Neal E. Devins

Publications

• The Executive’s Takeover of Independent Agencies: How Institutional Design Gave Way to Political Will
  53 PEPP. L. REV. 441 (2026) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2026
• The Political Dynamics of Constitutional Law
  34 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 469 (2025) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2025
• Why You Cannot Find a Swing Justice When You Really Need One
  66 WM. & MARY L. REV. 947 (2025) · William & Mary Law Review · 2025
• Tribute to Professor James Moliterno
  80 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 627 (2023) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 2023

• Why Congress Does Not Challenge Judicial Supremacy
  58 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1495 (2017) · William & Mary Law Review · 2017
• Rethinking Judicial Minimalism: Abortion Politics, Party Polarization, and the Consequences of Returning the Constitution to Elected Government
  69 VAND. L. REV. 935 (2016) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2016
• Split Definitive: How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court into a Partisan Court
  2016 SUP. CT. REV. (2016) · Supreme Court Review · 2016
• Measuring Party Polarization in Congress: Lessons from Congressional Participation as Amicus Curiae
  65 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 993 (2015) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2015
• Party Polarization and Judicial Review: Lessons from the Affordable Care Act
  106 NW. U. L. REV. 1821 (2015) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2015
• Fifty States, Fifty Attorneys General, and Fifty Approaches to the Duty To Defend
  124 YALE L.J. 2100 (2015) · Yale Law Journal · 2015
• Congress's (Limited) Power to Represent Itself in Court
  99 CORNELL L. REV. 571 (2014) · Cornell Law Review · 2014
• Reverse Advisory Opinions
  80 U. CHI. L. REV. (2013) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2013
• Dicta, Schmicta: Theory Versus Practice in Lower Court Decision Making
  54 WM. & MARY L. REV. 2021 (2013) · William & Mary Law Review · 2013
• Why Congress Did Not Think About the Constitution When Enacting the Affordable Care Act
  106 NW. U. L. REV. 261 (2012) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2012
• How Congress Paved the Way for the Rehnquist Court's Federalism Revival: Lessons from the Federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban
  21 J. CIV. RTS. & ECON. DEV. (2012) · Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development · 2012
• Party Polarization and Congressional Committee Consideration of Constitutional Questions
  105 NW. U. L. REV. 737 (2011) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2011
• How State Supreme Courts Take Consequences Into Account
  62 STAN. L. REV. (2010) · Stanford Law Review · 2010

• How Planned Parenthood v. Casey (Pretty Much) Settled the Abortion Wars
  118 YALE L.J. 1318 (2009) · Yale Law Journal · 2009
• Ideological Cohesion and Precedent (or Why the Court Only Cares about Precedent When Most Justices Agree with Each Other)
  86 N. C. L. REV. 1399 (2008) · North Carolina Law Review · 2008
• Constitutional Avoidance and the Roberts Court
  32 U. DAYTON L. REV. (2007) · University of Dayton Law Review · 2007
• The D'oh! Of Popular Constitutionalism
  105 MICH. L. REV. 1333 (2007) · Michigan Law Review · 2007
• Signing Statements and Divided Government
  16 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 63 (2007) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2007
• Congress, the Supreme Court, and Enemy Combatants: How Lawmakers Buoyed Judicial Supremacy by Placing Limits on Federal Court Jurisdiction
  91 MINN. L. REV. 1562 (2007) · Minnesota Law Review · 2007
• Tom DeLay: Popular Constitutionalist?
  81 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 1055 (2006) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2006
• Smoke, Not Fire
  65 MD. L. REV. 197 (2006) · Maryland Law Review · 2006
• Should the Supreme Court Fear Congress?
  90 MINN. L. REV. 1337 (2006) · Minnesota Law Review · 2006
• The Academic Expert Before Congress: Observations and Lessons from Bill Van Alstyne’s Testimony
  54 DUKE L.J. 1525 (2005) · Duke Law Journal · 2005
• Judicial Review and Nongeneralizable Cases
  32 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2005) · Florida State University Law Review · 2005
• The Majoritarian Rehnquist Court?
  67 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 63 (2004) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2004
• Bring Back The Draft?
  19 GA. ST. U. L. REV. (2003) · Georgia State University Law Review · 2003
• Congress and the Making of the Second Rehnquist Court
  47 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2003) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2003
• Politics and Principle: An Alternative Take on Seth P. Waxman's Defending Congress
  81 N. C. L. REV. 2061 (2003) · North Carolina Law Review · 2003
• Congress, Civil Liberties, and the War on Terrorism
  11 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 1139 (2003) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2003
• Explaining Grutter v. Bollinger
  152 U. PENN. L. REV. 347 (2003) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2003
• The Steel Seizure Case: One of a Kind?
  19 CONST. COMMENT. 63 (2002) · Constitutional Commentary · 2002
• Congressional Factfinding and the Scope of Judicial Review: A Preliminary Analysis
  50 DUKE L.J. 1169 (2001) · Duke Law Journal · 2001
• Congress as Culprit: How Lawmakers Spurred on the Court’s Anti-Congress Crusade
  51 DUKE L.J. 435 (2001) · Duke Law Journal · 2001
• Social Meaning and School Vouchers
  42 WM. & MARY L. REV. 919 (2001) · William & Mary Law Review · 2001
• Reanimator: Mark Tushnet and the Second Coming of the Imperial Presidency
  34 U. RICH. L. REV. 359 (2000) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2000
• Abdication by Another Name: An Ode to Lou Fisher
  19 ST. LOUIS U. PUB. L. REV. (2000) · Saint Louis University Public Law Review · 2000
• Tribute to John Donaldson
  42 WM. & MARY L. REV. 367 (2000) · William & Mary Law Review · 2000
• On Case Books and Canons or Why Bob Jones University Will Never Be Part of the Constitutional Law Canon
  17 CONST. COMMENT. 285 (2000) · Constitutional Commentary · 2000
• Asking the Right Questions: How the Courts Honored the Separation of Powers by Reconsidering Miranda
  149 U. PENN. L. REV. 251 (2000) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2000

