James Cleith Phillips

Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law

One University Drive

Orange, CA 92866-1099

United States

http://https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/james-phillips

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

25

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8,218

SSRN CITATIONS

12

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Scholarly Papers (25)

1.

Reflections on Seminole Rock: The Past, Present, and Future of Deference to Agency Regulatory Interpretations

Yale Journal of Regulation, Notice & Comment Blog, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2847668, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-41, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-38
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 07 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2017
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School, University of Washington - School of Law, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, George Washington University Law School, Independent, Cato InstituteGeorgetown University, Law Center, University of Michigan Law School, Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Iowa - College of Law, Florida State University - College of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, New York University School of Law, Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School, Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law, University of Dayton School of Law, Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Utah Supreme Court, Columbia University - Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law, Notre Dame Law School, American Enterprise Institute and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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Administrative Agencies, Seminole Rock, Auer, What Is New in Administrative Law, Deference, Chevron

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Why are There So Few Conservatives and Libertarians in Legal Academia? An Empirical Exploration of Three Hypotheses

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2016
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 07 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2016
James Cleith Phillips
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads 1,231 (29,445)

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law school, citations, publications, conservatives, libertarians, liberals, discrimination

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Corpus Linguistics and Heller

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 609, 2021
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 27 Oct 2021
James Cleith Phillips and Josh Blackman
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 815 (52,632)

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Political Discrimination and Law Professor Hiring

NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 11, 2019
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 23 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2019
James Cleith Phillips
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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discrimination, law school, law professor, politics, ideology

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Searching for Justice Scalia: Measuring the 'Scalia-ness' of the Next Potential Member of the U.S. Supreme Court

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 30 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2022
Jeremy Kidd, Riddhi Sohan Dasgupta, Ryan D. Walters and James Cleith Phillips
Drake University - Law School, University of California, Berkeley, Independent and Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads 522 (93,153)

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Supreme Court, Judicial Behavior, Scalia, Originaism

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Data-Driven Originalism

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 14 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2019
Thomas R. Lee and James Cleith Phillips
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads 450 (111,305)

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Originalism, Constitutional Interpretation, Corpus Linguistics, Dictionaries, public use, commerce, natural born, domestic violence

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The Meaning of the Three Emoluments Clauses in the U.S. Constitution: A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of American English, 1760-1799

South Texas Law Review, Vol. 59, No. 2, 2018, BYU Law Research Paper No. 18-23
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 17 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2018
James Cleith Phillips, Sara White and Sara White
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and BYU Center For Language StudiesBrigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
Downloads 446 (112,470)
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emolument, originalism, constitutional interpretation, corpus linguistics

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You're Fired: The Original Meaning of Presidential Impeachment

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 4, 2021
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 20 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2020
James Cleith Phillips and John Yoo
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and University of California at Berkeley School of Law
Downloads 393 (130,248)

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impeach, Trump, originalism, corpus linguistics

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A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of 'Foreign Tribunal'

108 Virginia Law Review Online 207 (May 2022)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 06 May 2022
James Cleith Phillips and Jesse Egbert
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and Northern Arizona University
Downloads 315 (165,707)

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statutory interpretation, Supreme Court, corpus linguistics

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Gender and U. S. Supreme Court Oral Argument on the Roberts Court: An Empirical Examination

Rutgers Law Journal, Vol. 40, 2009
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2011
James Cleith Phillips and Edward Carter
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and Brigham Young University
Downloads 283 (185,277)

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oral argument, gender, Supreme Court

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The Ph.D. Rises in American Law Schools, 1960-2011: What Does It Mean for Legal Education?

65 Journal of Legal Education 543 (2016)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2016
Justin McCrary, Joy Milligan and James Cleith Phillips
Columbia University - Law School, University of Virginia School of Law and Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads 203 (255,639)
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law schools, law professor market, legal education

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The Linguistic Style of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2022
James Cleith Phillips
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads 188 (273,884)

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supreme court, liwc, linguistics

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Corpus Linguistics and the Original Public Meaning of the Sixteenth Amendment

Duke Law Journal Online, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Oct 2023
Thomas R. Lee, Lawrence B. Solum, James Cleith Phillips and Jesse Egbert
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School, University of Virginia School of Law, Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and Northern Arizona University
Downloads 184 (280,368)

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sixteenth amendment, originalism, corpus linguistics, constitutional interpretation

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Advancing Law and Corpus Linguistics: Importing Principles and Practices from Survey and Content-Analysis Methodologies to Improve Corpus Design and Analysis

Brigham Young University Law Review, 2017
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2018
James Cleith Phillips and Jesse Egbert
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and Northern Arizona University
Downloads 170 (298,975)
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corpus linguistics, legal interpretation

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The Mormon Education of A Gentile Justice: George Sutherland and Brigham Young Academy

Journal of Supreme Court History, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2008
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Jun 2011
Edward Carter and James Cleith Phillips
Brigham Young University and Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Ordinary Meaning as Last Resort: The Overlooked Meaning of 'Undue Hardship' in Title VII

Brigham Young University Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 27 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2023
James Cleith Phillips
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads 154 (325,018)

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undue hardship, statutory interpretation, ordinary meaning, Supreme Court

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Corpus Linguistics and 'Officers of the United States'

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 42, 2019
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 24 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 31 May 2019
James Cleith Phillips, Benjamin Lee and Jacob Crump
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Brigham Young University and Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Students
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Oral Argument in the Early Roberts Court: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Individual Justice Behavior

Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, Vol. 11, 2010
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 13 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2011
James Cleith Phillips and Edward Carter
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and Brigham Young University
Downloads 110 (420,251)

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oral argument, Supreme Court

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Which Original Public?

Chapman Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2022
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Jun 2022
James Cleith Phillips
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads 108 (425,894)

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originalism, constitutional interpretation

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Source of Information or 'Dog and Pony Show'?: Judicial Information Seeking During U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument, 1963-1965 & 2004-2009

Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 50, pp. 101-203, 2010
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 15 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2011
James Cleith Phillips and Edward Carter
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and Brigham Young University
Downloads 86 (494,933)

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oral argument, Supreme Court

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'All of the Blood and Treasure': The Founders on Christian Legal Society Chapter of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law v. Martinez

Mississippi College Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 23 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2018
James Cleith Phillips
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads 79 (520,671)

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First Amendment, Originalism, CLS v. Martinez

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The Fairness Doctrine in Light of Hostile Media Perception

CommLaw Conspectus - Journal of Communications Law and Policy, Vol. 19, No. 2, p. 395, 2011
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Jun 2011
Trevor Hall and James Cleith Phillips
Boise State University and Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads 69 (561,779)

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Fairness Doctrine

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Appendices to Corpus Linguistics and the Original Public Meaning of the Sixteenth Amendment'

Number of pages: 501 Posted: 06 Oct 2023
Thomas R. Lee, Lawrence B. Solum, James Cleith Phillips and Jesse Egbert
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School, University of Virginia School of Law, Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and Northern Arizona University
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Appendix to: 'Why are There so Few Conservatives and Libertarians in Legal Academia? An Empirical Exploration of Three Hypotheses'

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Jan 2016
James Cleith Phillips
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads 47 (674,064)
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Appendices to 'A Corpus Linguistics Analysis of 'Foreign Tribunal''

Number of pages: 283 Posted: 12 Apr 2022
James Cleith Phillips and Jesse Egbert
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law and Northern Arizona University
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