Guest Author
Gautham Rao
American University — Associate Professor of History
Courtesy of American University/by Jeff Watts.
Member of the Historians Council on the Constitution
Professor Rao is a founding-era legal historian. His work focuses on federal institutions and slavery, the administrative state, and concepts of statehood.
Members of the Historians Council on the Constitution are not employees of the Brennan Center for Justice.
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