Mark P. Strasser

Publications

• Divorce and Asset Distribution: Taking Stock of Options
  53 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2025) · Hofstra Law Review · 2025
• Public Accommodations and the Right to Refrain from Expressing Oneself
  72 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 671 (2024) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2024
• Free Exercise, the Respect for Marriage Act, and Some Potential Surprises
  72 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 433 (2024) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2024
• COVID-19, Free Exercise, and Most Favored Nation Status
  27 LEWIS & CLARK L. REV. 1 (2023) · Lewis & Clark Law Review · 2023
• Determining Marriage Length in Support Calculations: Should Cohabitation Count?
  30 J. L. & POL'Y 396 (2022) · Journal of Law and Policy · 2022
• Abortion and State Constitutional Guarantees: The Next Battleground
  51 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2022) · Hofstra Law Review · 2022
• Prenatal Tort Slippage
  31 HEALTH MATRIX 221 (2021) · Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine · 2021
• Fairness and the Putative Spouse
  81 LA. L. REV. (2021) · Louisiana Law Review · 2021
• Making Preconception Tort Theory Crisper
  105 MARQ. L. REV. 297 (2021) · Marquette Law Review · 2021
• Unduly Burdening Abortion Jurisprudence
  29 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 367 (2021) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2021
• Marriage, Domicile and the Constitution
  15 DUKE J. CONST. L. & PUB. POL'Y 103 (2020) · Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy · 2020
• Those Are Fighting Words, Aren’t They? On Adding Injury to Insult
  71 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 249 (2020) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2020

• Deception, Professional Speech, and CPCs: On <em>Becerra</em>, Abortion, and the First Amendment
  67 BUFF. L. REV. 311 (2019) · Buffalo Law Review · 2019
• Yoder's Legacy
  47 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2019) · Hofstra Law Review · 2019
• Divorce, Domicile, and the Constitution
  108 KY. L.J. (2019) · Kentucky Law Journal · 2019
• Masterpiece of Misdirection?
  76 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 963 (2019) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 2019
• Pickering, Garcetti, & Academic Freedom
  83 BROOK. L. REV. (2018) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2018
• Custody, Visitation, and Parental Rights under Scrutiny
  28 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 289 (2018) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 2018
• Free Exercise and Comer: Robust Entrenchment or Simply More of a Muddle?
  52 U. RICH. L. REV. 887 (2018) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2018
• Affirmative Action Invidiousness
  20 RICH. PUB. INT. L. REV. 1 (2017) · Richmond Public Interest Law Review · 2017
• Student Dismissals from Professional Programs and the Constitution
  68 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 94 (2017) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2017
• Incitement, Threats, and Constitutional Guarantees: First Amendment Protections pre- and post-Elonis
  14 U. N. H. L. REV. (2016) · The University of New Hampshire Law Review · 2016
• Government Speech and Circumvention of the First Amendment
  44 UC L. CONST. Q. 37 (2016) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 2016
• <em>Tinker</em> Remorse: On Threats, Boobies, Bullying, and Parodies
  15 FIRST AMEND. L. REV. 1 (2016) · First Amendment Law Review · 2016
• Free Exercise and Substantial Burdens under Federal Law
  94 NEB. L. REV. 633 (2016) · Nebraska Law Review · 2016
• Obergefell’s Legacy
  24 DUKE J. GENDER L. & POL'Y 61 (2016) · Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy · 2016
• Old Wine, Old Bottles, and Not Very New Corks: On State RFRAs and Free Exercise Jurisprudence
  34 ST. LOUIS U. PUB. L. REV. (2015) · Saint Louis University Public Law Review · 2015
• Traditional Surrogacy Contracts, Partial Enforcement, and the Challenge for Family Law
  18 J. HEALTH CARE L. & POL'Y 85 (2015) · Journal of Health Care Law and Policy · 2015
• <i>Schuette</i>, Electoral Process Guarantees, and the New Neutrality
  94 NEB. L. REV. 60 (2015) · Nebraska Law Review · 2015
• Definitions, Religion, and Free Exercise Guarantees
  51 TULSA L. REV. (2015) · Tulsa Law Review · 2015
• Schuette, Facial Neutrality, and the Constitution
  4 TENN. J. RACE GENDER & SOC. JUST. (2015) · Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice · 2015
• Marriage, the Constitution, and the Future of Family Law
  21 WASH. & LEE. J. C. R. & SOC. JUST. 303 (2015) · Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice · 2015
• Naiming the States Where Loving Will Be Recognized: On Tea Leaves, Horizontal Federalism, and Same-Sex Marriage
  22 WM. & MARY J. RACE GENDER & SOC. JUST. 1 (2015) · William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice · 2015
• Speech, Association, Conscience, and the First Amendment's Orientation
  91 DENV. L. REV. 495 (2014) · Denver Law Review · 2014
• The New Frontier - IVF's Challenges for State Courts and Legislatures
  17 SMU SCI. & TECH. L. REV. 125 (2014) · SMU Science and Technology Law Review · 2014
• Let Me Count the Ways: The Unconstitutionality of Same-Sex-Marriage Bans
  27 BYU J. PUB. L. 301 (2013) · Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law · 2013
• The Next Battleground? Personhood, Privacy, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
  65 OKLA. L. REV. 177 (2013) · Oklahoma Law Review · 2013
• The Endorsement Test Is Alive and Well: A Cause for Celebration and Sorrow
  39 PEPP. L. REV. (2013) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2013
• Conscience Clauses and the Placement of Children
  2013 UTAH L. REV. (2013) · Utah Law Review · 2013
• Innocent Beware: On Religion Clause Jurisprudence and the Negligent Retention or Hiring of Clergy
  22 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 177 (2013) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2013
• A Constitutional Balancing in Need of Adjustment: On Defamation, Breaches of Confidentiality, and the Church
  12 FIRST AMEND. L. REV. 325 (2013) · First Amendment Law Review · 2013
• Mill, Holmes, Brandeis and a True Threat to <em>Brandenburg</em>
  26 BYU J. PUB. L. 37 (2012) · Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law · 2012
• What's It to You: The First Amendment and Matters of Public Concern
  77 MO. L. REV. (2012) · Missouri Law Review · 2012
• Leaving the <em>Dale</em> to be More <em>Fair</em>: on <em>CLS v. Martinez</em> and First Amendment Jurisprudence
  11 FIRST AMEND. L. REV. 235 (2012) · First Amendment Law Review · 2012
• Funeral Protests, Privacy, and the Constitution: What Is Next After Phelps?
  61 AM. U. L. REV. (2011) · American University Law Review · 2011
• Parents, Religious Convictions, and Public School Curricula
  2011 BYU EDUC. & L.J. 547 (2011) · Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal · 2011
• Equal Protection, Same-Sex Marriage, and Classifying on the Basis of Sex
  38 PEPP. L. REV. (2011) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2011
• Advocacy, True Threats, and the First Amendment
  38 UC L. CONST. Q. 339 (2011) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 2011
• What if DOMA were Repealed? The Confused and Confusing Interstate Marriage Recognition Jurisprudence
  41 CAL. W. INT'L L.J. (2010) · California Western International Law Journal · 2010
• Life After DOMA
  17 DUKE J. GENDER L. & POL'Y 399 (2010) · Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy · 2010
• Defining Sex: On Marriage, Family, and Good Public Policy
  17 MICH. J. GENDER & L. 57 (2010) · Michigan Journal of Gender & Law · 2010
• Beyond the Binary: What Can Feminists Learn from Intersex Transgender Jurisprudence
  17 MICH. J. GENDER & L. 13 (2010) · Michigan Journal of Gender & Law · 2010
• On Same-Sex Marriage and Matters of Conscience
  17 WM. & MARY J. RACE GENDER & SOC. JUST. 1 (2010) · William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice · 2010
• On Disguises, Tokens, and Affirmative Action Policies
  85 IND. L.J. (2010) · Indiana Law Journal · 2010

