Neil S. Siegel

Publications

• Balkin Amid Balkanization: Constitutional Construction, the Uses of History, and Interpretive Discretion in a Divided Country
  13 TEX. A & M L. REV. 625 (2026) · Texas A&M Law Review · 2026
• Narrow but Deep: The McCulloch Principle, Collective-Action Theory, and Section Three Enforcement
  39 CONST. COMMENT. 219 (2024) · Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present) · 2024
• The Trouble with Court-Packing
  72 DUKE L.J. 71 (2022) · Duke Law Journal · 2022
• Why the Nineteenth Amendment Matters Today: A Guide for the Centennial
  27 DUKE J. GENDER L. & POL'Y 235 (2020) · Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy · 2020

• Law Is Not Enough
  45 OHIO N. U. L. REV. (2018) · Ohio Northern University Law Review · 2018
• Political Norms, Constitutional Conventions, and President Donald Trump
  93 IND. L.J. (2018) · Indiana Law Journal · 2018
• After the Trump Era: A Constitutional Role Morality for Presidents and Members of Congress
  107 GEO. L.J. 3 (2018) · Georgetown Law Journal · 2018
• Reciprocal Legitimation in the Federal Courts System
  70 VAND. L. REV. 1183 (2017) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2017
• Constructed Constraint and the Constitutional Text
  64 DUKE L.J. 1213 (2015) · Duke Law Journal · 2015
• After Recess: Historical Practice, Textual Ambiguity, and Constitutional Adverse Possession
  2014 SUP. CT. REV. (2014) · Supreme Court Review · 2014
• Jack Balkin's Rich Historicism and Diet Originalism: Health Benefits and Risks for the Constitutional System
  111 MICH. L. REV. 931 (2013) · Michigan Law Review · 2013
• Free Riding on Benevolence: Collective Action Federalism and the Minimum Coverage Provision
  75 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 29 (2012) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2012
• Foreword
  75 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. i (2012) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2012
• Distinguishing the “Truly National” From the “Truly Local”: Customary Allocation, Commercial Activity, and Collective Action
  62 DUKE L.J. 797 (2012) · Duke Law Journal · 2012
• Four Constitutional Limits that the Minimum Coverage Provision Respects
  27 CONST. COMMENT. 591 (2011) · Constitutional Commentary · 2011
• Interring the Rhetoric of Judicial Activism
  59 DEPAUL L. REV. 555 (2010) · DePaul Law Review · 2010
• Prudentialism in McDonald v. City of Chicago
  6 DUKE J. CONST. L. & PUB. POL'Y 16 (2010) · Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy · 2010
• Struck by Stereotype: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Pregnancy Discrimination as Sex Discrimination
  59 DUKE L.J. 771 (2010) · Duke Law Journal · 2010

• International Delegations and the Values of Federalism
  71 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 93 (2008) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2008
• Umpires at Bat: on Integration and Legitimation
  24 CONST. COMMENT. 701 (2007) · Constitutional Commentary · 2007
• Theorizing the Law/Politics Distinction: Neutral Principles, Affirmative Action, and the Enduring Legacy of Paul Mishkin
  95 CAL. L. REV. 1473 (2007) · California Law Review · 2007
• Race-Conscious Student Assignment Plans: Balkanization, Integration, and Individualized Consideration
  56 DUKE L.J. 781 (2006) · Duke Law Journal · 2006
• Commandeering and Its Alternatives: A Federalism Perspective
  59 VAND. L. REV. 1627 (2006) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2006
• A Theory in Search of a Court, and Itself: Judicial Minimalism at the Supreme Court Bar
  103 MICH. L. REV. 1951 (2005) · Michigan Law Review · 2005
• Why the Eleventh Amendment Always Matters, Even When Transaction Costs Are Zero: A Reply to Professor Farber
  18 CONST. COMMENT. 177 (2001) · Constitutional Commentary · 2001
• State Sovereign Immunity and Stare Decisis: Solving the Prisoners' Dilemma within the Court
  89 CAL. L. REV. 1165 (2001) · California Law Review · 2001

• Sen and the Hart of Jurisprudence: A Critique of the Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior
  87 CAL. L. REV. 1581 (1999) · California Law Review · 1999