Sanford V. Levinson

Publications

• The Double Bind of the United States Constitution
  77 FLA. L. REV. 1313 (2025) · Florida Law Review · 2025
• Under What Circumstances is “Caste” Likely to Be Useful as an Analytic Concept (and Should We Care)?
  85 MD. L. REV. 282 (2025) · Maryland Law Review · 2025
• Casebooks, Canons, and Constitutional Memory
  34 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 337 (2025) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2025
• Foreword: Casebooks and the Choices That Shape Constitutional Law
  34 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 331 (2025) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2025
• Shared Memories and Constitutional Foundations
  33 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 483 (2024) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2024
• The Contradictions of James Madison and, Therefore, of American Constitutionalism
  112 CAL. L. REV. 2233 (2024) · California Law Review · 2024
• A Grievously Belated Thank You Note
  71 BUFF. L. REV. 41 (2023) · Buffalo Law Review · 2023
• Frederick Douglass as Constitutionalist
  83 MD. L. REV. 260 (2023) · Maryland Law Review · 2023
• The Pedagogy of "Equality"
  23 J. CONTEMP. LEGAL ISSUES 283 (2022) · The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues · 2022
• Justice Accused at 45: Reflections on Robert Cover’s Masterwork
  37 TOURO L. REV. (2022) · Touro Law Review · 2022
• Cock-eyed Optimist Meets Chicken Little: Jack Balkin on the American Future
  86 MO. L. REV. (2021) · Missouri Law Review · 2021
• Korematsu, Hawaii, and Pedagogy
  74 ARK. L. REV. 269 (2021) · Arkansas Law Review · 2021
• Are (American) Secessionists Necessarily Revolutionaries?
  81 MD. L. REV. 217 (2021) · Maryland Law Review · 2021
• Does Importance Equal Greatness? Reflections on John Marshall and McCulloch v. Maryland
  73 ARK. L. REV. 79 (2020) · Arkansas Law Review · 2020
• Written in Stone: The Meaning of Public Monuments and Whether They Remain or Go
  108 KY. L.J. (2020) · Kentucky Law Journal · 2020
• Reading Halakhah as a Secularist
  64 VILL. L. REV. 709 (2020) · Villanova Law Review (1956 - ) · 2020
• Mastering the Cases and Delineating the Role of the Supreme Court
  35 CONST. COMMENT. 13 (2020) · Constitutional Commentary · 2020

• The Confusing Language of McCulloch v. Maryland: Did Marshall Really Know What He Was Doing (or Meant)?
  72 ARK. L. REV. 7 (2019) · Arkansas Law Review · 2019
• Comment on Ruben and Blocher: Too Damn Many Cases, and an Absent Supreme Court
  68 DUKE L.J. 17 (2018) · Duke Law Journal · 2018
• Why Strauder v. West Virginia Is the Most Important Single Source of Insight on the Tensions Contained Within the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
  62 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2018) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2018
• Postscript: Some Observations About Guns and Sovereignty
  80 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 239 (2017) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2017
• Randy Barnett’s Critique of Democracy (And John Marshall?)
  32 CONST. COMMENT. 113 (2017) · Constitutional Commentary · 2017
• The Ten Year War: What if Lincoln Had Not Exited After Four Years?
  51 TULSA L. REV. 313 (2016) · Tulsa Law Review · 2016
• What One Can Learn from Foreign-Language Translations of the U.S. Constitution
  31 CONST. COMMENT. 55 (2016) · Constitutional Commentary · 2016
• “Who Counts?” “Sez Who?”
  58 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2014) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2014
• Taking States (and Metaphysics) Seriously
  112 MICH. L. REV. 1071 (2014) · Michigan Law Review · 2014
• Popular Sovereignty and the United States Constitution: Tensions in the Ackermanian Program
  123 YALE L.J. 2644 (2014) · Yale Law Journal · 2014
• Divided Loyalties: The Problem of “Dual Sovereignty” and Constitutional Faith
  29 TOURO L. REV. (2013) · Touro Law Review · 2013
• “Reflection and Choice”: A One-Time Experience?
  92 NEB. L. REV. (2013) · Nebraska Law Review · 2013
• "Constitutional Myths" and "Democratic Politics": Two Takes on the American Constitution
  49 TULSA L. REV. 377 (2013) · Tulsa Law Review · 2013
• Meliorism v. "Bomb-Throwing" as Techniques of Reform
  48 TULSA L. REV. 477 (2013) · Tulsa Law Review · 2013
• How I Lost My Constitutional Faith
  71 MD. L. REV. 956 (2012) · Maryland Law Review · 2012
• If We Have an Imperfect Constitution, Should We Settle for Remarkably Timid Reform? Reflections Generated by the General Phenomenon of “Tea Party Constitutionalism” and Randy Barnett’s Particular Proposal for a “Repeal Amendment”
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2011
• Has the Obama Presidency Vitiated the Dysfunctional Constitution Thesis Is Our Constitutional Order Broken - Structural and Doctrinal Questions in Constitutional Law: Keynote Address
  Connecticut Law Review · 2011
• Some Too (or Blessedly) Short Responses to Five Thoughtful Readers
  38 PEPP. L. REV. (2011) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2011
• Compromise and Constitutionalism
  38 PEPP. L. REV. (2011) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2011
• To What Extent Is Judicial Intervention against Torture a Hollow Hope: Reflections on the Israeli and American Judicial Experiences since 2001
  47 TULSA L. REV. 363 (2011) · Tulsa Law Review · 2011
• So Much to Rewrite, So Little Time....
  27 CONST. COMMENT. 515 (2011) · Constitutional Commentary · 2011
• America's Other Constitutions: The Importance of State Constitutions for Our Law and Politics
  45 TULSA L. REV. 813 (2010) · Tulsa Law Review · 2010
• Book Review Introduction: Selection Biases
  45 TULSA L. REV. 575 (2010) · Tulsa Law Review · 2010
• Constitutional Dictatorship: Its Dangers and Its Design
  94 MINN. L. REV. 1789 (2010) · Minnesota Law Review · 2010

