Jack M. Balkin

Publications

• Constitutional Interpretation as Problem Solving: How the Modalities Work
  13 TEX. A & M L. REV. 509 (2026) · Texas A&M Law Review · 2026
• Casebooks, Canons, and Constitutional Memory
  34 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 337 (2025) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2025
• We Are All Cafeteria Originalists Now (And We Always Have Been)
  33 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 323 (2024) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2024
• Moody v. NetChoice: The Supreme Court Meets the Free Speech Triangle
  2024 SUP. CT. REV. (2024) · Supreme Court Review · 2024
• Frederick Douglass as Constitutionalist
  83 MD. L. REV. 260 (2023) · Maryland Law Review · 2023
• Constitutional Memories
  31 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 307 (2022) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2022
• Race and the Cycles of Constitutional Time
  86 MO. L. REV. (2021) · Missouri Law Review · 2021
• Korematsu as the Tribute that Vice Pays to Virtue
  74 ARK. L. REV. 255 (2021) · Arkansas Law Review · 2021
• Translating the Constitution
  118 MICH. L. REV. 977 (2020) · Michigan Law Review · 2020
• Lawyers and Historians Argue about the Constitution
  35 CONST. COMMENT. 345 (2020) · Constitutional Commentary · 2020

• The Recent Unpleasantness: Understanding the Cycles of Constitutional Time
  94 IND. L.J. (2019) · Indiana Law Journal · 2019
• The First Amendment in the Second Gilded Age
  66 BUFF. L. REV. 979 (2018) · Buffalo Law Review · 2018
• Arguing about the Constitution: The Topics in Constitutional Interpretation
  33 CONST. COMMENT. 145 (2018) · Constitutional Commentary · 2018
• Constitutional Crisis and Constitutional Rot
  77 MD. L. REV. 147 (2017) · Maryland Law Review · 2017
• Which Republican Constitution?
  32 CONST. COMMENT. 31 (2017) · Constitutional Commentary · 2017
• Cultural Democracy and the First Amendment
  110 NW. U. L. REV. 1053 (2016) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2016
• The Construction of Original Public Meaning
  31 CONST. COMMENT. 71 (2016) · Constitutional Commentary · 2016
• The New Originalism and the Uses of History
  82 FORDHAM L. REV. 641 (2013) · Fordham Law Review · 2013
• The American Constitution as “Our Lawâ€
  25 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. (2013) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 2013
• The First Amendment Is an Information Policy
  41 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2012) · Hofstra Law Review · 2012
• The Distribution of Political Faith
  71 MD. L. REV. 1144 (2012) · Maryland Law Review · 2012
• Sanford Levinson's Second Thoughts About Constitution Faith, reviewing Sanford Levinson, Constitutional Faith
  48 TULSA L. REV. 169 (2012) · Tulsa Law Review · 2012
• Commerce
  109 MICH. L. REV. (2010) · Michigan Law Review · 2010
• Constitutional Dictatorship: Its Dangers and Its Design
  94 MINN. L. REV. 1789 (2010) · Minnesota Law Review · 2010
• Commerce
  109 MICH. L. REV. 1 (2010) · Michigan Law Review · 2010

