Luis E. Fuentes-Rohwer

Publications

• Reconstructing (The Law of) Democracy
  114 GEO. L.J. (2026) · Georgetown Law Journal · 2026
• No Voice, No Exit, But Loyalty? Puerto Rico and Constitutional Obligation
  26 MICH. J. RACE & L. 133 (2021) · Michigan Journal of Race and Law · 2021
• Pathological Racism, Chronic Racism & Targeted Universalism
  109 CAL. L. REV. 1107 (2021) · California Law Review · 2021

• Taking Judicial Legitimacy Seriously
  93 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 505 (2018) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2018
• Race and Representation Revisited: The New Racial Gerrymandering Cases and Section 2 of the VRA
  59 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1559 (2018) · William & Mary Law Review · 2018
• Race, Fedralism, and Voting Rights
  2015 U. CHI. LEGAL F. (2015) · University of Chicago Legal Forum · 2015
• Who's Afraid of the Hated Political Gerrymander?
  104 KY. L.J. (2015) · Kentucky Law Journal · 2015
• Habermas, the Public Sphere, and the Creation of a Racial Counterpublic
  21 MICH. J. RACE & L. (2015) · Michigan Journal of Race and Law · 2015
• Foreword: Reflections on Our Founding
  20 MICH. J. RACE & L. 245 (2015) · Michigan Journal of Race and Law · 2015
• Opening Panel: "50 Years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice · 2015
• Judicial Activism and the Interpretation of the Voting Rights Act
  32 CARDOZO L. REV. 857 (2011) · Cardozo Law Review · 2011
• Looking for a Few Good Philosopher Kings: Political Gerrymandering as a Question of Institutional Competence Is Our Constitutional Order Broken - Structural and Doctrinal Questions in Constitutional Law: Gerrymandering, Congressional Representation, and Trust in the Political System: Essay
  Connecticut Law Review · 2011
• The Future of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the Hands of a Conservative Court
  5 DUKE J. CONST. L. & PUB. POL'Y 125 (2010) · Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy · 2010

• Understanding the Paradoxical Case of the Voting Rights Act
  36 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2009) · Florida State University Law Review · 2009
• The Land that Democratic Theory Forgot
  83 IND. L.J. (2008) · Indiana Law Journal · 2008
• The Politics of Preclearance
  12 MICH. J. RACE & L. 513 (2007) · Michigan Journal of Race and Law · 2007
• Legislative Findings, Congressional Powers, and the Future of the Voting Rights Act
  82 IND. L.J. (2007) · Indiana Law Journal · 2007
• Preclearance, Discrimination, and the Department of Justice: The Case of South Carolina
  57 S. C. L. REV. (2006) · South Carolina Law Review · 2006
• Reconsidering the Law of Democracy: Of Political Questions, Prudence, and the Judicial Role
  47 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1899 (2006) · William & Mary Law Review · 2006
• Domesticating the Gerrymander: An Essay on Standards, Fair Representation, and the Necessary Question of Judicial Will
  14 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 423 (2005) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 2005
• Of Platonic Guardians, Trust, and Equality: A Comment on Hansen's Minimalist Approach to the Law of Elections;Symposium
  31 J. LEGIS. 25 (2005) · Journal of Legislation · 2005
• A Principled Approach to the Quest for Racial Diversity on the Judiciary
  10 MICH. J. RACE & L. 5 (2004) · Michigan Journal of Race and Law · 2004
• In Defense of Deference
  21 CONST. COMMENT. 133 (2004) · Constitutional Commentary · 2004
• Doing Our Politics in Court: Gerrymandering, Fair Representation and an Exegesis into the Judicial Role
  78 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 527 (2003) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2003
• Baker's Promise, Equal Protection, and the Modern Redistricting Revolution: A Plea for Rationality
  80 N. C. L. REV. 1353 (2002) · North Carolina Law Review · 2002
• The Electoral College, the Right to Vote, and Our Federalism: A Comment on a Lasting Institution
  29 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2001) · Florida State University Law Review · 2001
• Challenges to Racial Redistricting in the New Millennium: Hunt v. Cromartie as a Case Study
  58 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 227 (2001) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 2001

• The Empitness of Majority Rule
  1 MICH. J. RACE & L. 195 (1996) · Michigan Journal of Race and Law · 1996