Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash

Publications

• The Inconvenience Doctrine
  78 STAN. L. REV. 1 (2026) · Stanford Law Review · 2026
• Why, or Why Not, Be an Originalist?
  69 CATH. U. L. REV. 683 (2021) · Catholic University Law Review · 2021
• “Not a Single Privilege Is Annexed to His Character”: Necessary and Proper Executive Privileges and Immunities
  2020 SUP. CT. REV. (2020) · Supreme Court Review · 2020
• Against Constitution by Convention
  108 CAL. L. REV. 1975 (2020) · California Law Review · 2020

• Speaking with a Different Voice: Why the Military Trial of Civilians and the Enemy is Constitutional
  107 CAL. L. REV. 1021 (2019) · California Law Review · 2019
• Text over Intent and the Demise of Legislative History
  43 U. DAYTON L. REV. (2018) · University of Dayton Law Review · 2018
• Congress and the Reconstruction of Foreign Affairs Federalism
  115 MICH. L. REV. 47 (2016) · Michigan Law Review · 2016
• The Boundless Treaty Power Within a Bounded Constitution
  90 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1499 (2015) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2015
• The Sweeping Domestic War Powers of Congress
  113 MICH. L. REV. 1337 (2015) · Michigan Law Review · 2015
• Zivotofsky and the Separation of Powers
  2015 SUP. CT. REV. (2015) · Supreme Court 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
• Reverse Advisory Opinions
  80 U. CHI. L. REV. (2013) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2013
• The Appointment and Removal of William J. Marbury and When an Office Vests
  89 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 199 (2013) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2013
• Missing Links in the President’s Evolution on Same-Sex Marriage
  81 FORDHAM L. REV. 553 (2012) · Fordham Law Review · 2012

• Why the Incompatibility Clause Applies to the Office of the President
  4 DUKE J. CONST. L. & PUB. POL'Y 143 (2009) · Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy · 2009
• Imperial and Imperiled: The Curious State of the Executive
  50 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1021 (2008) · William & Mary Law Review · 2008
• Tempest in an Empty Teapot: Why the Constitution Does Not Regulate Gerrymandering
  50 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1 (2008) · William & Mary Law Review · 2008
• Why the Incompatibility Clause Applies to the Office of the President
  4 DUKE J. CONST. L. & PUB. POL'Y 35 (2008) · Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy · 2008
• Unleashing the Dogs of War: What the Constitution Means by Declare War
  93 CORNELL L. REV. 45 (2007) · Cornell Law Review · 2007
• A Two-Front War
  93 CORNELL L. REV. 197 (2007) · Cornell Law Review · 2007
• Why the President Must Veto Unconstitutional Bills
  16 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 81 (2007) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2007
• New Light on the Decision of 1789
  91 CORNELL L. REV. 1021 (2006) · Cornell Law Review · 2006
• Regulating the Commander in Chief: Some Theories
  81 IND. L.J. (2006) · Indiana Law Journal · 2006
• Reply: (Mis)Understanding Good-Behavior Tenure
  116 YALE L.J. 159 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• How To Remove a Federal Judge
  116 YALE L.J. 72 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• Removal and Tenure in Office
  92 VA. L. REV. 1779 (2006) · Virginia Law Review · 2006
• Regulating Presidential Powers
  91 CORNELL L. REV. 215 (2005) · Cornell Law Review · 2005
• Against Interpretive Supremacy
  103 MICH. L. REV. 1539 (2005) · Michigan Law Review · 2005
• Foreign Affairs and the Jeffersonian Executive: A Defense
  89 MINN. L. REV. 1591 (2005) · Minnesota Law Review · 2005
• Against Tribal Fungibility
  89 CORNELL L. REV. 1069 (2004) · Cornell Law Review · 2004
• The Constitution as Suicide Pact
  79 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1299 (2004) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2004
• "Is That English You're Speaking?" Why Intention Free Interpretation is an Impossibility
  41 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 967 (2004) · San Diego Law Review · 2004
• Reports of the Nondelegation Doctrine's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
  70 U. CHI. L. REV. (2003) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2003
• Mother May I? Imposing Mandatory Prospective Rules of Statutory Interpretation
  20 CONST. COMMENT. 97 (2003) · Constitutional Commentary · 2003
• Branches Behaving Badly: The Predictable and Often Desirable Consequences of the Separation of Powers
  12 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 543 (2003) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 2003
• The Origins of Judicial Review
  70 U. CHI. L. REV. (2003) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2003
• Are the Judicial Safeguards of Federalism the Ultimate Form of Conservative Jurisprudence?
  73 U. COLO. L. REV. 1363 (2002) · University of Colorado Law Review · 2002
• The Executive Power over Foreign Affairs
  111 YALE L.J. 231 (2001) · Yale Law Journal · 2001

• A Critical Comment on the Constitutionality of Excutive Privilege
  83 MINN. L. REV. 1143 (1999) · Minnesota Law Review · 1999
• America's Aristocracy
  109 YALE L.J. 541 (1999) · Yale Law Journal · 1999
• Unoriginalism's Law Without Meaning
  15 CONST. COMMENT. 529 (1998) · Constitutional Commentary · 1998
• The President's Power To Execute the Laws
  104 YALE L.J. 541 (1994) · Yale Law Journal · 1994
• Hail to the Chief Administrator: The Framers and the President's Administrative Powers
  102 YALE L.J. 991 (1993) · Yale Law Journal · 1993
• Field Office Federalism
  79 VA. L. REV. 1957 (1993) · Virginia Law Review · 1993