• Religion in the Schools: On Prayer, Neutrality, and Sectarian Perspectives
  42 AKRON L. REV. (2009) · Akron Law Review · 2009
• The Coercion Test: On Prayer, Offense, and Doctrinal Inculcation
  53 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2009) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2009
• You Take the Embryos but I Get the House (and the Business): Recent Trends in Awards Involving Embryos upon Divorce
  57 BUFF. L. REV. 1159 (2009) · Buffalo Law Review · 2009
• Interstate Recognition of Adoptions: On Jurisdiction, Full Faith and Credit, and the Kinds of Challenges the Future May Bring
  2008 BYU L. REV. 1809 (2008) · BYU Law Review · 2008
• Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Illusory Safeguards against Funding Pervasively Sectarian Institutions of Higher Learning
  56 BUFF. L. REV. 353 (2008) · Buffalo Law Review · 2008
• Deliberate Indifference, Professional Judgment, and the Constitution: On Liberty Interests in the Child Placement Context
  15 DUKE J. GENDER L. & POL'Y 233 (2008) · Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy · 2008
• Marriage, Free Exercise, and the Constitution
  26 MINN. J. L. & INEQ. 59 (2008) · Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality · 2008
• Preaching, Fundraising and the Constitution: On Proselytizing and the First Amendment
  85 DENV. L. REV. 405 (2007) · Denver Law Review · 2007
• State Marriage Amendments and Overreaching: On Plain Meaning, Good Public Policy, and Constitutional Limitations
  25 MINN. J. L. & INEQ. 59 (2007) · Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality · 2007
• An Amendment to Protect Marriage: Bad in Theory, Likely Worse in Practice
  20 BYU J. PUB. L. 387 (2006) · Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law · 2006
• Thou Shalt Not?
  6 U. MD. L.J. RACE RELIG. GENDER & CLASS 439 (2006) · University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class · 2006
• THE PROTECTION OF CONSCIENCE: ON ACA, RFRA AND FREE EXERCISE GUARANTEES
  82 TENN. L. REV. (2006) · Tennessee Law Review · 2006
• The Lawrence Reader: Standhardt and Lewis on Women in Love
  24 ST. LOUIS U. PUB. L. REV. (2005) · Saint Louis University Public Law Review · 2005
• Rebellion in the Eleventh Circuit: On Lawrence, Lofton, and the Best Interests of Children
  40 TULSA L. REV. 421 (2005) · Tulsa Law Review · 2005
• <i>Lawrence</i> and Same-Sex Marriage Bans: On Constitutional Interpretation and Sophistical Rhetoric
  69 BROOK. L. REV. 1003 (2004) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2004
• Domestic Relations, Missouri v. Holland, and the New Federalism
  12 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 179 (2003) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2003
• Marital Acts, Morality, and the Right to Privacy
  30 N. M. L. REV. 43 (2002) · New Mexico Law Review · 2002
• Same-Sex Marriages and Civil Unions: On Meaning, Free Exercise, and Constitutional Guarantees
  33 LOY. U. CHI. L.J. 597 (2002) · Loyola University Chicago Law Journal · 2002
• An Analysis of the Federal Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage
  19 CONST. COMMENT. 761 (2002) · Constitutional Commentary · 2002
• When Is a Parent Not a Parent? On DOMA, Civil Unions, and Presumptions of Parenthood
  23 CARDOZO L. REV. 299 (2001) · Cardozo Law Review · 2001
• A Small Step Forward: The ALI Domestic Partners Recommendation
  2001 BYU L. REV. 1135 (2001) · BYU Law Review · 2001
• Chisholm, The Eleventh Amendment, and Sovereign Immunity: On Alden's Return to Confederation Principles
  28 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2001) · Florida State University Law Review · 2001
• Toleration, Approval, and the Right to Marry: On Constitutional Limitations and Preferential Treatment
  35 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 65 (2001) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 2001
• Taking Exception to Traditional Exceptions Clause Jurisprudence: On Congress's Power to Limit the Court's Jurisdiction
  2001 UTAH L. REV. (2001) · Utah Law Review · 2001
• Sex, Law, and the Sacred Precincts of the Marital Bedroom: On State and Federal Right to Privacy Jurisprudence
  14 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 753 (2000) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 2000
• Loving, Baehr, and the Right to Marry: On Legal Argumentation and Sophistical Rhetoric
  24 NOVA L. REV. 769 (2000) · Nova Law Review · 2000
• Baehr Mysteries, Retroactivity, and the Concept of Law
  41 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 161 (2000) · Santa Clara Law Review · 2000
• Should the Government Recognize Same-Sex Marriage? Session Two: Legal, Equitable, and Political Issues
  7 U. CHI. L. SCH. ROUNDTABLE (2000) · The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable · 2000
• Loving in the New Millennium: On Equal Protection and the Right to Marry
  7 U. CHI. L. SCH. ROUNDTABLE (2000) · The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable · 2000
• Mission Impossible: On Baker, Equal Benefits, and the Imposition of Stigma
  9 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 1 (2000) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2000