• Why Didn't the Supreme Court Take My Advice in the Heller Case - Some Speculative Responses to an Egocentric Question
  60 UC L.J. 1491 (2009) · UC Law Journal · 2009
• Thomas Ruffin and the Politics of Public Honor: Political Change and the Creative Destruction of Public Space
  87 N. C. L. REV. 673 (2009) · North Carolina Law Review · 2009
• What Should Citizens (as Participants in a Republican Form of Government) Know About the Constitution?
  50 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1239 (2009) · William & Mary Law Review · 2009
• Our Schizoid Approach to the United States Constitution: Competing Narratives of Constitutional Dynamism and Stasis
  84 IND. L.J. (2009) · Indiana Law Journal · 2009
• Political Party and Senatorial Succession: A Response to Vikram Amar on How Best to Interpret the Seventeenth Amendment
  35 UC L. CONST. Q. 713 (2008) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 2008
• Afterword: Do We Really Believe Any Longer in the Possibility of “Government from Reflection and Choice”? a Dour Meditation on Our Present Situation
  67 MD. L. REV. 281 (2007) · Maryland Law Review · 2007
• Arms and Constitutional Design: An Essay for Laurence Tribe
  42 TULSA L. REV. 883 (2007) · Tulsa Law Review · 2007
• Law and the Humanities: An Uneasy Relationship
  18 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. 155 (2007) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 2007
• The Processes of Constitutional Change: From Partisan Entrenchment to the National Surveillance State
  75 FORDHAM L. REV. 489 (2006) · Fordham Law Review · 2006
• Thirteen Ways of Looking at <em>Dred Scott</em>
  82 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 49 (2006) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2006
• Comment - Assuring Continuity of Government
  4 U. N. H. L. REV. (2006) · The University of New Hampshire Law Review · 2006
• The Deepening Crisis of American Constitutionalism
  40 GA. L. REV. (2006) · Georgia Law Review · 2006
• Constitutional Norms in a State of Permanent Emergency
  40 GA. L. REV. (2006) · Georgia Law Review · 2006
• In Praise of Richard Weisberg and Engaged Scholarship
  26 CARDOZO L. REV. 2247 (2005) · Cardozo Law Review · 2005
• Thinking About Polygamy
  42 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 1049 (2005) · San Diego Law Review · 2005
• Why Nuclear Disarmament May Be Easier to Achieve Than an End to Partisan Conflict over Judicial Appointments
  39 U. RICH. L. REV. 923 (2005) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2005
• Perpetual Union, Free Love, and Secession: On the Limits to the Consent of the Governed
  39 TULSA L. REV. 457 (2004) · Tulsa Law Review · 2004
• Superb History, Dubious Constitutional and Political Theory: Comments on Uviller and Merkel, The Militia and the Right to Arms
  12 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 315 (2004) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2004
• Shards of Citizenship, Shards of Sovereignty: on the Continued Usefulness of an Old Vocabulary
  21 CONST. COMMENT. 601 (2004) · Constitutional Commentary · 2004
• Afterword
  38 TULSA L. REV. 779 (2003) · Tulsa Law Review · 2003
• What Are the Facts of Marbury v. Madison?
  20 CONST. COMMENT. 255 (2003) · Constitutional Commentary · 2003
• What Follows Putting Reason in Its Place- Now Vee May Perhaps to Begin. Yes
  151 U. PENN. L. REV. 1371 (2003) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2003
• Bush v. Gore and the French Revolution: A Tentative List of Some Early Lessons
  65 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 7 (2002) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2002
• The Lawyer as Moral Counselor: How Much Should the Client be Expected to Pay
  77 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 831 (2002) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2002
• The Warren Court Has Left the Building: Some Comments on Contemporary Discussions of Equality
  2002 U. CHI. LEGAL F. (2002) · University of Chicago Legal Forum · 2002
• One Person, One Vote: A Mantra in Need of Meaning
  80 N. C. L. REV. 1269 (2002) · North Carolina Law Review · 2002
• Compelling Collaboration with Evil--A Comment on Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council
  69 FORDHAM L. REV. 2189 (2001) · Fordham Law Review · 2001
• Who's Afraid of the Twelfth Amendment?
  29 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2001) · Florida State University Law Review · 2001
• Democracy in a New America: Some Reflections on a Title
  79 N. C. L. REV. 1559 (2001) · North Carolina Law Review · 2001
• Understanding the Constitutional Revolution
  87 VA. L. REV. 1045 (2001) · Virginia Law Review · 2001
• Why It's Smart to Think About Constitutional Stupidities
  17 GA. ST. U. L. REV. (2000) · Georgia State University Law Review · 2000
• Why Professor Lynch Asks the Right Questions
  31 SETON HALL L. REV. (2000) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2000
• Why the Canon Should Be Expanded to Include the Insular Cases and the Saga of American Expansionism
  17 CONST. COMMENT. 241 (2000) · Constitutional Commentary · 2000

