Michael Vitiello

Publications

• Proportionality and the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(B)(1): An Empirical Inquiry
  93 U. CIN. L. REV. 645 (2025) · University of Cincinnati Law Review · 2025
• Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., Due Process and Strange Bedfellows
  89 MO. L. REV. (2024) · Missouri Law Review · 2024
• Trump’s Legacy: The Long-Term Risks to American Democracy
  26 LEWIS & CLARK L. REV. 467 (2022) · Lewis & Clark Law Review · 2022
• The Supreme Court's Latest Attempt at "Clarifying" Personal Jurisdiction: More Questions Than Answers
  57 TULSA L. REV. 395 (2022) · Tulsa Law Review · 2022
• The War on Drugs: Moral Panic and Excessive Sentences
  69 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 441 (2021) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2021
• Revising the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Carving Out A More Active Role for Congress
  35 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 147 (2021) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 2021
• The End of the War on Drugs, the Peace Dividend and the Renewed Fourth Amendment?
  73 OKLA. L. REV. 285 (2021) · Oklahoma Law Review · 2021

• Marijuana Legalization, Racial Disparity, and the Hope for Reform
  23 LEWIS & CLARK L. REV. 789 (2019) · Lewis & Clark Law Review · 2019
• Katz v. United States: Back to the Future?
  52 U. RICH. L. REV. 425 (2018) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2018
• Legalizing Marijuana: A View from Among the Weeds
  69 UC L.J. 961 (2018) · UC Law Journal · 2018
• Justice Scalia's Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence: An Unabashed Foe of Criminal Defendants
  50 AKRON L. REV. (2017) · Akron Law Review · 2017
• Teaching Oral Advocacy: Creating More Opportunities for an Essential Skill
  45 SETON HALL L. REV. (2015) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2015
• Mass Incarceration: Why are Solutions so Difficult in California?
  15 U. MD. L.J. RACE RELIG. GENDER & CLASS 229 (2015) · University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class · 2015
• The Expanding Use of Genetic and Psychological Evidence: Finding Coherence in the Criminal Law?
  14 NV. L.J. FORUM 897 (2014) · Nevada Law Journal · 2014
• Alternatives to Incarceration: Why Is California Lagging Behind?
  28 GA. ST. U. L. REV. (2013) · Georgia State University Law Review · 2013
• Addressing the Special Problems of Mentally Ill Prisoners: A Small Piece of the Solution to our Nation's Prison Crisis
  88 DENV. L. REV. 57 (2010) · Denver Law Review · 2010
• Herring v. United States: Mapp's "Artless" Overruling?
  10 NV. L.J. FORUM 164 (2010) · Nevada Law Journal · 2010
• A Kiss Is Just a Kiss, or Is It? A Comparative Look at Italian and American Sex Crimes
  40 SETON HALL L. REV. (2010) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2010

• Professor Kingsfield: The Most Misunderstood Character in Literature
  33 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2005) · Hofstra Law Review · 2005
• A Proposal for a Wholesale Reform of California's Sentencing Practice and Policy
  38 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 903 (2004) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 2004
• Reforming Three Strikes' Excesses
  82 WASH. U. L. REV. (2004) · Washington University Law Review · 2004
• Reform of California's Grand Jury System
  35 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 513 (2002) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 2002
• What Marc Antony, Lady Macbeth, and Iago Teach Us About the First Amendment
  2 NV. L.J. FORUM 631 (2002) · Nevada Law Journal · 2002
• Punishment and Democracy: A Hard Look at Three Strikes' Overblown Promises
  90 CAL. L. REV. 257 (2002) · California Law Review · 2002

• How Imperial Is the Supreme Court? An Analysis of Supreme Court Abortion Doctrine and Popular Will
  34 U. S. F. L. REV. (1999) · University of San Francisco Law Review · 1999
• Article III Judges and the Initiative Process: Are Article III Judges Hopelessly Elitist
  31 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 1275 (1998) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1998
• Proposition 215: De Facto Legalization of Pot and the Shortcomings of Direct Democracy
  31 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 707 (1998) · University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform · 1998
• Three Strikes and the Romero Case: The Supreme Court Restores Democracy
  30 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 1601 (1997) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1997
• Three Strikes: Can We Return to Rationality
  87 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 395 (1997) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1997
• Has the Supreme Court Really Turned RICO Upside down: An Examination of Now v. Scheidler
  85 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 1223 (1995) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1995
• Payne v. Tennessee: A Stunning IPSE Dixit
  8 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 165 (1994) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 1994
• Journal Wars.
  22 ST. MARY'S L.J. (1991) · St. Mary's Law Journal · 1991

• Baby Jane Doe: Stating a Cause of Action against the Officious Intermeddler
  37 UC L.J. 863 (1986) · UC Law Journal · 1986
• Louisiana's Natural Death Act and Dilemmas in Medical Ethics
  46 LA. L. REV. (1985) · Louisiana Law Review · 1985
• Mapp's Exclusionary Rule: Is the Court Crying Wolf?
  86 DICK. L. REV. 15 (1981) · Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003) · 1981

• Constitutional Safeguards for Juvenile Transfer Procedure: The Ten Years since Kent v. United States
  26 DEPAUL L. REV. 23 (1977) · DePaul Law Review · 1977