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Submissions from 2021

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Amnesty and Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment, Gerard N. Magliocca

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Democracy, Distrust, and Judicial Umpiring in G-20 Nations, Steven Gow Calabresi

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Democracy, Distrust, and Presidential Immunities, Evan Caminker

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Glimpses of RepresentationReinforcement in State Courts, Jane S. Schacter

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Insights from Democracy and Distrust Bearing on Rucho and Partisan Gerrymandering, Vikram David Amar

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McCulloch v. Maryland, Slavery, the Preamble, and the Sweeping Clause, John Mikhail

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PM Noticing the Government’s Voice and Pondering Its Implications, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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Political Trust, Social Trust, and Judicial Review, Jason Mazzone

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Propertied Rites, Kellen R. Funk

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The Anxiety of Influence and Judicial Self-Aggrandizement in Rabbinic Jurisprudence, Ethan J. Leib

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The Sweep of the Electoral Power, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos

Submissions from 2020

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Against Historical Practice: Facing Up to the Challenge of Informal Constitutional Change, Stephen M. Griffin

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Constituting a People: The Challenge of the Indian Founding, Cheryl Saunders

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Courts and Foreign Affairs: "Their Historical Role", Michael D. Ramsey

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Herein of "Herein Granted": Why Article I's Vesting Clause Does Not Support the Doctrine of Enumerated Powers, Richard Primus

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How the Umpires Remake the Game, Julie Novkov

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Lawyers and Historians Argue about the Constitution, Jack M. Balkin

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Liberalism and the Distinctiveness of Religious Belief, Abner S. Greene

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Litigating Imperfect Solutions: State Constitutional Claims in Federal Court, Michael T. Morley

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Mastering the Cases and Delineating the Role of the Supreme Court, Sanford Levinson

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Originalism is a Successful Theory (in Part) Because of its Complexity: A Response to Professor Telman, Lee J. Strang

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Reconsidering the History of Judicial Review, Keith E. Whittington

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Sadomasochistic Judging, David Schraub

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Ship-Money: The Case that Time and Whittington Forgot, Mark A. Graber

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The Cradle of the Countermajoritarian Difficulty, John W. Compton

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The Structure of Interpretive Revolutions, D.A. Jeremy Telman

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What We Did Not Know About Judicial Review: On Keith Whittington’s Repugnant Laws, Leslie F. Goldstein

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Who is to be Master: Accounting for how the Supreme Court Reads the American Constitution, Andre LeDuc

Submissions from 2019

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Constitutional Maturity, Or Reading Weber in the Age of Trump Symposium: Constitutional Law in the Trump Era, Josh Chafetz

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Fixing Implied Constitutional Powers in the Founding Era, John Mikhail

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From Appendix to Heart: Tracing the History of the Bill of Rights, Lael Weinberger

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How “Commerce Among the Several States” Became “Interstate Commerce,” and Why It Matters, Conrad J. Weiler Jr.

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In Honor of a Simple-Minded Originalist, James Allan

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Justice Holmes’ Logic of Force, Benjamin Patrick Newton

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Madison's Denials Book Review, Calvin H. Johnson

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McCulloch V. Marbury, Kermit Roosevelt III and Heath Khan

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Originalism Off the Ground: A Response to Professors Baude and Sachs, Eric J. Segall

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Practical Equality and the Limits of Second Best Strategies for Justice, Franita Tolson

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Protecting the Nation from Honor Killings: The Construction of a Problem Symposium: Constitutional Law in the Trump Era, Leti Volpp

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Sex, Trump, and Constitutional Change Symposium: Constitutional Law in the Trump Era, Helen Hershkoff and Elizabeth M. Schneider

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Should the Left Dissent?, Nelson Tebbe

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States of Continuity Or State of Exception: Race, Law and Politics in the Age of Trump Symposium: Constitutional Law in the Trump Era, Devon W. Carbado

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The Genetic Fallacy and a Living Constitution, Charles L. Barzun

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The Hidden Costs of Dissent, Robert L. Tsai

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The Parts We Skip: A Taxonomy of Constitutional Irrelevancy, Peter Beck

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The Reality Principle, Lawrence G. Sager and Nelson Tebbe

Submissions from 2018

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Arguing about the Constitution: The Topics in Constitutional Interpretation, Jack M. Balkin

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But Maybe Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back Book Reviews, Martin S. Flaherty

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Enforcing the Decisions of the People Book Reviews, Joel I. Colon-Rios

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Judicial Supremacy: Palladium of Liberty or Academic Paradox Book Reviews, Nelson Lund

