Randy Barnett Bio | Wiki
Randy Barnett ( Full name: Randy Evan Barnett) is an American legal scholar and lawyer. Currently, he serves as the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University. At the University, Randy teaches constitutional law and contracts. He is also the director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.
Randy tried many felony cases as a prosecutor in the Cook County States’ Attorney’s Office in Chicago after graduating from Northwestern University and Harvard Law School. He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Constitutional Studies and the Bradley Prize. Randy has been a visiting professor at Penn, Northwestern, and Harvard Law School. His publications include 11 books, numerous op-eds, and more than one hundred articles & reviews. He argued the medical marijuana case of Gonzalez v. Raich prior to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004.
Randy was one of the lawyers who represented the National Federation of Independent Business in its constitutional challenge in 2012 to the Affordable Care Act in NFIB v. Sebelius. He’s appeared in countless documentaries such as PBS’s Constitution USA with Peter Sagal and A More or Less Perfect Union with Judge Douglas Ginsburg. In the 2010 science-fiction feature film titled InAlienable: The Movie. He blogs on the Volokh Conspiracy, Randy portrayed a prosecutor.
Randy Barnett Age
He was born on February 5, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Randy is 70 years old.
Randy Barnett Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Randy stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in ( Approx 1.78m).
Randy Barnett Family
He was born to his parents in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Despite his fame and publicity, Randy has managed to keep off the public from his family affairs, therefore, no details about his family that are publicly available
Randy Barnett Wife
He is happily married to his lovely wife called Beth Barnett. The couple shares a son called Gary Barnett. Gary attended Georgetown University Law Center. Currently, he works as a prosecuting attorney in Brooklyn, New York. The couple’s daughter called Laura Barnett works for the Institute for Humane Studies and resides in Washington, D.C.
Randy Barnett Education
After graduating from high school, Randy enrolled at Northwestern University where he graduated with a B.A. in philosophy in 1974. From there, he proceeded to study law at Harvard Law School where he graduated with a J.D. in 1977. After law school, Randy went back to Chicago and worked as an Illinois state prosecutor for Cook County, Illinois.
Randy Barnett Georgetown
He spent the 1981–82 academic year serving as a research fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. In the fall of 1982, Randy started his academic career as an assistant professor of law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. He was hired as a professor of law at the Boston University School of Law in 1993. However, he left Boston in 2006 and started teaching at the Georgetown University Law Center and has been working there ever since.
Randy Barnett Restoring The Lost Constitution
In 2003, Randy authored a book titled Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty. The book is about the United States Constitution. In this book, Randy outlines his theory of constitutional legitimacy, interpretation, and construction. Also, he argues that the Constitution should be interpreted by its “original meaning”, distinct from the Founding Fathers’ original intent. The book was awarded the 2005 Lysander Spooner Award for Advancing the Literature of Liberty by Laissez Faire Books.
Randy Barnett New Book
He published his most recent book in 2019 which is An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know (with Josh Blackman).
Randy Barnett Books
Other Randy’s books on the Constitution are Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty (2nd ed. 2013),
- The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law (2nd ed. 2014),
- Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People (2016),
- Constitutional Law: Cases in Context (3rd ed. 2018) (with Josh Blackman)
Randy’s books on Contracts are
- The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Contracts (2010),
- Contracts: Cases and Doctrine (6th ed. 2016) (with Nate Oman)
Randy Barnett Net Worth
He is an American legal scholar and lawyer who has accumulated an estimated net worth of $10 million.
How Old Is Randy Barnett
Randy is 70 years old. He was born on February 5, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Who Is Randy Barnett
Randy is an American legal scholar and lawyer. Currently, he serves as the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University. At the University, Randy teaches constitutional law and contracts. He is also the director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.
Is Randy Barnett Married
He married Beth Barnett. The couple shares a son called Gary Barnett. Gary attended Georgetown University Law Center. Currently, he works as a prosecuting attorney in Brooklyn, New York. The couple’s daughter called Laura Barnett works for the Institute for Humane Studies and resides in Washington, D.C.