H. Jefferson Powell

Publications

• The Harlan Court: A Constitutional Alternate History
  102 N. C. L. REV. 1381 (2024) · North Carolina Law Review · 2024
• Imagining the United States: Reflections from Constitutional Law
  85 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 1 (2022) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2022
• Judges as Superheroes: The Danger of Confusing Constitutional Decisions with Cosmic Battles
  72 S. C. L. REV. (2021) · South Carolina Law Review · 2021

• A Dialogue Between a Theologian and a Lawyer
  75 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 221 (2012) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2012
• The Regrettable Clause: United States v. Comstock and the Powers of Congress
  48 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 713 (2011) · San Diego Law Review · 2011
• Reasoning about the Irrational: The Roberts Court and the Future of Constitutional Law
  86 WASH. L. REV. 217 (2011) · Washington Law Review · 2011
• The Humanity of Law
  55 VILL. L. REV. 1161 (2010) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2010

• A Response to Professor Knight, Are Empiricists Asking the Right Questions about Judicial Decisionmaking?
  58 DUKE L.J. 1725 (2009) · Duke Law Journal · 2009
• A Teacher
  105 MICH. L. REV. 1393 (2007) · Michigan Law Review · 2007
• The Executive and the Avoidance Canon
  81 IND. L.J. (2006) · Indiana Law Journal · 2006
• 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
• Grand Visions in an Age of Conflict
  115 YALE L.J. 2067 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• The Three Independences
  38 U. RICH. L. REV. 603 (2004) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2004
• Reflections on a Conversation
  19 GA. ST. U. L. REV. (2003) · Georgia State University Law Review · 2003
• Convenient Shorthand: the Supreme Court and the Language of State Sovereignty
  71 U. COLO. L. REV. (2000) · University of Colorado Law Review · 2000
• The Judge
  78 N. C. L. REV. 1709 (2000) · North Carolina Law Review · 2000
• With Disdain for the Constitutional Craft: The Proposed Victims' Rights Amendment
  78 N. C. L. REV. 371 (2000) · North Carolina Law Review · 2000

• Who's Afraid of Thomas Cromwell
  74 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 393 (1999) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1999
• The Founders and The President's Authority over Foreign Affairs
  40 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1471 (1999) · William & Mary Law Review · 1999
• Laying It on the Line: A Dialogue on Line Item Vetoes and Separation of Powers
  47 DUKE L.J. 1171 (1998) · Duke Law Journal · 1998
• The Province and Duty of the Political Departments (reviewing <i>The Constitution in Congress: The Federalist Period, 1789-1801</i> by David P. Currie)
  65 U. CHI. L. REV. (1998) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1998
• The Lawfulness of Romer v. Evans
  77 N. C. L. REV. 241 (1998) · North Carolina Law Review · 1998
• The Attorney General's First Separation of Powers Opinion
  13 CONST. COMMENT. 309 (1996) · Constitutional Commentary · 1996
• Enumerated Means and Unlimited Ends
  94 MICH. L. REV. 651 (1995) · Michigan Law Review · 1995
• The Constitutionality of the Bank Bill: The Attorney General’s First Constitutional Law Opinions
  44 DUKE L.J. 110 (1994) · Duke Law Journal · 1994
• The Principles of '98: An Essay in Historical Retrieval
  80 VA. L. REV. 689 (1994) · Virginia Law Review · 1994
• “Cardozo’s Foot”: The Chancellor’s Conscience and Constructive Trusts
  56 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 7 (1993) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1993
• The Political Grammar of Early Constitutional Law
  71 N. C. L. REV. 949 (1993) · North Carolina Law Review · 1993
• The Oldest Question of Constitutional Law
  79 VA. L. REV. 633 (1993) · Virginia Law Review · 1993

• Reimagining the Marshall Court
  87 MICH. L. REV. 1527 (1989) · Michigan Law Review · 1989
• The Gospel According to Roberto: A Theological Polemic
  37 DUKE L.J. 1013 (1988) · Duke Law Journal · 1988
• The Modern Misunderstanding of Original Intent (reviewing <i>Federalism: The Founders' Design</i> by Raoul Berger)
  54 U. CHI. L. REV. (1987) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1987
• The Ambiguities of Pledging Faith
  29 WM. & MARY L. REV. 169 (1987) · William & Mary Law Review · 1987
• Rules for Originalists
  73 VA. L. REV. 659 (1987) · Virginia Law Review · 1987
• Constitutional Law as Though the Constitution Mattered
  35 DUKE L.J. 915 (1986) · Duke Law Journal · 1986
• Joseph Story's Commentaries on the Constitution: A Belated Review
  94 YALE L.J. 1285 (1985) · Yale Law Journal · 1985