Gary S. Lawson

Publications

• The Rise and [?] of Anti-Administrativism
  51 BYU L. REV. 163 (2025) · BYU Law Review · 2025
• Does Good Originalism Need Good History?
  77 FLA. L. REV. 1975 (2025) · Florida Law Review · 2025
• Command and Control: Operationalizing the Unitary Executive
  92 FORDHAM L. REV. 441 (2023) · Fordham Law Review · 2023
• Against the Chenery II "Doctrine"
  99 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 47 (2023) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2023
• The Electoral Count Mess: The Electoral Count Act of 1887 is Unconstitutional, and other Fun Facts (Plus a Few Random Academic Speculations) about Counting Electoral Votes
  16 FIU L. REV. 297 (2022) · FIU Law Review · 2022
• Are People in Federal Territories Part of “We the People of the United States”?
  9 TEX. A & M L. REV. 655 (2022) · Texas A&M Law Review · 2022
• (Hypothetical) Communication in (Hypothetical) Context
  23 J. CONTEMP. LEGAL ISSUES 139 (2021) · The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues · 2021

• The Depravity of the 1930s and the Modern Administrative State
  94 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 821 (2019) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2019
• Why Robert Mueller's Appointment as Special Counsel Was Unlawful
  95 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 87 (2019) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2019
• Take the Fifth . . . Please!: The Original Insignificance of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process of Law Clause
  2017 BYU L. REV. 611 (2017) · BYU Law Review · 2017
• Did Justice Scalia Have a Theory of Interpretation?
  92 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 2143 (2017) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2017
• By Any Other Name: Rational Basis Inquiry and the Federal Government’s Fiduciary Duty of Care
  69 FLA. L. REV. 1385 (2017) · Florida Law Review · 2017
• Confronting "Crawford": Justice Scalia, the Judicial Method, and the Adjudicative Limits of Originalism
  84 U. CHI. L. REV. 2265 (2017) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2017
• The Rule of Law as a Law of Law
  90 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 483 (2014) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2014
• Night of the Living Dead Hand: The Individual Mandate and the Zombie Constitution
  81 FORDHAM L. REV. 1699 (2013) · Fordham Law Review · 2013
• No History, No Certainty, No Legitimacy . . . No Problem: Originalism and the Limits of Legal Theory
  64 FLA. L. REV. 1551 (2012) · Florida Law Review · 2012
• Rebel Without a Clause: The Irrelevance of Article VI to Constitutional Supremacy
  110 MICH. L. REV. FIRST IMPRESSIONS 33 (2011) · Michigan Law Review First Impressions · 2011
• Stipulating the Law
  109 MICH. L. REV. 1191 (2011) · Michigan Law Review · 2011

• Dirty Dancing - The FDA Stumbles with the Chevron Two-Step: A Response to Professor Noah
  93 CORNELL L. REV. 927 (2008) · Cornell Law Review · 2008
• A Truism with Attitude: The Tenth Amendment in Constitutional Context
  83 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 469 (2008) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2008
• Originalism as a Legal Enterprise
  23 CONST. COMMENT. 47 (2006) · Constitutional Commentary · 2006
• Oh Lord, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Rediscovering the Mathews v. Eldridge and Penn Central Frameworks
  81 NOTRE DAME L. REV. (2005) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2005
• Prolegomenon to Any Future Administrative Law Course: Separation of Powers and the Transcendental Deduction
  49 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2005) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2005
• Interpretative Equality as a Structural Imperative (Or "Pucker Up and Settle This!")
  20 CONST. COMMENT. 379 (2003) · Constitutional Commentary · 2003
• The First Establishment Clause: Article VII and the Post-Constitutional Confederation
  78 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 83 (2002) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2002
• Delegation and Original Meaning
  88 VA. L. REV. 327 (2002) · Virginia Law Review · 2002
• When Did the Constitution become Law
  77 NOTRE DAME L. REV. (2001) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2001
• Controlling Precedent: Congressional Regulation of Judicial Decision-Making
  18 CONST. COMMENT. 191 (2001) · Constitutional Commentary · 2001

• The Bill of Rights as an Exclamation Point
  33 U. RICH. L. REV. 511 (1999) · University of Richmond Law Review · 1999
• Taking Notes: Subpoenas and Just Compensation
  66 U. CHI. L. REV. (1999) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1999
• Reconceptuallizing Chevron and Discretion: A Comment on Levin and Rubin
  72 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 1377 (1997) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1997
• Linguistics and Legal Epistemology: Why the Law Pays Less Attention to Linguists Than It Should
  73 WASH. U. L. REV. 995 (1995) · Washington University Law Review · 1995
• The “Proper” Scope of Federal Power: A Jurisdictional Interpretation of the Sweeping Clause
  43 DUKE L.J. 267 (1993) · Duke Law Journal · 1993
• Foreword: The Constitution of Responsibility
  77 CORNELL L. REV. 955 (1992) · Cornell Law Review · 1992
• Efficiency and Individualism
  42 DUKE L.J. 53 (1992) · Duke Law Journal · 1992
• Equity and Hierarchy: Reflections on the Harris Execution
  102 YALE L.J. 255 (1992) · Yale Law Journal · 1992
• Territorial Governments and the Limits of Formalism
  78 CAL. L. REV. 853 (1990) · California Law Review · 1990

• AIDS, Astrology, and Arline: Towards a Casual Interpretation of Section 504
  17 HOFSTRA L. REV. (1989) · Hofstra Law Review · 1989