Ilya Shapiro

Manhattan Institute

Director of Constitutional Studies

52 Vanderbilt Ave.

New York, NY 10017

United States

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/expert/ilya-shapiro

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (32)

1.

Keeping Pandora’s Box Sealed: Privileges or Immunities, The Constitution in 2020, and Properly Extending the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to the States

Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 8, 2010
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 10 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2010
Josh Blackman and Ilya Shapiro
South Texas College of Law Houston and Manhattan Institute
Downloads 1,177 (38,895)
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So What If Corporations Aren't People?

John Marshall Law Review, 2011
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2011
Ilya Shapiro and Caitlyn W. McCarthy
Manhattan Institute and Jones Day
Downloads 1,170 (39,228)

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Citizens United, First Amendment, corporate rights, individual rights

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Like Eastwood Talking to a Chair: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Obamacare Ruling

Texas Review of Law & Politics, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Jan 2013
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 737 (74,354)

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PPACA, Obamacare, Roberts, taxing power, activity, inactivity, Commerce Clause, Necessary and Proper, Medicaid expansion, individual mandate, unicorn tax, judicial pacifism

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Occupy Pennsylvania Avenue: How the Government's Unconstitutional Actions Hurt the 99%

60 Drake Law Review 1085 (2012)
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 May 2012 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2012
Ilya Shapiro and Carl DeNigris
Manhattan Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 544 (109,368)

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Obamacare, Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley, Occupy, 99%, FHA, Fair Housing Act, rent control, bailouts, EESA, TARP

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The Tell-Tale Privileges or Immunities Clause

Cato Supreme Court Review
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2010
Alan Gura, Ilya Shapiro and Josh Blackman
Gura & Possessky, PLLC, Manhattan Institute and South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 460 (134,108)
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McDonald, Heller, 2nd Amendment, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Liberty

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The Once and Future Privileges or Immunities Clause

George Mason Law Review, Vol. 26, No. 1207, 2019
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2020
Ilya Shapiro and Josh Blackman
Manhattan Institute and South Texas College of Law Houston
Downloads 428 (145,977)

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A Long, Strange Trip: My First Year Challenging the Constitutionality of Obamacare

Florida International Law Review, Vol. 6, p. 29, Fall 2010
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2011
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 403 (156,493)

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Obamacare, Health Care Reform, PPACA, Affordable Care Act, Amicus Briefs, Debates, Federalist Society, Cato Institute

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Stare Decisis after Citizens United: When Should Courts Overturn Precedent

Nexus Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 16, 2011
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 13 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2011
Ilya Shapiro and Nicholas M. Mosvick
Manhattan Institute and University of Mississippi, School of Law
Downloads 336 (191,193)

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stare decisis, Citizens United, Austin, McConnell, Lawrence, prudential, Payne, Chief Justice Roberts, John Roberts

9.

The Legal Turn in Originalism: A Discussion

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-350
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2018
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, Manhattan Institute, Catholic University of America (CUA) - Columbus School of Law and University of Minnesota Law School
Downloads 320 (201,548)
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originalism, new originalism, old originalism, legal meaning, original methods originalism, constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, interpretation, jurisprudence

10.

Judicial Takings and Scalia’s Shifting Sands

Vermont Law Review, Vol. 35, p. 423, 2010
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2011
Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus
Manhattan Institute and Cato Institute
Downloads 268 (242,824)

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judicial takings, Fifth Amendment, Justice Scalia, substantive due process, Stop the Beach, property law, privileges or immunities clause, Fourteenth Amendment, sue process clause

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More Friends of the Second Amendment: A Walk through the Amicus Briefs in McDonald v. Chicago

Journal on Firearms & Public Policy, Vol. 22
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Oct 2010
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 258 (252,346)

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McDonald, amicus briefs, Second Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Privileges or Immunities, Due Process, Chicago, gun control, incorporation, self-defense

12.

Stephen Colbert is Right to Lampoon Our Campaign Finance System (And So Can You!)

4 University of St. Thomas J.L. Pub. Pol'y 317 (Spring 2012)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2013
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 251 (259,487)

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campaign finance, BCRA, McCain-Feingold, First Amendment, Citizens United, Super PACs, SpeechNow.org, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart

13.

Break Up the Ninth Circuit

26 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 1299 (2019)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2020
Ilya Shapiro and Nathan Harvey
Manhattan Institute and Cato Institute
Downloads 210 (308,373)

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Ninth Circuit, judges, appellate law, jurisprudence, court administration

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Not Necessarily Proper: Comstock's Errors and Limitations

Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 61, 2011
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 14 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2011
Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus
Manhattan Institute and Cato Institute
Downloads 181 (353,833)

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sexual predators, Necessary and Proper, Adam Walsh Act, Obamacare, health care reform, individual mandate, civil commitment, 4248

15.

A Faint-Hearted Libertarian at Best: The Sweet Mystery of Justice Anthony Kennedy

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 33, No. 1
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2010
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 176 (362,607)

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Helen Knowles, Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court, book review, libertarianism, liberty, libertarian, free speech, racial classifications, privacy, sexual

16.

