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David N. Mayer is Professor of Law and History at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, where he teaches courses in American constitutional history, English and American legal history, and intellectual property (copyright and unfair trade practices law), as well as a seminar in Libertarianism and the Law. Before teaching at Capital, Professor Mayer taught at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago, Illinois; held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia; and was an attorney with the firm of Pierson Semmes and Finley in Washington, D.C. He has received degrees from the University of Virginia (Ph.D. in History, 1988, and M.A. in History, 1982) and the University of Michigan (J.D. in 1980 and A.B. in 1977). He has written The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, paperback 1995) and several articles in law reviews, history and political science journals. A former Salvatori Fellow of the Heritage Foundation, Professor Mayer also serves on the Board of Academic Advisors for the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, is a member of the fellowships Academic Review Committee for the Institute for Humane Studies and a member of the Speakers Bureau of The Objectivist Center, and is faculty advisor to Capital University Law School’s chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.


Wealthy Americans Deserve Real Tax Relief
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Wealthy Americans Deserve Real Tax Relief
  by David N. Mayer (On Principle, October 1999)

Clinton Presidency: The Most Corrupt in American History
  by David N. Mayer (On Principle, December 1996)

Clinton Vetoes Undermine the Constitution
  by David N. Mayer (On Principle, June 1996)

Clinton Health Plan: The Wrong Prescription
  by David N. Mayer (On Principle, January 1994)



 


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