Randy E. Barnett

Georgetown University Law Center

Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory

600 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20001

United States

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1.

Commandeering the People: Why the Individual Health Insurance Mandate is Unconstitutional

NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 5, 2010
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 22 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2011
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, originalism, health insurance, health care reform

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The Ninth Amendment: It Means What it Says

Texas Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 25 Aug 2005
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Ninth Amendment, Constitution, Constitutional Law, originalism, originalist models of the Ninth Amendment, individual natural rights model, federalism model, state law rights model, collective rights model

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Was the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Conditioned on Service in an Organized Militia?

Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 03-12
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2007
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Scalia's Infidelity: A Critique of Faint-Hearted Originalism

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 7, 2006
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Feb 2006
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Justice Antonin Scalia, Constitutional Law, Originalism, original public meaning of constitutional text

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The Moral Foundations of Modern Libertarianism

VARIETIES OF CONSERVATISM IN AMERICA, Peter Berkowitz, ed., Hoover Press, 2004
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Aug 2004
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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libertarianism, jurisprudence, political theory, moral theory

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Whence Comes Section One? The Abolitionist Origins of the Fourteenth Amendment

Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 10-06
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 20 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Fourteenth Amendment, originalism, abolitionism, abolitionist constitutionalism, slavery, constitution, privileges or immunities, due process, equal protection, citizenship, tenBroek,Weicek, William Nelson, Robert Cover

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Justice Kennedy's Libertarian Revolution: Lawrence V. Texas

Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 03-13
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Jul 2003
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitution, liberty, privacy, fundamental rights, sodomy, unenumerated rights

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The Original Meaning of the Judicial Power

Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 03-18
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Aug 2003
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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The Imperative of Natural Rights in Today's World

Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 03-20
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 22 Aug 2003
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitution, constitutional law, natural law, natural rights, justice

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The Original Meaning of the Necessary and Proper Clause

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 6, October 2003
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 May 2003
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitution, congressional power, original meaning, originalism, constitutional interpretation, constitutional history

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The Letter and the Spirit: A Unified Theory of Originalism

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 107, No. 1, 2018
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2018
Randy E. Barnett and Evan D. Bernick
Georgetown University Law Center and Judicial Clerk
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The Proper Scope of the Police Power

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 79
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Aug 2003
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitution, constitutional law, police power, state power, Fourteenth Amendment, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Ninth Amendment

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Afterword: The Libertarian Middle Way

Chapman Law Review, Vol. 16, pp. 349-365, 2013
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 23 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2014
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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libertarianism, legal moralists, social justice, liberty

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Interpretation and Construction

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 34, 2011
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 13 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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interpretation, construction, originalism, Constitutional interpretation, Constitutional theory

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Contract is Not Promise; Contract is Consent

Suffolk University Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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contract, promise, moral theory, law and ethics

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An Originalism for Nonoriginalists

Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper 99-14
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Apr 2000
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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No Small Feat: Who Won the Health Care Case (and Why Did so Many Law Professors Miss the Boat)?

Florida Law Review, Vol. 65, pp. 1331-1350, 2013
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2013
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Commerce Clause, tax power, health insurance mandate, Congress, Supreme Court, constitutional law, insurance law

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From Antislavery Lawyer to Chief Justice: The Remarkable But Forgotten Career of Salmon P. Chase

63 Case Western Reserve Law Review, pp. 653-702, 2013
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 29 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2016
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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antislavery, Justice Chase, constitutional abolitionists, abolition of slavery, constitutionalists, civil rights, political history

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Trumping Precedent with Original Meaning: Not as Radical as it Sounds

Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 05-08
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 04 May 2005
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitution, originalism, interpretation, precedent, stare decisis

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The Harmful Side Effects of Drug Prohibition

Utah Law Review, pp. 11-34, 2009
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Drug prohibition, Drug laws, Drug policy, Law enforcement, Criminal law

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The People or the State?: Chisholm V. Georgia and Popular Sovereignty

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 93
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Mar 2007
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitutional law, federalism, sovereignty, chisholm, Eleventh Amendment

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No Arbitrary Power: An Originalist Theory of the Due Process of Law

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 26 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2018
Randy E. Barnett and Evan D. Bernick
Georgetown University Law Center and Judicial Clerk
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Underlying Principles

Constitutional Commentary, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 02 Jan 2007
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitution, originalism

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Constitutional Legitimacy

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Constitutional Legitimacy

Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper 01-19
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Nov 2001
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional Legitimacy

Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper 01-19
Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center

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Foreword: What's so Wicked About Lochner?

NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-9
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 May 2005
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Lochner, due process, substantive due process, Fourteenth Amendment, original meaning, originalism, Due Process Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Constitution

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Is the Constitution Libertarian?

Cato Supreme Court Review, 2008-2009
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 14 Jul 2009
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitution, libertarian, libertarianism, rights, sovereignty, natural rights

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Who's Afraid of Unenumerated Rights?

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 9, p. 1, October 2006
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Feb 2006
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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unenumerated rights, Ninth Amendment, Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, legislative sovereignty, role of judges, Constitutional Law

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Three Federalisms

Symposium on Checks and Balances Today: The Reality of Separation of Powers, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 25 May 2007
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitution, federalism, states rights, originalism, reconstruction, new deal

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Grading Justice Kennedy: A Reply to Professor Carpenter

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 89, p. 1500, 2005
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 30 Mar 2005
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional law, Jurisprudence, Legal Philosophy

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We the People: Each and Every One

Yale Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Apr 2014
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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popular sovereignty, presumed consent, popular consent, higher law, textualism, originalism

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Scrutiny Land

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 106, 2008
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional law, Individual liberties, Fundamental rights, Lawrence v. Texas

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Why You Should Read My Book Anyhow: A Reply to Trevor Morrison

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 101, 2005
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 31 Mar 2005
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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presumption of liberty, constitutional legitimacy, constitutional method, originalism, constitutional liberty

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The Gravitational Force of Originalism

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 82, pp. 411-432, 2013
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2013
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Originalism, Supreme Court, Congress, Commerce Clause

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Jack Balkin's Interaction Theory of 'Commerce'

University of Illinois Law Review, pp. 623-667, 2012
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitutional law, interstate commerce, trade

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The Misconceived Assumption About Constitutional Assumptions

Georgetown University O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law Scholarship Paper No. 1285485
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Dec 2008
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitutional interpretation, construction

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Foreword: Limiting Raich

Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 9
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 11 Nov 2005
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional Law, Copntrolled Substance Act, Gonzales v. Raich, U.S. v. Lopez, U.S. v. Morrison, the Commerce Clause, federalism

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Kurt Lash's Majoritarian Difficulty

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 60, 2008
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2008
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitution, ninth amendment, rights, fourteenth amendmentment, unenumerated rights

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Foreword: Why Popular Sovereignty Requires the Due Process of Law to Challenge 'Irrational or Arbitrary' Statutes

Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 19 Apr 2016
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional law, Due Process, popular sovereignty

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Does the Constitution Protect Economic Liberty?

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 35, 2012
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 13 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Lochner v. New York, economic liberty, constitutional law

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The Disdain Campaign

Harvard Law Review Forum, Vol. 126, pp. 1-12, 2012
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 30 Nov 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Supreme Court, Congress, disdain, Justices

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Welcome to the New Originalism: A Comment on Jack Balkin's Living Originalism

Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, 2013
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 06 Apr 2013
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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originalism, constitutional interpretation

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After All These Years, Lochner Was Not Crazy — It Was Good

Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2018
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 10 Dec 2018
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Lochner, Due Process, Fourteenth Amendment, Original Meaning, Originalism, Constitution

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New Evidence of the Original Meaning of the Commerce Clause

Arkansas Law Review, Vol. 55, 2003
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Commerce Clause, Original meaning, Constitution

