Richard Davies Parker

Richard D. Parker
Born1945 (age 78–79)
EducationSwarthmore College (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)
OccupationLaw professor
Years active1974–present
Known forConstitutional populism

Richard Davies Parker (born 1945[1]) is an American legal scholar who serves as the Paul W. Williams Professor of Criminal Justice at Harvard Law School, where he has taught constitutional law and criminal law since 1974.[2] He also serves as chairman of the Citizens Flag Alliance,[3] an American nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing a constitutional amendment that would protect the American flag against acts of physical desecration.[4]

Parker is best known as a proponent of constitutional populism, or the view that interpretation of the United States Constitution should conform to the values of the majority. He is the author of ''Here the People Rule": A Constitutional Populist Manifesto, in which he calls for a reorientation of constitutional law "to promote, not limit, the expression of ordinary political energy—thus to extend, rather than constrain, majority rule."[5]

  1. ^ Parker, Richard D. (1994). "Here, the people rule": a constitutional populist manifesto. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-38925-0.
  2. ^ "Richard D Parker". Harvard Law School. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "Flag Amendment Chronology July 27, 2016 (All day) | The Citizens Flag Alliance". www.citizensflagalliance.org. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "What is the Citizens Flag Alliance (CFA)? | The Citizens Flag Alliance". www.citizensflagalliance.org. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
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