Vols. 40-44

Volume 44 – Issue 3

Summer 2021

Articles
637 The “Essential” Free Exercise Clause Josh Blackman
763 The Legality of Presidential Self-Pardons Paul J. Larkin, Jr.
827 The Precedential Effects of the Supreme Court’s Emergency Stays Trevor N. McFadden & Vetan Kapoor

Essay
917 Common Good Originalism: Our Tradition and Our Path Forward Josh Hammer

Note
961 Level-Up Remedies for Religious Discrimination Mark C. Gillespie

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Volume 44 – Issue 2

 

Articles
403 Revisiting Smith: Stare Decisis and Free Exercise Doctrine Branton J. Nestor
463 Who Determines Majorness? Chad Squitieri

Book Review
523 Reflexive Federalism: Marijuana Federalism  Paul J. Larkin, Jr.

Note
599 Reviving Teague’s “Watershed” Exception Jasjaap Sidhu

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Volume 44 – Issue 1

Winter 2021

The Structural Constitution in the Twenty-First Century
1 The Federalist No. 48, The Separation of Powers, and “the Impetuous Vortex” The Hon. Paul D. Clement
17 The Role of Norms in our Constitutional Order Keith Whittington
29 Keeping the Compact Clause Irrelevant Roderick M. Hills
39 Rethinking the Senate Lynn A. Baker
47 The Proper Role of the Senate John Yoo
57 Constitutionalizing Interstate Relations: The Temptation of the Dark Side William Baude

Articles
71 “Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude”: The Constitutional and Persistent Immigration Law Doctrine Craig S. Lerner
145 What is Caesar’s, What is God’s: Fundamental Public Policy for Churches Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer & Zachary B. Pohlman
239 Is Administrative Summary Judgment Unlawful? Alexander I. Platt

Essay
333 John Adams, Legal Representation, and the “Cancel Culture” Secretary Eugene Scalia

Notes
339 Parens Patriae and State Attorneys General: A Solution to our Nation’s Opioid Litigation? Nick Cordova
374 Jurisdictional Avoidance: Rectifying the Lower Courts’ Misapplication of Steel Co. Brian A. Kulp

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Volume 43 – Issue 3

Summer 2020

Essays
605 The Role of the Executive William P. Barr
633 Civic Charity and the Constitution Thomas B. Griffith

Articles
645 Sixth Amendment Federalism Louis J. Capozzi III
733 Taking Another Look at the Call on the Field: Roe, Chief Justice Roberts, and Stare Decisis Thomas J. Molony

Note
815 Death Qualification and the Right to Trial by Jury: An Originalist Assessment Douglas Colby

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Volume 43 – Issue 2

The Second Amendment in the New Supreme Court

The Federalist Society—2019
319 The Second Amendment and the Spirit of the People Renée Lettow Lerner
331 The Right to Bear Arms: For Me, But Not for Thee? Stephen P. Halbrook
347 The Surprisingly Strong Originalist Case for Public Carry Laws Jonathan E. Taylor
357 “Assault Weapon” Bans: Unconstitutional Laws for a Made-up Category of Firearms Mark W. Smith
375 Comments on Assault Weapons, the Right to Arms, and the Right to Live Jonathan E. Lowy

Articles
387 On the Basis of Identity: Redefining “Sex” in Civil Rights Law and Faulty Accounts of “Discrimination” Ryan T. Anderson
425 Property, Privacy, and Justice Gorsuch’s Expansive Fourth Amendment Originalism Nicholas A. Kahn-Fogel
477 Do Platforms Kill? Michal Lavi

Note
575 The Senate vs. the Law: Challenging Qualification Statutes Through Senate Confirmation Eli Nachmany

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Volume 43 – Issue 1

Essays

from the Thirty-Eighth Annual Federalist Society National Student Symposium
1 Three Keys to the Original Meaning of the Privileges or Immunities Clause Randy E. Barnett
13 Is the Federal Judicial Cure for Protectionism Worse than the Disease? Roderick Hills
23 The Perils of Civil Asset Forfeiture Erik Luna
31 Economic Liberty and Criminal Justice Beth A. Colgan
45 Turning Entrepreneurs into Outlaws Christina Sandefur
59 Bitcoin’s Nature and Its Future John O. McGinnis
67 The Constitutional Bedrock of Due Process Allan Ides
77 Are States Protecting Economic Liberty? Dana Berliner

