Brannon P. Denning

Publications

• Judges, Guns, and Maga
  74 DUKE L.J. 153 (2025) · Duke Law Journal · 2025
• Trouble’s Bruen: The Lower Courts Respond
  Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present) · 2024
• Retconning Heller: Five Takes on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen
  65 WM. & MARY L. REV. 79 (2023) · William & Mary Law Review · 2023
• Have Gun—Will Travel?
  83 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 97 (2020) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2020

• Can Judges Be Uncivilly Obedient?
  60 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1 (2018) · William & Mary Law Review · 2018
• State Legalization of Marijuana as a “Diagonal Federalism” Problem
  11 FIU L. REV. 349 (2016) · FIU Law Review · 2016
• The Dormant Commerce Clause Wynnes Won Wins One: Five Takes on Wynne and Direct Marketing Association
  100 MINN. L. REV. HEADNOTES 103 (2016) · Minnesota Law Review Headnotes · 2016
• Vertical Federalism, Horizontal Federalism, and Legal Obstacles to State Marijuana Legalization Efforts
  65 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 567 (2015) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2015
• Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar, the First Amendment, and the Continuing Campaign to Delegitimize Judicial Elections
  68 VAND. L. REV. EN BANC (2015) · Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc · 2015
• Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar, the First Amendment, and the Continuing Campaign to Delegitimize Judicial Elections
  68 VAND. L. REV. 113 (2015) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2015
• Environmental Federalism and State Renewable Portfolio Standards
  64 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 1519 (2014) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2014
• Anti-Anti-Evasion in Constitutional Law
  41 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. 397 (2014) · Florida State University Law Review · 2014
• One Toke over the (State) Line: Constitutional Limits on "Pot Tourism" Restrictions
  66 FLA. L. REV. 2279 (2014) · Florida Law Review · 2014
• Wynne: Lose or Draw
  67 VAND. L. REV. EN BANC (2014) · Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc · 2014
• Wynne: Lose or Draw
  67 VAND. L. REV. 245 (2014) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2014
• Extraterritoriality and the Dormant Commerce Clause: A Doctrinal Post-Mortem
  73 LA. L. REV. (2013) · Louisiana Law Review · 2013
• National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius: Five Takes
  40 UC L. CONST. Q. 807 (2013) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 2013
• Anti-Evasion Doctrines in Constitutional Law
  2012 UTAH L. REV. (2012) · Utah Law Review · 2012
• Common Law Constitutional Interpretation: A Critique
  27 CONST. COMMENT. 621 (2011) · Constitutional Commentary · 2011

• Heller, High Water (Mark)? Lower Courts and the New Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  60 UC L.J. 1245 (2009) · UC Law Journal · 2009
• Publius for All of Us
  26 CONST. COMMENT. 75 (2009) · Constitutional Commentary · 2009
• The New Protectionism and the American Common Market
  85 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 247 (2009) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2009
• Dormant Commerce Clause Limits on the Regulation of Big Boxes and Chain Stores: An Update
  58 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 1233 (2008) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2008
• Heller's Future in the Lower Courts
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2008
• Morse v. Frederick and the Regulation of Student Cyberspeech
  35 UC L. CONST. Q. 835 (2008) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 2008
• Reconstructing the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine
  50 WM. & MARY L. REV. 417 (2008) · William & Mary Law Review · 2008
• JUDICIAL DOCTRINE AS RISK REGULATION
  82 TENN. L. REV. (2006) · Tennessee Law Review · 2006
• Brother, Can You Paradigm?
  23 CONST. COMMENT. 81 (2006) · Constitutional Commentary · 2006
• Empirical Measures of Judicial Performance: Thoughts on Choi and Gulati's Tounament of Judges
  32 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2005) · Florida State University Law Review · 2005
• Confederation-Era Discrimination Against Interstate Commerce and the Legitimacy of the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine
  94 KY. L.J. (2005) · Kentucky Law Journal · 2005
• ANTI-EVASION DOCTRINES AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT
  81 TENN. L. REV. (2005) · Tennessee Law Review · 2005
• American Insurance Association v. Garamendi and Executive Preemption in Foreign Affairs
  46 WM. & MARY L. REV. 825 (2004) · William & Mary Law Review · 2004
• The Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine: Prolegomenon to a Defense
  88 MINN. L. REV. 1801 (2004) · Minnesota Law Review · 2004
• Why the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article Iv Cannot Replace the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine
  88 MINN. L. REV. 384 (2003) · Minnesota Law Review · 2003
• Telling Miller’s Tale: A Reply to David Yassky
  65 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 113 (2002) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2002
• Smokey and the Bandit in Cyberspace: The Dormant Commerce Clause, the Twenty-First Amendment, and State Regulation of Internet Alcohol Sales
  19 CONST. COMMENT. 297 (2002) · Constitutional Commentary · 2002
• Against (Constitutional) Settlement
  19 CONST. COMMENT. 781 (2002) · Constitutional Commentary · 2002
• The "Blue Slip": Enforcing the Norms of the Judicial Confirmation Process
  10 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 75 (2001) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2001
• Necromancing the Equal Rights Amendment
  17 CONST. COMMENT. 593 (2000) · Constitutional Commentary · 2000

• Justice Thomas, the Import-Export Clause, and Camps Newfound/Owatonna v. Harrison
  70 U. COLO. L. REV. 155 (1999) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1999
• The Constitutionality of State and Local "Sanctions" against Foreign Countries: Affairs State, States' Affairs, or a Sorry State of Affairs?
  26 UC L. CONST. Q. 307 (1999) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 1999
• Uneasy Riders: The Case for a Truth-in- Legislation Amendment
  1999 UTAH L. REV. (1999) · Utah Law Review · 1999
• Article II, the Vacancies Act and the Appointment of “Acting” Executive Branch Officials
  76 WASH. U. L. REV. 1039 (1998) · Washington University Law Review · 1998
• It Takes a Militia: A Communitarian Case for Compulsory Arms Bearing
  5 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 185 (1996) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 1996