our comments are today is iliana, ilya somin. she is an adjunct scholar as i mentioned at the cato institute. his research focuses on constitutional law, property law and thestudy of political dissipation and its implications for constitutional democracy. he is the author of democracy and political ignorance, why smaller government is smarter. in 2015, another book , the grasping hand, the limits of eminent domain from a second edition originally 2015 but in fact 2016. he's co-author of the conspiracy against obamacare, the conspiracy and the healthcare case and also eminent domain, a comparative perspective. democracy and political ignorance is translated into italian and japanese . mentioning the obama conspiracy, professor sullivan contributes to public debate in leading venues, writes regularly for conspiracy law and politics which is now affiliated with the magazine that was previously as you know, affiliated with the washington post. he's been a coeditor of the supreme court economic review , a cooperated law and economics

i want to thank our speaker today, keith whittington and ilya somin. i'd like to thank you for coming, and i'd like to invite you to go upstairs for the second for now for our traditional lunch after the event. thanks very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. tv, television for serious readers. next "the communicators" and the conversation with telecommunications analyst craig moffett. after that a forum on, and sexual harassment. live coverage of discussion on future of u.s. space policy and later we will be live with former fbi director james comey talking about his book, "a higher loyalty." >> c-span, where history unfold daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the