Josh Blackman
American legal scholar; constitutional law professor at South Texas College of Law Houston; created FantasySCOTUS.
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- Josh Blackman is an American lawyer and legal scholar.
- He joined South Texas College of Law Houston in 2012, became a full professor in 2018 and its Centennial Chair of Constitutional Law in 2023; his work is on constitutional law and on law and technology.
- In 2009, through his nonprofit the Harlan Institute, he launched FantasySCOTUS, a Supreme Court prediction market.
- He wrote Unraveled (2016) and co-wrote Unprecedented (2013) with Randy Barnett, both on the Affordable Care Act litigation.
- He is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and posts on The Volokh Conspiracy.
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- Education
- BS, Pennsylvania State University (2005); JD, George Mason Law School (2009)1
- Clerkships
- Judge Kim R. Gibson, then Judge Danny Julian Boggs1
- South Texas College of Law Houston
- From 2012; full professor 2018; Centennial Chair of Constitutional Law from 20231
- FantasySCOTUS
- Launched 2009 through the Harlan Institute1
- Books
- Unprecedented (2013, with Randy Barnett); Unraveled (2016); An Introduction to Constitutional Law (2020, with Randy Barnett)1
- Litigation
- Represented Defense Distributed in its 2015 First Amendment challenge over 3D-printed gun files; settled 20181
- Heritage Foundation
- Listed as a contributor to Project 2025; in 2025 accused the foundation of fuelling antisemitism and stopped working with it1
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