Articles
85 Are Criminals Bad or Mad? Premeditated Murder, Mental Illness, and Kahler v. Kansas Paul J. Larkin, Jr. & GianCarlo Canaparo
155 The Conscience of Corporations and the Right Not to Speak William E. Lee
213 Consent of the Governed: A Constitutional Norm that the Court Should Substantially Enforce David Schoenbrod

Note
279 Counteracting Marbury: Using the Exceptions Clause to Overrule Supreme Court Precedent Brian Kulp

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Volume 42 – Issue 3

Articles
711 Masterpiece Cakeshop and the Future of Religious Freedom Mark L. Movsesian
750 The Sickness unto Death of the First Amendment Marc O. DeGirolami
807 Yakus and the Administrative State James R. Conde & Michael S. Greve
871 Corpus Linguistics and “Officers of the United States” James C. Phillips, Benjamin Lee & Jacob Crump

Notes
931 Give Veterans the Benefit of the Doubt: Chevron, Auer, and the Veteran’s Canon Chadwick J. Harper
971 The Original Meaning and Significance of Early State Provisos to the Free Exercise of Religion Branton J. Nestor

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Volume 42 – Issue 2

Articles
351 The Death of Common Law J. Lyn Entrikin
489 A Coasean Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis D. Bruce Johnsen
547 The Cure for America’s Opioid Crisis? End the War on Drugs Christine Minhee & Steve Calandrillo

Essay
625 The World After Seminole Rock and Auer Paul J. Larkin, Jr. & Elizabeth H. Slattery

Note
649 Constitutional Avoidance, Severability, and a New Erie Moment Ryan M. Folio
681 The Taxation of Religious Organizations in America Grant M. Newman

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Volume 42 – Issue 1

The Thirty-Seventh Annual Federalist Society National Student Symposium on Law and Public Policy 2018
1 The Proper Role of “Judicial Activism” The Honorable Clint Bolick
17 The Presumption of Constitutionality Edward Whelan
23 The Declaration of Independence and the American Theory of Government: “First Come Rights, and Then Comes Government” Randy E. Barnett
29 A Tale of Two Sweeping Clauses John Mikhail
43 The Declaration of Independence: No Special Role in Constitutional Interpretation Lee J. Strang
59 The Executive Power of Reversal John C. Yoo
69 Federalism and the Original Fourteenth Amendment Kurt T. Lash
81 Protecting the Originalist Constitution John O. McGinnis

Articles
91 Justice Scalia’s Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence: The Failure of Sake-of-Argument Originalism Craig S. Lerner
173 Expressing Conscience with Candor: Saint Thomas More and First Freedoms in the Legal Profession Michael S. McGinniss
253 Reforming American Medical Licensure Kevin Dayaratna, Ph.D.; Paul J. Larkin, Jr.; & John O’Shea, M.D.

Essay
279 Bloc Party Federalism Michael S. Greve

Note
309 Catholic Judges Have no Obligation to Recuse Themselves in Capital Cases Ryan M. Proctor

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Volume 41 – Issue 3

Articles
719 Irreconcilable Differences? Whole Woman’s Health, Gonzales, and Justice Kennedy’s Vision of American Abortion Jurisprudence Laura Wolk & O. Carter Snead
753 Surrogacy and Limitations on Freedom of Contract: Toward Being More Fully Human  Adeline A. Allen
813 Unashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: On Public Policy and Public Service By Evangelicals Johnny Rex Buckles
901 Liberal Secularism and Religious Freedom in the Public Space: Reforming Political Discourse Alex Deagon

Notes
935 The Partiality of Neutrality Kelsey Curtis
973 A Constitutional Outlier: Legitimacy as a State Interest and Its Implications in Election Law Boyd Garriot

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Volume 41 – Issue 2

Foreword
443 A Founder’s Reflection’s Reflections: The Journal at Forty Years E. Spencer Abraham

Articles
447 Prolegomenon on Pornography Gerard V. Bradley
499 Pornography, the Rule of Law, and Constitutional Mythology David L. Tubbs & Jacqueline S. Smith
553 The Indecency and Injustice of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act Mary Graw Leary

Essay
623 Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking Beth A. Williams

Book Review
631 Scalia Being Scalia: Scalia Speaks Paul D. Clement

Notes
647 Noncompliant Insanity: Does It Fit Within Insanity? George Maliha
691 Trump’s Travel Ban: Lawful But Ill-Advised Jennifer Lee Barrow