• The Democracy-Forcing Constitution
  97 MICH. L. REV. 1971 (1999) · Michigan Law Review · 1999
• Reflections on Coercing Privacy
  40 WM. & MARY L. REV. 795 (1999) · William & Mary Law Review · 1999
• Bearing False Witness: The Clinton Impeachment and the Future of Academic Freedom
  148 U. PENN. L. REV. 165 (1999) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1999
• I Love You, Big Brother
  87 CAL. L. REV. 1283 (1999) · California Law Review · 1999
• Foreword
  61 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. (1998) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1998
• The Battle That Never Was: Congress, the White House, and Agency Litigation Authority
  61 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 205 (1998) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1998
• How Not to Challenge the Court
  39 WM. & MARY L. REV. 645 (1998) · William & Mary Law Review · 1998
• Judicial Exclusivity and Political Instability
  84 VA. L. REV. 83 (1998) · Virginia Law Review · 1998
• In Search of the Lost Chord: Reflections on the 1996 Item Veto Act
  47 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 1605 (1997) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 1997
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena and the Continuing Irrelevance of Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decisions
  37 WM. & MARY L. REV. 673 (1996) · William & Mary Law Review · 1996
• Unitariness and Independence: Solicitor General Control over Independent Agency Litigation
  82 CAL. L. REV. 255 (1994) · California Law Review · 1994
• Political Will and the Unitary Executive: What Makes an Independent Agency Independent?
  15 CARDOZO L. REV. 273 (1993) · Cardozo Law Review · 1993
• Congress, the FCC, and the Search for the Public Trustee
  56 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 145 (1993) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1993
• Reagan Redux: Civil Rights under Bush
  68 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 955 (1993) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1993
• Where's the Politics?: Introduction to Williams, Eastland, Days, and Rabkin
  34 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1 (1992) · William & Mary Law Review · 1992
• Judicial Matters
  80 CAL. L. REV. 1027 (1992) · California Law Review · 1992
• The Civil Rights Hydra
  89 MICH. L. REV. 1723 (1991) · Michigan Law Review · 1991
• The Rhetoric of Equality
  44 VAND. L. REV. 15 (1991) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1991
• Budget Reform and the Balance of Powers
  31 WM. & MARY L. REV. 993 (1990) · William & Mary Law Review · 1990

• Judicial Vigilantism: Inherent Judicial Authority to Appoint Contempt Prosecutors in Young v. United States ex rel Vuitton Et Fils S.A.
  76 KY. L.J. (1988) · Kentucky Law Journal · 1988
• Gender Justice and Its Critics
  76 CAL. L. REV. 1377 (1988) · California Law Review · 1988
• Appropriations Redux: A Critical Look at the Fiscal Year 1988 Continuing Resolution
  37 DUKE L.J. 389 (1988) · Duke Law Journal · 1988
• Centralization in Education: Why Johnny Can't Spell Bureaucracy
  75 CAL. L. REV. 759 (1987) · California Law Review · 1987
• Regulation of Government Agencies Through Limitation Riders
  36 DUKE L.J. 456 (1987) · Duke Law Journal · 1987
• The Trouble with Jaycees
  34 CATH. U. L. REV. 901 (1985) · Catholic University Law Review · 1985
• Standing and Adverseness in Challenges of Tax Exemptions for Discriminatory Private Schools
  52 FORDHAM L. REV. 441 (1984) · Fordham Law Review · 1984
• New Federalism in Education: The Meaning of the Chicago School Desegregation Cases
  59 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1243 (1984) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1984
• School Desegregation Law in the 1980's: The Courts' Abandonment of Brown v. Board of Education
  26 WM. & MARY L. REV. 7 (1984) · William & Mary Law Review · 1984
• A Constitutional Right to Home Instruction?
  62 WASH. U. L. REV. 435 (1984) · Washington University Law Review · 1984
• State Regulation of Christian Schools
  10 J. LEGIS. 351 (1983) · Journal of Legislation · 1983
• A Tax Policy Analysis of Bob Jones University v. United States
  36 VAND. L. REV. 1353 (1983) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1983