Akhil Reed Amar

Publications

• After Words
  37 CONST. COMMENT. 69 (2022) · Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present) · 2022
• Eradicating Bush-League Arguments Root and Branch: The Article II Independent-State-Legislature Notion and Related Rubbish
  2021 SUP. CT. REV. (2021) · Supreme Court Review · 2021
• REMARKS
  89 FORDHAM L. REV. 9 (2020) · Fordham Law Review · 2020

• The Federalist Society 2016 National Lawyers Convention Showcase Panel II: Rules Versus Standards in Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation
  53 TULSA L. REV. 539 (2018) · Tulsa Law Review · 2018
• The Inaugural Abraham Lincoln Lecture on Constitutional Law: Electoral College Reform, Lincoln-Style
  112 NW. U. L. REV. 63 (2017) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2017
• The Legal Medium
  27 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. (2016) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 2016
• Lex Majoris Partis: How the Senate Can End the Filibuster on Any Day by Simple Majority Rule
  63 DUKE L.J. 1483 (2014) · Duke Law Journal · 2014
• Warren Court and the Constitution (with Special Emphasis on Brown and Loving), The
  67 SMU L. REV. 671 (2014) · SMU Law Review · 2014
• Opening Remarks
  55 WM. & MARY L. REV. 729 (2014) · William & Mary Law Review · 2014
• Chief Justices and Chief Executives: Some Thoughts on Jim Simon’s Books
  57 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REV. (2013) · NYLS Law Review · 2013
• Plessy v. Ferguson and the Anti-Canon
  39 PEPP. L. REV. (2011) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2011
• America's Lived Constitution
  120 YALE L.J. 1734 (2011) · Yale Law Journal · 2011

• Bush, Gore, Florida, and the Constitution
  61 FLA. L. REV. 945 (2009) · Florida Law Review · 2009
• Criminal Justice
  34 PEPP. L. REV. (2007) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2007
• A Tribute to Larry Tribe
  42 TULSA L. REV. 801 (2007) · Tulsa Law Review · 2007
• Colloquium: Akhil Reed Amar's America's Constitution and Jed Rubenfeld's Revolution by Judiciary
  115 YALE L.J. 1972 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• A Dialogue
  115 YALE L.J. 2015 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• "America's Constitution" and the Yale School of Constitutional Interpretation
  115 YALE L.J. 1997 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• An Open Letter to Professors Paulsen and Powell
  115 YALE L.J. 2101 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• Second Thoughts
  65 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 103 (2002) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2002
• Architexture
  77 IND. L.J. (2002) · Indiana Law Journal · 2002
• Substance and Method in the Year 2000
  28 PEPP. L. REV. (2001) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2001
• The Second Amendment: A Case Study in Constitutional Interpretation
  2001 UTAH L. REV. (2001) · Utah Law Review · 2001
• Tribute to Joseph Goldstein
  19 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 9 (2001) · Yale Law & Policy Review · 2001
• In Memory of Joe Goldstein
  110 YALE L.J. 897 (2001) · Yale Law Journal · 2001