• The Future of Free Expression in a Digital Age
  36 PEPP. L. REV. (2009) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2009
• The Constitution in the National Surveillance State
  93 MINN. L. REV. 1 (2008) · Minnesota Law Review · 2008
• Original Meaning and Constitutional Redemption
  24 CONST. COMMENT. 427 (2007) · Constitutional Commentary · 2007
• Abortion and Original Meaning
  24 CONST. COMMENT. 291 (2007) · Constitutional Commentary · 2007
• Law and the Humanities: An Uneasy Relationship
  18 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. 155 (2007) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 2007
• The Processes of Constitutional Change: From Partisan Entrenchment to the National Surveillance State
  75 FORDHAM L. REV. 489 (2006) · Fordham Law Review · 2006
• Thirteen Ways of Looking at <em>Dred Scott</em>
  82 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 49 (2006) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2006
• Deconstruction's Legal Career
  27 CARDOZO L. REV. 719 (2005) · Cardozo Law Review · 2005
• <i>Plessy</i>, <i>Brown</i>, and <i>Grutter</i>: A Play in Three Acts
  26 CARDOZO L. REV. 1689 (2005) · Cardozo Law Review · 2005
• Law and Liberty in Virtual Worlds
  49 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REV. (2005) · NYLS Law Review · 2005
• Respect-Worthy: Frank Michelman and the Legitimate Constitution
  39 TULSA L. REV. 485 (2004) · Tulsa Law Review · 2004
• The American Civil Rights Tradition: Anticlassification or Antisubordination?
  58 U. MIAMI L. REV. 9 (2003) · University of Miami Law Review · 2003
• Idolatry and Faith: The Jurisprudence of Sanford Levinson
  38 TULSA L. REV. 553 (2003) · Tulsa Law Review · 2003
• What Are the Facts of Marbury v. Madison?
  20 CONST. COMMENT. 255 (2003) · Constitutional Commentary · 2003
• The Use That the Future Makes of the Past: John Marshall's Greatness and its Lessons for Today's Supreme Court Justices
  43 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1321 (2002) · William & Mary Law Review · 2002
• Bush v. Gore and the Boundary Between Law and Politics
  110 YALE L.J. 1407 (2001) · Yale Law Journal · 2001
• Understanding the Constitutional Revolution
  87 VA. L. REV. 1045 (2001) · Virginia Law Review · 2001

• Interpreting Law and Music: Performance Notes on "The Banjo Serenader" and "The Lying Crowd of Jews"
  20 CARDOZO L. REV. 1513 (1999) · Cardozo Law Review · 1999
• Getting Serious about Taking Legal Reasoning Seriously
  74 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 543 (1999) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1999
• Agreements with Hell and Other Objects of Our Faith
  65 FORDHAM L. REV. 1703 (1997) · Fordham Law Review · 1997
• The Constitution of Status
  106 YALE L.J. 2313 (1997) · Yale Law Journal · 1997
• Media Filters, the V-Chip, and the Foundations of Broadcast Regulation
  45 DUKE L.J. 1131 (1996) · Duke Law Journal · 1996
• How to Win Cites and Influence People
  71 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 843 (1996) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1996
• Legal Entitlements as Auctions: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Beyond
  106 YALE L.J. 703 (1996) · Yale Law Journal · 1996
• The Constitution as a Box of Chocolates
  12 CONST. COMMENT. 147 (1995) · Constitutional Commentary · 1995
• Ideology as Cultural Software
  16 CARDOZO L. REV. 1221 (1995) · Cardozo Law Review · 1995
• Populism and Progressivism as Constitutional Categories
  104 YALE L.J. 1935 (1995) · Yale Law Journal · 1995
• Transcendental Deconstruction, Transcendent Justice
  92 MICH. L. REV. 1131 (1994) · Michigan Law Review · 1994
• Understanding Legal Understanding: The Legal Subject and the Problem of Legal Coherence
  103 YALE L.J. 105 (1993) · Yale Law Journal · 1993
• What Is a Postmodern Constitutionalism?
  90 MICH. L. REV. 1966 (1992) · Michigan Law Review · 1992
• The Top Ten Reasons to Be a Legal Pragmatist
  8 CONST. COMMENT. 351 (1991) · Constitutional Commentary · 1991
• Turandot's Victory
  2 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. 299 (1991) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 1991
• Law, Music, and Other Performing Arts
  139 U. PENN. L. REV. 1597 (1991) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1991
• Tradition, Betrayal, and the Politics of Deconstruction
  11 CARDOZO L. REV. 1613 (1990) · Cardozo Law Review · 1990
• Some Realism About Pluralism: Legal Realist Approaches to the First Amendment
  39 DUKE L.J. 375 (1990) · Duke Law Journal · 1990
• The Hohfeldian Approach to Law and Semiotics
  44 U. MIAMI L. REV. 1119 (1990) · University of Miami Law Review · 1990
• Nested Oppositions
  99 YALE L.J. 1669 (1990) · Yale Law Journal · 1990
• The Rhetoric of Responsibility
  76 VA. L. REV. 197 (1990) · Virginia Law Review · 1990

• The Rule of Law as a Source of Constitutional Change
  6 CONST. COMMENT. 21 (1989) · Constitutional Commentary · 1989
• Deconstructive Practice and Legal Theory
  96 YALE L.J. 743 (1987) · Yale Law Journal · 1987