay marriage, nominations to the Supreme Court, and other legal issues. He has called for a Second Constitutional Convention of the United States.
Sanford Levinson received a bachelor's degree from Duke University, a law degree from Stanford University, and a PhD degree from Harvard University. At one point he was a member of the department of Politics at Princeton. Levinson taught law at Georgetown, Yale, Harvard, New York University, Boston University,Central European University in Budapest, Panthéon-Assas University, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.,Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem London, Auckland and Melbourne. In 2001, Levinson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2010, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association. In 1980, he joined the University of Texas School of Law at Austin, Texas where he is also a professor of government. He holds the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law.
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