Michael J. Gerhardt

Publications

• Walter Dellinger: The Lawyer as Consummate Teacher
  102 N. C. L. REV. 1403 (2024) · North Carolina Law Review · 2024
• The Trump Impeachments: Lessons for the Constitution, Presidents, Congress, Justice, Lawyers, and the Public
  64 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1309 (2023) · William & Mary Law Review · 2023
• How Impeachment Works
  87 MO. L. REV. (2022) · Missouri Law Review · 2022
• Amar's Words That Made Us
  37 CONST. COMMENT. (2022) · Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present) · 2022
• Introduction: Legal Ethics in the Age of Trump
  98 N. C. L. REV. 1029 (2020) · North Carolina Law Review · 2020

• Why Gridlock Matters
  88 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 2107 (2013) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2013
• Letting Congress Be Congress: A Comment on Tiers of Scrutiny in Enumerated Powers Jurisprudence
  80 U. CHI. L. REV. ONLINE (2013) · University of Chicago Law Review Online · 2013
• On Candor, Free Enterprise Fund, and the Theory of the Unitary Executive
  22 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 337 (2013) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2013
• Constitutional Branding
  40 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2012) · Hofstra Law Review · 2012
• "Extraordinary Circumstances": The Legacy of the Gang of 14 and a Proposal for Judicial Nominations Reform
  46 U. RICH. L. REV. 969 (2012) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2012
• A Modest Decision
  46 TULSA L. REV. 379 (2011) · Tulsa Law Review · 2011

• Teaching Federal Courts: Federal Judges as Problem Solvers
  53 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2009) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2009
• How a Judge Thinks
  93 MINN. L. REV. 2185 (2009) · Minnesota Law Review · 2009
• The Phases and Faces of the Duke Lacrosse Controversy: A Conversation
  19 SETON HALL J. SPORTS & ENT. L. (2009) · Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law · 2009
• The Irrepressibility of Precedent
  86 N. C. L. REV. 1279 (2008) · North Carolina Law Review · 2008
• Non-Judicial Precedent
  61 VAND. L. REV. 713 (2008) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2008
• The Future of the Press in a Time of Managed News
  2 FIU L. REV. 41 (2007) · FIU Law Review · 2007
• The Constitutional Significance of Forgotten Presidents
  54 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 467 (2006) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2006
• Super Precedent
  90 MINN. L. REV. 1204 (2006) · Minnesota Law Review · 2006
• Merit vs. Ideology
  26 CARDOZO L. REV. 353 (2005) · Cardozo Law Review · 2005
• Judicial Selection by the Numbers
  32 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2005) · Florida State University Law Review · 2005
• Judicial Selection as . . . Talk Radio
  39 U. RICH. L. REV. 909 (2005) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2005
• The First Amendment's Biggest Threat
  89 MINN. L. REV. 1798 (2005) · Minnesota Law Review · 2005
• The Constitutionality of the Filibuster
  21 CONST. COMMENT. 445 (2004) · Constitutional Commentary · 2004
• Constitutional Decision-Making Outside the Courts
  19 GA. ST. U. L. REV. (2003) · Georgia State University Law Review · 2003
• Attitudes About Attitudes
  101 MICH. L. REV. 1733 (2003) · Michigan Law Review · 2003
• Crisis and Constitutionalism
  63 MONT. L. REV. (2002) · Montana Law Review · 2002
• The Lives of John Marshall
  43 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1399 (2002) · William & Mary Law Review · 2002
• The Rhetoric of Judicial Critique: From Judicial Restraint to the Virtual Bill of Rights
  10 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 585 (2002) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2002
• Norm Theory and the Future of the Federal Appointments Process
  50 DUKE L.J. 1687 (2001) · Duke Law Journal · 2001
• Impeachment Defanged and Other Institutional Ramifications of the Clinton Scandals
  60 MD. L. REV. 59 (2001) · Maryland Law Review · 2001
• The Special Constitutional Structure of the Federal Impeachment Process
  63 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 245 (2000) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2000
• The Perils of Presidential Impeachment (reviewing <i>An Affair of State: The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton</i> by Richard A. Posner)
  67 U. CHI. L. REV. (2000) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2000

• Institutional Analysis of Municipal Liability under Section 1983
  48 DEPAUL L. REV. 669 (1999) · DePaul Law Review · 1999
• The Historical and Constitutional Significance of the Impeachment and Trial of President Clinton
  28 HOFSTRA L. REV. (1999) · Hofstra Law Review · 1999
• Ackermania: The Quest for a Common Law of Higher Lawmaking
  40 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1731 (1999) · William & Mary Law Review · 1999
• Book Review of Grand Inquests: The Historic Impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson
  16 CONST. COMMENT. 433 (1999) · Constitutional Commentary · 1999
• Chancellor Kent and the Search for the Elements of Impeachable Offenses
  74 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 91 (1998) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1998
• The Constitutionality of Censure
  33 U. RICH. L. REV. 33 (1998) · University of Richmond Law Review · 1998
• Introduction
  47 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 1213 (1997) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 1997
• Putting Presidential Performance in the Federal Appointments Process in Perspective
  47 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 1359 (1997) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 1997
• Bottom Line on the Line-Item Veto Act of 1996
  6 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 233 (1997) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 1997
• Introduction: The Democratic Judge
  50 VAND. L. REV. 277 (1997) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1997
• 1996-97 Supreme Court Preview: Mock Arguments in Clinton v. Jones
  5 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 249 (1996) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 1996
• Art of Judicial Biography
  80 CORNELL L. REV. 1595 (1995) · Cornell Law Review · 1995
• 1995-1996 Supreme Court Preview: Mock Arguments in Romer v. Evans
  4 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 639 (1995) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 1995
• Rediscovering Nonjusticiability: Judicial Review of Impeachments After Nixon
  44 DUKE L.J. 231 (1994) · Duke Law Journal · 1994
• The Pressure of Precedent: A Critique of the Conservative Approaches to Stare Decisis in Abortion Cases
  10 CONST. COMMENT. 67 (1993) · Constitutional Commentary · 1993
• Liberal Visions of the Freedom of the Press
  45 VAND. L. REV. 1025 (1992) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1992
• The Ripple Effects of Slaughter-House: A Critique of a Negative Rights View of the Constitution
  43 VAND. L. REV. 409 (1990) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1990