R. George Wright

Publications

• Cruel and Unusual Punishments and the Constitutional Status of the Idea of Progress
  20 FIU L. REV. 1061 (2026) · FIU Law Review · 2026
• The Captive Audience Doctrine Today
  20 DUKE J. CONST. L. & PUB. POL'Y (2025) · Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy · 2025
• The Problems of Commencement Speech
  90 MO. L. REV. (2025) · Missouri Law Review · 2025
• Political Deepfakes and the Limits of the Law
  39 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 713 (2025) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 2025
• Creative Jurisprudence: The Paradox of Free Speech Absolutism
  95 U. COLO. L. REV. F. (2024) · University of Colorado Law Review Forum · 2024
• Counterman v. Colorado: True Threats, Speech Harms, and Missed Opportunities
  99 IND. L.J. (2024) · Indiana Law Journal · 2024
• On Traditionalism in Free Speech Law
  50 J. LEGIS. 1 (2024) · Journal of Legislation · 2024
• A Free Speech-Based Response to Media Polarization
  18 FIU L. REV. 193 (2023) · FIU Law Review · 2023
• The Scope of Compelling Government Interests
  98 NOTRE DAME L. REV. REFLECTION 146 (2023) · Notre Dame Law Review Reflection · 2023
• The Proper Role of Judicial Opportunism in Constitutional Rights Scrutiny
  26 RICH. PUB. INT. L. REV. 49 (2023) · Richmond Public Interest Law Review · 2023
• Religious Ministers and the Scope of Their Rights to Non-Discrimination in Employment
  29 WASH. & LEE. J. C. R. & SOC. JUST. 1 (2023) · Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice · 2023
• Core and Periphery in Constitutional Law
  64 WM. & MARY L. REV. ONLINE 53 (2023) · William & Mary Law Review Online · 2023
• Trust and Distrust Across Constitutional Law
  36 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 39 (2022) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 2022
• Fighting Words Today
  49 PEPP. L. REV. 805 (2022) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2022
• Sharpening the Focus of Free Speech Law: The Crucial Role of Government Intent
  9 TEX. A & M L. REV. 405 (2022) · Texas A&M Law Review · 2022
• Is There a Constitutional Common Good?
  60 J. CATH. LEGAL STUD. (2022) · Journal of Catholic Legal Studies · 2022
• Disrespect as the Essence of Constitutional Right Violations
  28 CARDOZO J. EQUAL RTS. & SOC. JUST. 1 (2021) · Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice · 2021
• A Democratic View of Public Employee Speech Rights
  70 CATH. U. L. REV. 347 (2021) · Catholic University Law Review · 2021
• Holmesian Persons and the Administrative State
  35 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 847 (2021) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 2021
• A Variable Number of Cheers for Viewpoint-Based Regulations of Speech
  96 NOTRE DAME L. REV. REFLECTION 82 (2021) · Notre Dame Law Review Reflection · 2021
• Due Process on Campus: Where Do Procedural Rights Come from, and What Do They Require?
  22 NV. L.J. FORUM 281 (2021) · Nevada Law Journal · 2021
• How to Do Surgery on the Constitutional Law of Libel
  74 SMU L. REV. F. 145 (2021) · SMU Law Review Forum · 2021
• Time, Place, and Manner Restrictions on Speech
  40 N. ILL. U. L. REV. 265 (2020) · Northern Illinois University Law Review · 2020
• The Compelled Commercial Speech Cases: Why Not Just Flip a Coin?
  71 MERCER L. REV. (2020) · Mercer Law Review · 2020
• Freedom of Speech as a Cultural Holdover
  40 PACE L. REV. 235 (2020) · Pace Law Review · 2020
• Homelessness, Criminal Responsibility, and the Pathologies of Policy: Triangulating on a Constitutional Right to Housing
  93 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. (2020) · St. John's Law Review · 2020
• Wiping Away the Tiers of Judicial Scrutiny
  93 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. (2020) · St. John's Law Review · 2020

