Michael Stokes Paulsen

Publications

• The Interpretive Force of Alexander Hamilton’s Early Expositions of Presidential Power
  53 PEPP. L. REV. 695 (2026) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2026
• The Power to Declare Peace
  53 PEPP. L. REV. (2026) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2026

• Text over Intent and the Demise of Legislative History
  43 U. DAYTON L. REV. (2018) · University of Dayton Law Review · 2018
• The Unconscionable War on Moral Conscience
  91 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1167 (2016) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2016
• The Constitutional Propriety of Ideological Litmus Tests for Judicial Appointments
  83 U. CHI. L. REV. ONLINE (2016) · University of Chicago Law Review Online · 2016
• The Text, the Whole Text, and Nothing but the Text, So Help Me God: Un-Writing Amar's Unwritten Constitution (reviewing <i>America's Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By</i> by Akhil Reed Amar)
  81 U. CHI. L. REV. (2014) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2014
• Is Religious Freedom Irrational?
  112 MICH. L. REV. 1043 (2014) · Michigan Law Review · 2014
• The Priority of God: A Theory of Religious Liberty
  39 PEPP. L. REV. (2013) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2013
• Our Perfect, Perfect Constitution
  27 CONST. COMMENT. 531 (2011) · Constitutional Commentary · 2011

• The Constitutional Power To Interpret International Law
  118 YALE L.J. 1762 (2009) · Yale Law Journal · 2009
• Lincoln and Judicial Authority
  83 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 761 (2008) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2008
• Does the Supreme Court's Current Doctrine of Stare Decisis Require Adherence to the Supreme Court's Current Doctrine of Star Decisis
  86 N. C. L. REV. 1165 (2008) · North Carolina Law Review · 2008
• Colloquium: Akhil Reed Amar's America's Constitution and Jed Rubenfeld's Revolution by Judiciary
  115 YALE L.J. 1972 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• How to Interpret the Constitution (And How Not To)
  115 YALE L.J. 2037 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• The Emancipation Proclamation and the Commander in Chief Power
  40 GA. L. REV. (2006) · Georgia Law Review · 2006
• The Intrinsically Corrupting Influence of Precedent
  22 CONST. COMMENT. 289 (2005) · Constitutional Commentary · 2005
• Killing Terri Schiavo
  22 CONST. COMMENT. 585 (2005) · Constitutional Commentary · 2005
• The Constitution of Necessity
  79 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1257 (2004) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2004
• The Civil War as Constitutional Interpretation (reviewing <i>Lincoln's Constitution</i> by Daniel Farber)
  71 U. CHI. L. REV. (2004) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2004
• The Worst Constitutional Decision of All Time
  78 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 995 (2003) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2003
• The Irrepressible Myth of <em>Marbury</em>
  101 MICH. L. REV. 2706 (2003) · Michigan Law Review · 2003
• Marbury's Wrongness
  20 CONST. COMMENT. 343 (2003) · Constitutional Commentary · 2003
• Youngstown Goes to War
  19 CONST. COMMENT. 215 (2002) · Constitutional Commentary · 2002
• Is West Virginia Unconstitutional
  90 CAL. L. REV. 291 (2002) · California Law Review · 2002
• Scouts, Families, and Schools
  85 MINN. L. REV. 1917 (2001) · Minnesota Law Review · 2001
• Lawson's Awesome (Also Wrong, Some)
  18 CONST. COMMENT. 231 (2001) · Constitutional Commentary · 2001
• Abrogating Stare Decisis by Statute: May Congress Remove the Precedential Effect of Roe and Casey?
  109 YALE L.J. 1535 (2000) · Yale Law Journal · 2000

• The Independent Counsel Investigation, the Impeachment Proceedings, and President Clinton's Defense: Inquiries into the Role and Responsibilities of Lawyers, Symposium, Dead Man's Privilege: Vince Foster and the Demise of Legal Ethics
  68 FORDHAM L. REV. 807 (1999) · Fordham Law Review · 1999
• God is Great, Garvey is Good: Making Sense of Religious Freedom
  72 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1597 (1999) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1999
• Scalia's Sermonette
  72 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 863 (1999) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1999
• Nixon Now: The Courts and the Presidency after Twenty-five Years
  83 MINN. L. REV. 1337 (1999) · Minnesota Law Review · 1999
• Hell, Handbaskets, and Government Lawyers: The Duty of Loyalty and Its Limits
  61 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 83 (1998) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1998
• Who Owns the Government's Attorney-Client Privilege
  83 MINN. L. REV. 473 (1998) · Minnesota Law Review · 1998
• How Yale Law School Trivializes Religious Devotion
  27 SETON HALL L. REV. (1997) · Seton Hall Law Review · 1997
• Dirty Harry and the Real Constitution (reviewing <i>The Constitution and Criminal Procedure: First Principles</i> by Akhil Reed Amar)
  64 U. CHI. L. REV. (1997) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1997
• Counting Heads on RFRA
  14 CONST. COMMENT. 7 (1997) · Constitutional Commentary · 1997
• A RFRA Runs through It: Religious Freedom and the U.S. Code
  56 MONT. L. REV. (1995) · Montana Law Review · 1995
• Straightening Out The Confirmation Mess
  105 YALE L.J. 549 (1995) · Yale Law Journal · 1995
• The <i>Merryman</i> Power and the Dilemma of Autonomous Executive Branch Interpretation
  15 CARDOZO L. REV. 81 (1993) · Cardozo Law Review · 1993
• <i>Lemon</i> is Dead
  43 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 795 (1993) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 1993
• Book Review of The Constitution in Conflict
  10 CONST. COMMENT. 221 (1993) · Constitutional Commentary · 1993
• A General Theory of Article V: The Constitutional Lessons of the Twenty-seventh Amendment
  103 YALE L.J. 677 (1993) · Yale Law Journal · 1993