The Proposed Amendments

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 30 Sep 2022
Manhattan Institute, Goldwater Institute, Brooklyn Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Columbia University - Law School, University of Minnesota Law School, Princeton University, Stanford Law School and ASU
Downloads 175 (364,460)

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constitution, constitutional law, amendments, constitutional amendment, Supreme Court, Supreme Court reform, legislative veto, impeachment, comparative law, comparative constitutional law, constitutional structure

17.

Truthiness and the First Amendment

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 16, 2014
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Jun 2014
Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus and Gabriel Latner
Manhattan Institute, Cato Institute and Cato Institute
Downloads 162 (389,724)

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First Amendment, amicus briefs, satire, PJ O'Rourke

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Shelby County and the Vindication of Martin Luther King's Dream

NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2014
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 157 (400,356)

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voting rights, Fourteenth Amendment, Fifteenth Amendment, Shelby County, NAMUDNO, Northwest Austin, Katzenbach, civil rights

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Are Federal Agencies the Sole Judges of Their Own Authority?

Regulation, Vol. 34, No. 2, p. 4, Summer 2011
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 08 Jul 2011
Ilya Shapiro and Caitlyn W. McCarthy
Manhattan Institute and Jones Day
Downloads 141 (437,074)

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States Can't Regulate Immigration, but They Can Regulate Illegal Immigrants: Remarks at the 2012 Charleston Law Review and Riley Institute Law and Society Symposium

Charleston Law Review, Vol. 6, p. 585, 2012
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 23 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 25 May 2012
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 138 (444,694)

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immigration, SB 1070, Arizona, South Carolina, preemption, Supremacy Clause

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Friends of the Second Amendment: A Walk Through the Amicus Briefs in D.C. v. Heller

Journal on Firearms and Public Policy, Vol. 20, 2008
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 29 Nov 2009
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 124 (484,191)

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Second Amendment, Supreme Court, amicus brief, District of Columbia, handgun prohibition, self-defense

22.

Cato Supreme Court Review 2007-2008: Introduction

Cato Supreme Court Review, 2009
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 30 Nov 2009
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 106 (545,029)

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Supreme Court, Cato, introduction, constitutional law

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Medellin v. Texas and the Ultimate Law School Exam

Cato Supreme Court Review, p. 63, 2008
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Nov 2009
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 93 (595,957)

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Supreme Court, Medellin, self-binding treaties, death penalty, criminal procedure, federalism, sovereignty, Vienna Convention, consular rights, habeas corpus

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Big Government Causes Partisanship in Judicial Nominations

Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 10, 2012
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 08 May 2012
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 85 (629,874)

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judges, nominations, Supreme Court, partisanship, Constitution

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Book Review, My Grandfather's Son and Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas

Cato Journal, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 01 Dec 2009
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 71 (697,510)

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Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court, autobiography, biography, memoir

26.

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Longview Chamber of Commerce; Texas Association of Business v. United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Brief Amicus Curiae of Manhattan Institute in Support of Petitioners and Vacatur

Gray Center Separation of Powers Brief 23-09
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2024
R. Trent McCotter and Ilya Shapiro
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and Manhattan Institute
Downloads 54 (802,255)

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Separation of Powers, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, SEC, Regulation, Financial Regulation, Judicial Review, Vacatur, First Amendment

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Cato Supreme Court Review 2008-2009: Introduction

Cato Supreme Court Review, 2009
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 30 Nov 2009
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 40 (916,809)
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Supreme Court, Cato, introduction, constitutional law, Madison

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Christie v. NCAA: Anti-Commandeering or Bust

18 Fed. Soc. Rev. 56 (2017).
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 May 2020
Jonathan Wood and Ilya Shapiro
Pacific Legal Foundation and Manhattan Institute
Downloads 37 (945,609)

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Cato Supreme Court Review 2010-11: Introduction

Cato Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Oct 2011
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 37 (945,609)

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Supreme Court, Cato, introduction, constitutional law, Madison

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Cato Supreme Court Review 2009-2010: Introduction

2009-2010 Cato Supreme Court Review, Vol. 163, 2010
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 24 Sep 2010
Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
Downloads 37 (945,609)

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Supreme Court, Cato, introduction, Madison, constitutional law

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What Once Was Old Is New Again: Reinterpreting the Antiquities Act

Pacific Legal Foundation Research Paper Series Research Paper No. 202504
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Mar 2025
Ilya Shapiro, Tim Rosenberger and Steven Arthur
Manhattan Institute, Manhattan Institute and Manhattan Institute
Downloads 30 (1,018,535)

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Election Regulation during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cato Institute, Legal Policy Bulletin No. 5, August 26, 2020
Posted: 17 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2020
Ilya Shapiro and James T. Knight II
Manhattan Institute and Independent

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pandemic, coronavirus, election, COVID-19, public health, pandemic, pandemic response, mail-in voting, election interference, election mettling