• Rights on Publicity as Remarkably Insignificant
  67 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 173 (2019) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2019
• Downgrading Superprecedents
  122 W. VA. L. REV. (2019) · West Virginia Law Review · 2019
• The Constitutional Rights of Advanced Robots (and of Human Beings)
  71 ARK. L. REV. 613 (2019) · Arkansas Law Review · 2019
• Political Discrimination by Private Employers
  87 U. CIN. L. REV. 761 (2019) · University of Cincinnati Law Review · 2019
• The Privileges and Immunities of Non-Citizens
  66 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 725 (2018) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2018
• Can Health Care Law and Policy Be Guided By Basic Values?: The Crucial Role of Perfectionist Solidarity
  86 U. CIN. L. REV. 971 (2018) · University of Cincinnati Law Review · 2018
• Public Fora and the Problem of Too Much Speech
  106 KY. L.J. (2018) · Kentucky Law Journal · 2018
• Epistemic Peerhood in the Law
  91 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. (2018) · St. John's Law Review · 2018
• The Heckler’s Veto Today
  68 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 156 (2017) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2017
• Objective and Subjective Tests in the Law
  16 U. N. H. L. REV. (2017) · The University of New Hampshire Law Review · 2017
• Legal Paternalism and the Eclipse of Principle
  71 U. MIAMI L. REV. 194 (2016) · University of Miami Law Review · 2016
• Negotiating the Terms of Corporate Human Rights Liability Under Federal Law
  53 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 579 (2016) · San Diego Law Review · 2016
• Equal Protection and the Idea of Equality
  34 MINN. J. L. & INEQ. (2016) · Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality · 2016
• The Rule of Law: A Currently Incoherent Idea that Can Be Redeemed Through Virtue
  43 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2015) · Hofstra Law Review · 2015
• Content-Neutral and Content-Based Regulations of Speech: A Distinction That is No Longer Worth the Fuss
  67 FLA. L. REV. 2081 (2015) · Florida Law Review · 2015
• The Basic Logic of Post-Tinker Jurisprudence
  2014 CARDOZO L. REV. DE NOVO 138 (2014) · Cardozo Law Review de•novo · 2014
• Religion Without God and the Future of Free Exercise
  63 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 147 (2014) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2014
• Persecution of Particular Social Groups and the Much Bigger Immigration Picture
  62 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 163 (2014) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2014
• Toward a Federal Constitutional Right to Employment
  38 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 63 (2014) · Seattle University Law Review · 2014
• How to Modestly Defend a Patently Defective Free Speech Rule
  12 FIRST AMEND. L. REV. 559 (2014) · First Amendment Law Review · 2014
• Pulling on the Thread of the Insanity Defense
  59 VILL. L. REV. 221 (2014) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2014
• At What is the Supreme Court Comparatively Advantaged?
  116 W. VA. L. REV. (2013) · West Virginia Law Review · 2013
• A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Religious Persecution: Casting Up a Dread Balance Sheet
  47 U. RICH. L. REV. 695 (2013) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2013
• Standards of Professional Conduct as Limitations on Student Speech
  11 FIRST AMEND. L. REV. 426 (2013) · First Amendment Law Review · 2013
• Constitutional Cases and the Four Cardinal Virtues
  60 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 195 (2012) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2012
• Self-Censorship and the Constriction of Thought and Discussion under Modern Communications Technologies
  25 NOTRE DAME J. L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'Y 123 (2012) · Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy · 2012
• Judicial Line-Drawing and the Broader Culture: The Case of Politics and Entertainment
  49 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 341 (2012) · San Diego Law Review · 2012
• Can We Make Sense of Neutrality in the Religion Clause Cases: Seven Rescue Attempts and a Viable Alternative
  65 SMU L. REV. 877 (2012) · SMU Law Review · 2012
• Electoral Lies and the Broader Problems of Strict Scrutiny
  64 FLA. L. REV. 759 (2012) · Florida Law Review · 2012
• The Constitutional Status of Speech about Oneself
  59 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 489 (2011) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2011
• The Law of Education: Educational Rights and the Roles of Virtues, Perfectionism, and Cultural Progress
  31 N. ILL. U. L. REV. 385 (2011) · Northern Illinois University Law Review · 2011
• Broadcast Regulation and the Irrelevant Logic of Strict Scrutiny
  37 J. LEGIS. 179 (2011) · Journal of Legislation · 2011
• Lying and Freedom of Speech
  2011 UTAH L. REV. (2011) · Utah Law Review · 2011
• What Counts as "Speech" in the First Place?: Determining the Scope of the Free Speech Clause
  37 PEPP. L. REV. (2010) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2010
• Arbitrariness: Why the Most Important Idea in Administrative Law Can't Be Defined, and What This Means for the Law in General
  44 U. RICH. L. REV. 839 (2010) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2010