• Silencing the Past: Public Monuments and the Tutelary State
  17 CARDOZO ARTS & ENT. L.J. 149 (1999) · Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal · 1999
• Interpreting Law and Music: Performance Notes on "The Banjo Serenader" and "The Lying Crowd of Jews"
  20 CARDOZO L. REV. 1513 (1999) · Cardozo Law Review · 1999
• Getting Serious about Taking Legal Reasoning Seriously
  74 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 543 (1999) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1999
• Transitions
  108 YALE L.J. 2215 (1999) · Yale Law Journal · 1999
• Is the Second Amendment Finally Becoming Recognized as Part of the Constitution? Voices from the Courts
  1998 BYU L. REV. 127 (1998) · BYU Law Review · 1998
• Translation: Who Needs It
  65 FORDHAM L. REV. 1457 (1997) · Fordham Law Review · 1997
• On Political Boundary Lines, Multiculturalism, and the Liberal State
  72 IND. L.J. (1997) · Indiana Law Journal · 1997
• Constitutional Imperfection, Judicial Misinterpretation, and the Politics of Constitutional Amendment: Thoughts Generated by Some Current Proposals to Amend the Constitution
  1996 BYU L. REV. 611 (1996) · BYU Law Review · 1996
• Allocating Honor and Acting Honorably: Some Reflections Provoked by the Cardozo Conference on Slavery
  17 CARDOZO L. REV. 1969 (1996) · Cardozo Law Review · 1996
• How to Win Cites and Influence People
  71 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 843 (1996) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1996
• The Political Implications of Amending Clauses
  13 CONST. COMMENT. 107 (1996) · Constitutional Commentary · 1996
• National Loyalty, Communalism, and the Professional Identity of Lawyers
  7 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. 49 (1996) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 1996
• Integrating Theory and Practice Into the Professional Responsibility Curriculum at the University of Texas
  58 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 213 (1995) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1995
• They Whisper: Reflections on Flags, Monuments, and State Holidays, and the Construction of Social Meaning in a Multicultural Society - Freedom: Political
  70 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 1079 (1995) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1995
• Presidential Elections and Constitutional Stupidities
  12 CONST. COMMENT. 183 (1995) · Constitutional Commentary · 1995
• Identifying the Compelling State Interest: On "Due Process of Lawmaking" and the Professional Responsibility of the Public Lawyer
  45 UC L.J. 1035 (1994) · UC Law Journal · 1994
• The Multicultures of Belief and Disbelief
  92 MICH. L. REV. 1873 (1994) · Michigan Law Review · 1994
• Authorizing Constitutional Text: on the Purported Twenty-Seventh Amendment
  11 CONST. COMMENT. 101 (1994) · Constitutional Commentary · 1994
• Identifying the Jewish Lawyer: Reflections on the Construction of Professional Identity
  14 CARDOZO L. REV. 1577 (1993) · Cardozo Law Review · 1993
• Slavery in the Canon of Constitutional Law - Symposium on the Law of Slavery: Constitutional Law and Slavery
  68 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 1087 (1993) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1993
• Some Reflections on Multiculturalism, "Equal Concern and Respect," and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment
  27 U. RICH. L. REV. 989 (1993) · University of Richmond Law Review · 1993
• Judge Edwards' Indictment of "Impractical" Scholars: The Need for a Bill of Particulars
  91 MICH. L. REV. 2010 (1993) · Michigan Law Review · 1993
• Strategy, Jurisprudence, and Certiorari
  79 VA. L. REV. 717 (1993) · Virginia Law Review · 1993
• The Audience for Constitutional Meta-Theory (Or, Why, and to Whom, Do I Write the Things I Do?)
  63 U. COLO. L. REV. 389 (1992) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1992
• Contempt Of Court: The Most Important "Contemporary Challenge To Judging"
  49 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 339 (1992) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 1992
• Accounting for Constitutional Change (Or, How Many Times Has the United States Constitution Been Amended? (A) <26; (B) 26; (C) >26; (D) All of the Above)
  8 CONST. COMMENT. 409 (1991) · Constitutional Commentary · 1991
• Taking Oaths Seriously: A Comment on Carter and Sunstein
  2 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. 113 (1991) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 1991
• Conversing About Justice
  100 YALE L.J. 1855 (1991) · Yale Law Journal · 1991
• Law, Music, and Other Performing Arts
  139 U. PENN. L. REV. 1597 (1991) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1991
• The Confrontation of Religious Faith and Civil Religion: Catholics Becoming Justices
  39 DEPAUL L. REV. 1047 (1990) · DePaul Law Review · 1990

