Robert J. Pushaw Jr

Publications

• “The Future of Executive Power”: An Overview
  53 PEPP. L. REV. 393 (2026) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2026
• The Original “Market” Understanding of the Commerce Clause: Insights from Early Federal Government Practice and Precedent
  48 BYU L. REV. 535 (2022) · BYU Law Review · 2022
• Playing with Words: Amar’s Nationalist Constitution
  80 WASH. & LEE L. REV. ONLINE 55 (2022) · Washington and Lee Law Review Online · 2022
• "Originalist" Justices and the Myth That Article III "Cases" Always Require Adversarial Disputes
  37 CONST. COMMENT. 259 (2022) · Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present) · 2022
• Comparing Literary and Biblical Hermeneutics to Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation
  47 PEPP. L. REV. 463 (2020) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2020

• Novel Perspectives on Due Process Symposium: Do Foreign Nations Have Constitutional Rights?
  88 FORDHAM L. REV. ONLINE (2019) · Fordham Law Review Online · 2019
• Enforcing Principled Constitutional Limits on Federal Power: A Neo-Federalist Refinement of Justice Cardozo's Jurisprudence
  60 WM. & MARY L. REV. 937 (2019) · William & Mary Law Review · 2019
• Ulysses S. Grant and the Lost Opportunity for Racial Justice
  33 CONST. COMMENT. 331 (2018) · Constitutional Commentary · 2018
• Analyzing Justice Cardozo’s Opinions on the Constitutionality of the New Deal
  34 TOURO L. REV. (2018) · Touro Law Review · 2018
• Talking Textualism, Practicing Pragmatism: Rethinking the Supreme Court's Approach to Statutory Interpretation
  51 GA. L. REV. (2016) · Georgia Law Review · 2016
• The Likely Impact of National Federation on Commerce Clause Jurisprudence
  40 PEPP. L. REV. (2013) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2013
• The Paradox of the Obamacare Decision: How Can the Federal Government have Limited Unlimited Power?
  65 FLA. L. REV. 1993 (2013) · Florida Law Review · 2013
• Explaining Korematsu: A Response to Dean Chemerinsky
  39 PEPP. L. REV. (2011) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2011
• Limiting Article III Standing to "Accidental" Plaintiffs: Lessons from Environmental and Animal Law Cases
  45 GA. L. REV. (2010) · Georgia Law Review · 2010

• Bridging the Enforcement Gap in Constitutional Law: A Critique of the Supreme Court's Theory That Self-Restraint Promotes Federalism
  46 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1289 (2005) · William & Mary Law Review · 2005
• Defending Deference: A Response to Professors Epstein and Wells
  69 MO. L. REV. (2004) · Missouri Law Review · 2004
• How is Constitutional Law Made?
  100 MICH. L. REV. 1265 (2002) · Michigan Law Review · 2002
• Judicial Review and the Political Question Doctrine: Reviving the Federalist Rebuttable Presumption Analysis
  80 N. C. L. REV. 1165 (2002) · North Carolina Law Review · 2002
• Bush v. Gore: Looking at Baker v. Carr in a Conservative Mirror
  18 CONST. COMMENT. 359 (2001) · Constitutional Commentary · 2001

• Congressional Power Over Federal Court Jurisdiction: A Defense of the Neo-Federalist Interpretation of Article IIl
  1997 BYU L. REV. 847 (1997) · BYU Law Review · 1997
• Justiciability and Separation of Powers: A Neo-Federalist Approach
  81 CORNELL L. REV. 393 (1996) · Cornell Law Review · 1996
• Article III's Case/Controversy Distinction and the Dual Functions of Federal Courts
  69 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 447 (1994) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1994