• Natural Law and Same-Sex Marriage
  48 DEPAUL L. REV. 51 (1999) · DePaul Law Review · 1999
• Wrongful Life, Wrongful Birth, Wrongful Death, and the Right to Refuse Treatment: Can Reasonable Jurisdictions Recognize All But One
  64 MO. L. REV. (1999) · Missouri Law Review · 1999
• Unity, Sovereignty, and the Interstate Recognition of Marriage
  102 W. VA. L. REV. (1999) · West Virginia Law Review · 1999
• A Jurisprudence in Disarray: On Battery, Wrongful Living, and the Right to Bodily Integrity
  36 SAN DIEGO L. REV. (1999) · San Diego Law Review · 1999
• <i>Baker</i> and Some Recipes for Disaster: On DOMA, Covenant Marriages, and Full Faith and Credit Jurisprudence
  64 BROOK. L. REV. 307 (1998) · Brooklyn Law Review · 1998
• The Futility of Futility?: On Life, Death, and Reasoned Public Policy
  57 MD. L. REV. 505 (1998) · Maryland Law Review · 1998
• Statutory Construction, Equal Protection, and the Amendment Process: On <em>Romer</em>, <em>Hunter</em>, and Efforts to Tame <em>Baehr</em>
  45 BUFF. L. REV. 739 (1997) · Buffalo Law Review · 1997
• Fit to Be Tied: On Custody, Discretion, and Sexual Orientation
  46 AM. U. L. REV. (1997) · American University Law Review · 1997
• Unconstitutional? Don't Ask; If It Is, Don't Tell: On Deference, Rationality and the Constitution
  66 U. COLO. L. REV. 375 (1995) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1995
• Domestic Relations Jurisprudence and the Great, Slumbering Baehr: On Definitional Preclusion, Equal Protection, and Fundamental Interests
  64 FORDHAM L. REV. 921 (1995) · Fordham Law Review · 1995
• Incompetents and the Right to Die: In Search of Consistent Meaningful Standards
  83 KY. L.J. (1995) · Kentucky Law Journal · 1995
• The Invidiousness of Invidiousness: On the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Jurisprudence
  21 UC L. CONST. Q. 323 (1994) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 1994