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Volume 41 – Issue 1

The Thirty-Sixth Annual Federalist Society National Student Symposium on Law and Public Policy 2017
1 A Common Law for the First Amendment Richard A. Epstein
49 The Wedding-Vendor Cases Douglas Laycock
67 Extricating the Religious Exemption Debate from the Culture Wars William P. Marshall
79 The Cognitive Dissonance of Religious Liberty Discourse: Statutory Rights Masquerading as Constitutional Mandates Marci A. Hamilton
95 A Not Quite Contemporary View of Privacy Richard A. Epstein
117 Gawking Legally Irina D. Manta
125 “Nothing to See Here”: Model Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g) and the First Amendment Robert N. Weiner
139 Campaign Finance and Free Speech: Finding the Radicalism in Citizens United v. FEC Bradley A. Smith
153 Campaign Finance, Free Speech, and Boycotts Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
163 Free Expression on Campus: Mitigating the Costs of Contentious Speakers Suzanne B. Goldberg

Articles
187 Reawakening the Congressional Review Act Paul J. Larkin, Jr.
253 Of Brutal Murder and Transcendental Sovereignty: The Meaning of Vested Private Rights Adam J. MacLeod
309 A Brave New World of Transgender Policy Ryan T. Anderson

Law and Politics: What is Their Relation?
The Herbert W. Vaughan Lecture 2017
355 Law and Politics: What is Their Relation? Larry Alexander
365 Comments on Larry Alexander’s Law and Politics: What is Their Relation? Matthew J. Franck
369 Comments on Larry Alexander’s Law and Politics: What is Their Relation? James R. Stoner, Jr.

Notes
373 Second-Best Originalism and Regulatory Takings John Greil
409 Retroactivity and Restraint: An Anglo-American Comparison Stephen J. Hammer

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Volume 40 – Issue 3

The Federalist Society’s Article I Initiative
573 The Place of Congress in the Constitutional Order Keith E. Whittington
603 The Wealth of Congress Jonathan Klick
639 The President’s Pen and the Bureaucrat’s Fiefdom John C. Eastman
663 How to Salvage Article I: The Crumbling Foundation of Our Republic David Schoenbrod

Article
687 Educating the Disadvantaged—Two Models Amy L. Wax

Book Review
729 Why the Right Embraced Rights: The Other Rights Revolution Logan E. Sawyer, III

Essay
759 Business Transactions and President Trump’s “Emoluments” Problem Seth Barrett Tillman

Note
773 Discriminatory Lawyers in a Discriminatory Bar: Rule 8.4(G) of the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility Caleb C. Wolanek

Recent Development
793 Right by Precedent, Wrong by RFRA: The “Substantial Burden” Inquiry in Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. v. Lynch, 828 F.3d 1012 (9th Cir. 2016) Tiernan Kane

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Volume 40 – Issue 2

Articles
255 The Sexual Integrity of Religious Schools and Tax Exemption Johnny Rex Buckles
321 Secondary Effects and Public Morality Santiago Legarre & Gregory J. Mitchell
361 Marriage, the Court, and the Future Ryan T. Anderson
417 The Power to Define Offenses Against the Law of Nations Alex H. Loomis

Notes
493 Half-Cocked: The Regulatory Framework of Short-Barrel Firearms James A. D’Cruz
539 Protecting Prenatal Persons: Does the Fourteenth Amendment Prohibit Abortion? Joshua J. Craddock

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Volume 40 – Issue 1

The Federalist Society National Student Symposium–2016
1 Immigration, Freedom, and the Constitution Ilya Somin
9 The Power to Control Immigration is a Core Aspect of Sovereignty John C. Eastman
17 Jump-Starting K–12 Education Reform Clint C. Bolick
25 Economic Equality is an Immoral Ideal Yaron Brook
33 America’s Exceptional Safety Net Julia D. Mahoney
41 The Freedom to Fail: Market Access as the Path to Overcoming Poverty and Inequality Jason Scott Johnston
51 Lessons from the Least of These Robert Woodson

Articles
61 Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Constitution Was Not the Product of a Runaway Convention Michael Farris
147 Delegation Reconsidered: A Delegation Doctrine for the Modern Administrative State Ronald A. Cass
201 “An Artificial Being”: John Marshall and Corporate Personhood Christopher J. Wolfe

Essay
237 A Proposal to Restructure the Clemency Process—The Vice President as Head of a White House Clemency Office Paul J. Larkin, Jr.

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