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The Privileges or Immunities Clause Abridged: A Critique of Kurt Lash on the Fourteenth Amendment

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 95, Issue 2, Pp. 499.
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 02 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2020
Randy E. Barnett and Evan D. Bernick
Georgetown University Law Center and Judicial Clerk
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Three Keys to the Original Meaning of the Privileges or Immunities Clause

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2020
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 21 Feb 2020
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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constitutional law, fourteenth amendment, supreme court

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Restoring the Lost Constitution, Not the Constitution in Exile

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 75, 2006
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 30 May 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional law, Constitutional history

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Restoring the Lost Confirmation

83 University of Chicago Law Review Online 18 2016
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 09 Aug 2016
Randy E. Barnett and Josh Blackman
Georgetown University Law Center and South Texas College of Law Houston
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The Wages of Crying Judicial Restraint

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 36, pp. 925-933, 2013
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 20 Jun 2014
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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federalism, judicial restraint, Rehnquist Court, William Rehnquist, constitutional law

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Turning Citizens into Subjects: Why the Health Insurance Mandate is Unconstitutional

Mercer Law Review Vol. 62, 2011
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Health insurance mandate, Constitutional law, Sovereignty, Federal power

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The Tea Party, the Constitution, and the Repeal Amendment

Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-036
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Tea Party, Repeal Amendment, Popular Constitutionalism, Constitutional Law, Public Policy, Politics

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The Case for the Repeal Amendment

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 78, 2011
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional law, Federal government, Federal powers, Federal judges, Federal courts, States' rights, Repeal Amendment

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The Separation of People and State

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 32, pp. 451-454, 2009
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 13 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional law, American exceptionalism, Separation of Powers

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The Choice Between Madison and FDR

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 31, 2008
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional law, Federal power, Originalism, Constitutional interpretation

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Constitutional Clichés

Capital University Law Review, Vol. 36, 2008
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional law, Constitutional interpretation, Judicial review, Originalism

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The Presumption of Liberty and the Public Interest: Medical Marijuana and Fundamental Rights

Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 22, 2006
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 30 May 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Marijuana, Constitutional interpretation, Due Process of Law

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Is the Rehnquist Court an 'Activist' Court? The Commerce Cause Cases

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 72, 2002
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Judicial activism, Rehnquist Court, Commerce Clause, Constitutional law

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The Golden Mean Between Kurt & Dan: A Moderate Reading of the Ninth Amendment

Drake Law Review, Vol. 56, 2008
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Constitutional law, Ninth Amendment, Federal power, Individual liberties

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It's a Bird, it's a Plane, No, it's Super Precedent: A Response to Faber and Gerhardt

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 90, 2006
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Originalism, Constitutional interpretation, Stare decisis, Judicial review

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Caveat Blogger: Blogging and the Flight from Scholarship

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 84, 2006
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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blogging, legal scholarship, law professors, legal writing, legal research

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Under Fire: The New Consensus on the Second Amendment

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 45, 1996
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 04 May 2017
Randy E. Barnett and Don B. Kates
Georgetown University Law Center and Deceased
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second amendment, firearms, guns, crime, Constitution, militia, evidence, interpretation

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Clauses Not Cases

Yale Law Journal (The Pocket Part), Vol. 115, 2006
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Judicial confirmation hearings, Supreme Court Justices, Constitution

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The Difference Narrows: A Reply to Kurt Lash

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 2, 679, 2019
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Mar 2020
Randy E. Barnett and Evan D. Bernick
Georgetown University Law Center and Judicial Clerk
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Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Fourteenth Amendment

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The Richness of Contract Theory

Michigan Law Review, Annual Survey of Books Relating to the Law, Vol. 97, No. 6, P. 501, 1999
Posted: 12 Oct 1999
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center

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The Making of a Libertarian, Contrarian, Nonobservant, but Self-Identified Jew

Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 15 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2015
Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown University Law Center
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Jew, Jewish, Judaism, libertarian, contrarian, constitutional law, legal theory, political theory