• Dreams and Formulas: The Roles of Particularism and Principlism in the Law
  37 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2008) · Hofstra Law Review · 2008
• Originalism and the Problem of Fundamental Fairness
  91 MARQ. L. REV. 687 (2008) · Marquette Law Review · 2008
• Your Mileage May Vary: A General Theory of Legal Disclaimers
  7 U. N. H. L. REV. (2008) · The University of New Hampshire Law Review · 2008
• The Emergence of First Amendment Academic Freedom
  85 NEB. L. REV. (2007) · Nebraska Law Review · 2007
• Content-based and Content-Neutral Regulation of Speech: The Limitations of a Common Distinction
  60 U. MIAMI L. REV. 333 (2006) · University of Miami Law Review · 2006
• Dignity and Conflicts of Constitutional Values: The Case of Free Speech and Equal Protection
  43 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 527 (2006) · San Diego Law Review · 2006
• Dependence and Hierarchy Among Constitutional Theories
  70 BROOK. L. REV. (2004) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2004
• An Emotion-Based Approach to Freedom of Speech
  34 LOY. U. CHI. L.J. 429 (2003) · Loyola University Chicago Law Journal · 2003
• Cumulative Case Legal Arguments and the Justification of Academic Affirmative Action
  23 PACE L. REV. (2002) · Pace Law Review · 2002
• Treating Persons as Ends in Themselves: The Legal Implications of a Kantian Principle
  36 U. RICH. L. REV. 271 (2002) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2002
• The Illusion of Simplicity: An Explanation of Why the Law Can't Just Be Less Complex
  27 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. 715 (2000) · Florida State University Law Review · 2000
• Traces of Violence: Gadamer, Habermas, and the Hate Speech Problem
  76 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 991 (2000) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2000
• The Death Penalty and the Way We Think Now
  33 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 533 (2000) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 2000

• The Fourteen Faces of Narrowness: How Courts Legitimize What They Do
  31 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 167 (1997) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1997
• Cross-Examining Legal Ethics: The Roles of Intentions, Outcomes, and Character
  83 KY. L.J. (1995) · Kentucky Law Journal · 1995
• The Progressive Logic of Criminal Responsibility and the Circumstances of the Most Deprived
  43 CATH. U. L. REV. 459 (1994) · Catholic University Law Review · 1994
• Freedom and Culture: Why We Should Not Buy Commercial Speech
  72 DENV. L. REV. 137 (1994) · Denver Law Review · 1994
• Federal Immigration Law and the Case for Open Entry
  27 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 1265 (1994) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1994
• Noncombatant Immunity: A Case Study in the Relation between International Law and Morality
  67 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 335 (1992) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1992
• Two Models of Constitutional Adjudication
  40 AM. U. L. REV. (1991) · American University Law Review · 1991
• Should the Law Reflect the World?: Lessons for Legal Theory from Quantum Mechanics
  18 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. 855 (1991) · Florida State University Law Review · 1991
• Could a Constitutional Amendment Be Unconstitutional?
  22 LOY. U. CHI. L.J. 741 (1991) · Loyola University Chicago Law Journal · 1991
• Books Reviewed
  36 AM. J. JURIS. 203 (1991) · American Journal of Jurisprudence · 1991
• Free Speech and the Mandated Disclosure of Information
  25 U. RICH. L. REV. 475 (1991) · University of Richmond Law Review · 1991
• Does Free Speech Jurisprudence Rest on a Mistake: Implications of the Commensurability Debate
  23 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 763 (1990) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1990

• Racist Speech and the First Amendment
  9 MISS. COLL. L. REV. (1989) · Mississippi College Law Review · 1989
• The Unnecessary Complexity of Free Speech Law and the Central Importance of Alternative Speech Channels
  9 PACE L. REV. 57 (1989) · Pace Law Review · 1989
• A Contemporary Theory of Humanitarian Intervention
  4 FLA. J. INT'L L. (1989) · Florida Journal of International Law · 1989
• Speech on Matters of Public Interest and Concern
  37 DEPAUL L. REV. 27 (1988) · DePaul Law Review · 1988
• Low-Level Equal Protection: The Scope and Logic of Deferential Review
  77 KY. L.J. (1988) · Kentucky Law Journal · 1988
• A Rationale from J. S. Mill for the Free Speech Clause
  1985 SUP. CT. REV. (1985) · Supreme Court Review · 1985