• On Prosecuting Presidents
  27 HOFSTRA L. REV. (1999) · Hofstra Law Review · 1999
• On Impeaching Presidents
  28 HOFSTRA L. REV. (1999) · Hofstra Law Review · 1999
• WILL THE BRENNAN LEGACY ENDURE?
  43 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REV. 177 (1999) · NYLS Law Review · 1999
• Response: Continuing the Conversation
  33 U. RICH. L. REV. 579 (1999) · University of Richmond Law Review · 1999
• Terry and Fourth Amendment First Principles
  72 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. (1999) · St. John's Law Review · 1999
• Nixon's Shadow
  83 MINN. L. REV. 1405 (1999) · Minnesota Law Review · 1999
• Opportunities for and Limitations of Private Ordering in Family Law (Symposium Roundtable)
  73 IND. L.J. (1998) · Indiana Law Journal · 1998
• A Few Thoughts on Constitutionalism, Textualism, and Populism
  65 FORDHAM L. REV. 1657 (1997) · Fordham Law Review · 1997
• Double Jeopardy Law Made Simple
  106 YALE L.J. 1807 (1997) · Yale Law Journal · 1997
• Remapping the Criminal Procedure Universe
  83 VA. L. REV. 1819 (1997) · Virginia Law Review · 1997
• The Fifteenth Amendment and "Political Rights"
  17 CARDOZO L. REV. 2225 (1996) · Cardozo Law Review · 1996
• Some Notes on the Establishment Clause
  2 ROGER WILLLIAMS U. L. REV. (1996) · Roger Williams University Law Review · 1996
• Kentucky and the Constitution: Lessons from the 1790s for the 1990s
  85 KY. L.J. (1996) · Kentucky Law Journal · 1996
• Attainder and Amendment 2: Romer's Rightness
  95 MICH. L. REV. 203 (1996) · Michigan Law Review · 1996
• Some Opinions on the Opinion Clause
  82 VA. L. REV. 647 (1996) · Virginia Law Review · 1996
• Lottery Voting: A Thought Experiment
  1995 U. CHI. LEGAL F. (1995) · University of Chicago Legal Forum · 1995
• Reply: Self-Incrimination and the Constitution: A Brief Rejoinder to Professor Kamisar
  93 MICH. L. REV. 1011 (1995) · Michigan Law Review · 1995
• Fifth Amendment First Principles: The Self-Incrimination Clause
  93 MICH. L. REV. 857 (1995) · Michigan Law Review · 1995
• A Constitutional Accident Waiting to Happen
  12 CONST. COMMENT. 143 (1995) · Constitutional Commentary · 1995
• The Fifty-Seventh Cleveland-Marshall Lecture: The Bill of Rights and Our Posterity
  42 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 573 (1994) · Cleveland State Law Review · 1994
• The Central Meaning of Republican Government: Popular Sovereignty, Majority Rule and the Denominator Problem
  65 U. COLO. L. REV. 749 (1994) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1994
• Five Views of Federalism: "Converse-1983" in Context
  45 VAND. L. REV. 1229 (1994) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1994
• Using State Law to Protect Federal Constitutional Rights: Some Questions and Answers About Converse- 1983
  64 U. COLO. L. REV. 159 (1993) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1993
• Remember the Thirteenth
  10 CONST. COMMENT. 403 (1993) · Constitutional Commentary · 1993
• The Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment
  101 YALE L.J. 1193 (1992) · Yale Law Journal · 1992
• President Quayle?
  78 VA. L. REV. 913 (1992) · Virginia Law Review · 1992
• Some New World Lessons for the Old World
  58 U. CHI. L. REV. (1991) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1991
• The Bill of Rights as a Constitution
  100 YALE L.J. 1131 (1991) · Yale Law Journal · 1991
• Reports of My Death are Greatly Exaggerated: A Reply
  138 U. PENN. L. REV. 1651 (1990) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1990
• Two-Tiered Structure of the Judiciary Act of 1789
  138 U. PENN. L. REV. 1499 (1990) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1990

• Marbury, Section 13, and the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
  56 U. CHI. L. REV. (1989) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1989
• Philadelphia Revisited: Amending the Constitution outside Article V
  55 U. CHI. L. REV. (1988) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1988
• The Senate and the Constitution
  97 YALE L.J. 1111 (1988) · Yale Law Journal · 1988
• Of Sovereignty and Federalism
  96 YALE L.J. 1425 (1987) · Yale Law Journal · 1987
• Our Forgotten Constitution: A Bicentennial Comment
  97 YALE L.J. 281 (1987) · Yale Law Journal · 1987
• Choosing Representatives by Lottery Voting
  93 YALE L.J. 1283 (1984) · Yale Law Journal · 1984