• Who Is a Jew(ish Justice)?
  10 CARDOZO L. REV. 2359 (1989) · Cardozo Law Review · 1989
• Electoral Regulation: Some Comments
  18 HOFSTRA L. REV. (1989) · Hofstra Law Review · 1989
• Suffrage and Community: Who Should Vote?
  41 FLA. L. REV. 545 (1989) · Florida Law Review · 1989
• The Embarrassing Second Amendment
  99 YALE L.J. 637 (1989) · Yale Law Journal · 1989
• Vols. 3-4 The Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States: The Marshall Court and Cultural Change, 1815-35
  75 VA. L. REV. 1429 (1989) · Virginia Law Review · 1989
• Constitutional Rhetoric and the Ninth Amendment
  64 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 131 (1988) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1988
• Comment
  64 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 175 (1988) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1988
• Faith in the Republic: A Frances Lewis Law Center Conversation
  45 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 467 (1988) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 1988
• Pledging Faith in the Civil Religion; Or, Would You Sign the Constitution?
  29 WM. & MARY L. REV. 113 (1987) · William & Mary Law Review · 1987
• Words and Wordiness: Reflections on Richard Weisberg’s <i>the Failure of the Word</i>
  7 CARDOZO L. REV. 453 (1986) · Cardozo Law Review · 1986
• Constituting Communities Through Words That Bind: Reflections on Loyalty Oaths
  84 MICH. L. REV. 1440 (1986) · Michigan Law Review · 1986
• Regulating Campaign Activity: The New Road to Contradiction?
  83 MICH. L. REV. 939 (1985) · Michigan Law Review · 1985
• Book Review of Dimensions of Tolerance: What Americans Believe About Civil Liberties
  2 CONST. COMMENT. 512 (1985) · Constitutional Commentary · 1985
• Testimonial Privileges and the Preferences of Friendship
  33 DUKE L.J. 631 (1984) · Duke Law Journal · 1984
• The Turn toward Functionalism in Constitutional
  8 U. DAYTON L. REV. (1983) · University of Dayton Law Review · 1983

• "The Constitution" in American Civil Religion
  1979 SUP. CT. REV. (1979) · Supreme Court Review · 1979

• Review Article
  76 YALE L.J. 249 (1966) · Yale Law Journal · 1966