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Philip Hamburger

Philip Hamburger

Chief Executive Officer


Philip Hamburger is a scholar of constitutional law and its history at Columbia Law School. He received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. Before coming to Columbia, he was the John P. Wilson Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. He also taught at George Washington University Law School, Northwestern Law School, University of Virginia Law School, and the University of Connecticut Law School. Professor Hamburger’s contributions are unrivaled by any U.S. legal scholar in driving the national conversations on the First Amendment and the separation of church and state and on administrative power. His work on administrative power has been celebrated by organizations like the Manhattan Institute and the Bradley Foundation, among others.

Big Government’s License to Kill Space Travel

By: Philip Hamburger October 4, 2024
Something strange is intercepting our trajectory into space. The obstacle isn’t space debris, old satellites, or meteors. Rather, it’s licensing. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not yet granted a license for the launch of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship, and even the Fish and Wildlife Service is still evaluating whether to permit it. Licensing is thus…
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Overturning Chevron Is a Major Victory

By: Philip Hamburger September 19, 2024
How important is the decision issued in June by the Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and its companion case, Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce? The Claremont Institute’s Theo Wold observes that this victory against the administrative state is merely “incremental.” Although valuable, “it will not remake the administrative state or solve the post-New Deal power imbalance in the federal government.”…
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The ‘Tell’ in Zuckerberg’s Letter to Congress

By: Philip Hamburger August 27, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg sent a mea culpa letter Monday to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, admitting that Meta, which owns Facebook, erred in acquiescing to government pressure for censorship. But it’s important to look closely at what the letter says and what it doesn’t. On the one hand, Mr. Zuckerberg concedes what by now is obvious—that there was much…
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