Michael B. Rappaport

Publications

• An Originalist Approach to Prospective Overruling
  99 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 425 (2023) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2023
• The Power of Interpretation: Minimizing the Construction Zone
  96 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 919 (2021) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2021

• Unifying Original Intent and Original Public Meaning
  113 NW. U. L. REV. 1371 (2019) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2019
• The Constitution and the Language of the Law
  59 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1321 (2018) · William & Mary Law Review · 2018
• Originalism and the Colorblind Constitution
  89 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 71 (2013) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2013
• The Constitutionality of a Limited Convention: An Originalist Analysis
  28 CONST. COMMENT. 53 (2012) · Constitutional Commentary · 2012
• The Obama Administration, Fundamental Institutional Change, and the Constitutional Lawmaking System
  26 CONST. COMMENT. 215 (2010) · Constitutional Commentary · 2010

• Originalism and Regulatory Takings: Why the Fifth Amendment May Not Protect Against Regulatory Takings, but the Fourteenth Amendment May
  45 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 729 (2008) · San Diego Law Review · 2008
• Originalism and Supermajoritarianism: Defending the Nexus
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2007
• The Unconstitutionality of "Signing and Not-Enforcing"
  16 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 113 (2007) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2007
• Original Interpretive Principles as the Core of Originalism
  24 CONST. COMMENT. 371 (2007) · Constitutional Commentary · 2007
• Supermajority Rules and the Judicial Confirmation Process
  26 CARDOZO L. REV. 543 (2005) · Cardozo Law Review · 2005
• The Judicial Filibuster, the Median Senator, and the Countermajoritarian Difficulty
  2005 SUP. CT. REV. (2005) · Supreme Court Review · 2005
• Symmetric Entrenchment: A Constitutional and Normative Theory
  89 VA. L. REV. 385 (2003) · Virginia Law Review · 2003
• Replacing Independent Counsels with Congressional Investigations
  148 U. PENN. L. REV. 1595 (2000) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2000

• Supermajority Rules as a Constitutional Solution
  40 WM. & MARY L. REV. 365 (1999) · William & Mary Law Review · 1999
• Still A Solution: In Further Support of Spending Supermajority Rules
  40 WM. & MARY L. REV. 527 (1999) · William & Mary Law Review · 1999
• The Rights of Legislators and the Wrongs of Interpretation: A Further Defense of the Constitutionality of Legislative Supermajority Rules
  47 DUKE L.J. 327 (1997) · Duke Law Journal · 1997
• The Constitutionality of Legislative Supermajority Requirements: A Defense
  105 YALE L.J. 483 (1995) · Yale Law Journal · 1995

• A Procedural Approach to the Contract Clause
  93 YALE L.J. 918 (1984) · Yale Law Journal · 1984