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Making Sense of Equality Book Review Symposium: One Another's Equals: The Basis of Human Equality, Mark D. Rosen

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Michael Klarman's Framers' Coup (and the News from Antifidelity) Book Reviews, Frank I. Michelman

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Mostly Settled, but Right for Now Book Review Symposium: Settled versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, Corinna Barrett Lain

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On Treating Unlike Cases Alike Book Review Symposium: Settled versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, Frederick Schauer

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Originalist Theory and Precedent: A Public Meaning Approach Book Review Symposium: Settled versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, Lawrence B. Solum

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Precedent and the Semblance of Law Book Review Symposium: Settled versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, Stephen E. Sachs

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Reasoning through Clashes between Religion and Equality: Case Law, Skeptics, and Social Coherence Book Reviews, Michael A. Helfand

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Single-Member Districts Are Not Constitutionally Required, Robert E. Ross and Barrett Anderson

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Special Justifications Book Review Symposium: Settled versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, Randy J. Kozel

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Stephen Presser's Love Letter to the Law, in Five Parts Book Reviews, Jesse Merriam

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Subprecedents Book Review Symposium: Settled versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, Jason Mazzone

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Supreme Court Norms of Impersonality Book Review Symposium: Settled versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, Allison Orr Larsen

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The Constitutional Marriage of Personality and Impersonality: Office, Honor, and the Oath Book Review Symposium: Settled versus Right: A Theory of Precedent, Paul Horwitz

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The Freedom of Non-Speech Book Reviews, Enrique Armijo

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The Rule of Law Sold Short Book Reviews, Richard Stacey

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Ulysses S. Grant and the Lost Opportunity for Racial Justice Book Reviews, Robert J. Pushaw Jr.

Submissions from 2017

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Constitutional Parentage, Joanna L. Grossman

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Countering the Majoritarian Difficulty, Amy Coney Barrett

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Creating Precedents Through Words and Deeds, Harold J. Krent

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Do Judges Know Best?, James Allan

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Family Reunification and the Security State, Kerry Abrams

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Formalism in Constitutional Theory, Cass R. Sunstein

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Free Speech and Obedience to Law, Frederick Schauer

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Hate Speech Bans, Democracy, and Political Legitimacy, James Weinstein

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Hate Speech--Definitions & Empirical Evidence, Katharine Gelber

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Hate Speech Laws, Legitimacy, and Precaution: A Reply to James Weinstein, Alexander Brown

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Hate Speech, Legitimacy, and the Foundational Principles of Government, Steven H. Shiffrin

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Hate Speech, Public Assurance, and the Civic Standing of Speakers and Victims, Vincent Blasi

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In Defense of Constitutional Republicanism: A Reply to Criticisms of Our Republican Constitution, Randy E. Barnett

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Intersectionality and the Constitution of Family Status, Serena Mayeri

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Legitimacy and Hate Speech, Robert C. Post

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Me the People, Jason Mazzone

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Objects of Interpretation, Richard Ekins

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Political Political Theory Theory, Jeremy D. Farris and William A. Edmundson

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Randy Barnett’s Critique of Democracy (And John Marshall?), Sanford Levinson

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Rational Basis "Plus", Thomas B. Nachbar

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Redefining Parental Rights: The Case of Corporal Punishment, Cynthia Godsoe

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Republican Constitutionalism, Lawrence B. Solum

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Republicanism and Natural Rights at the Founding, Jud Campbell

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Taking Legitimacy Seriously: A Return to Deontology, Eric Heinze

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The Conditions of Legitimacy: A Response to James Weinstein, Jeremy Waldron

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The Doctor Requirement: Griswold, Privacy, and At-Home Reproductive Care, Yvonne Lindgren

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The Family's Constitution, Douglas NeJaime

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Viewpoint Discrimination, Hate Speech, and Political Legitimacy: A Reply, James Weinstein

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Viewpoint Discrimination, Hate Speech Laws, and the Double-Sided Nature of Freedom of Speech, Adrienne Stone

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Which Republican Constitution?, Jack M. Balkin

Submissions from 2016

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A Biography of Madison’s Notes of Debates, Jack Rakove

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Discretionary Dockets, Randy J. Kozel and Jeffrey A. Pojanowski

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Dutch and German Founding-Era Translations of the U.S. Constitution, Christina Mulligan, Michael Douma, Hans Lind, and Brian Quinn

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Fidelity to Our Imperfect Constitution: A Response to Six Views, James E. Fleming