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Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law School

Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law

Myron Taylor Hall

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853-4901

United States

http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty/bio.cfm?id=333

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1.

What Does the Second Amendment Mean Today?

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Citation 4

What Does the Second Amendment Mean Today?

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 291, 2000, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-52
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 395 (58,649)
Citation 4

Abstract:

second amendment, individual rights, originalist, nonoriginalist, constitutional interpretation

What Does the Second Amendment Mean Today?

Columbia Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 6
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Apr 2000
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 371 (63,171)
Citation 4

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An Institutional Approach to Legal Indeterminacy

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Citation 11

An Institutional Approach to Legal Indeterminacy

Columbia Law School, Pub. Law Research Paper No. 02-44
Number of pages: 132 Posted: 11 Nov 2002
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 464 (48,058)

Abstract:

Legal Indeterminacy and Institutional Design

New York University Law Review, Vol. 78, p. 875, 2003, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-57
Number of pages: 108 Posted: 21 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 99 (221,638)
Citation 11

Abstract:

constitutional theory, legal indeterminacy, experimentalism, Legal Process approach, Dworkin, and Hart and Sacks

3.

Constitutional Existence Conditions and Judicial Review

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Citation 1

Constitutional Existence Conditions and Judicial Review

Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 25 Jun 2003
Michael C. Dorf and Matthew D. Adler
Cornell Law School and Duke University School of Law
Downloads 486 (45,289)
Citation 1

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Constitutional Existence Conditions and Judicial Review

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 89, No. 1105, 2003, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-70
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 22 Feb 2013
Matthew D. Adler and Michael C. Dorf
Duke University School of Law and Cornell Law School
Downloads 34 (383,344)
Citation 1

Abstract:

constitution, interpretation, judicial review, congress, courts, amendment

4.

Putting the Democracy in Democracy and Distrust: The Coherentist Case for Representation Reinforcement

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Putting the Democracy in Democracy and Distrust: The Coherentist Case for Representation Reinforcement

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 04-77
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Oct 2004
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 352 (67,265)

Abstract:

The Coherentism of Democracy and Distrust

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 114, No. 1237, 2005, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-39
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 36 (375,448)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Democracy and Distrust, Hart Ely, process theory, representative democracy, individial rights, statesi rights, Warren

5.

How to Choose the Least Unconstitutional Option: Lessons for the President (and Others) from the 2011 Debt Ceiling Standoff

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How to Choose the Least Unconstitutional Option: Lessons for the President (and Others) from the 2011 Debt Ceiling Standoff

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-25
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2013
Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
George Washington University Law School and Cornell Law School
Downloads 285 (85,743)

Abstract:

debt ceiling, constitution, unconstitutional, public debt

How to Choose the Least Unconstitutional Option: Lessons for the President (and Others) from the Debt Ceiling Standoff

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 1175, October 2012, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-73
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
George Washington University Law School and Cornell Law School
Downloads 43 (350,229)

Abstract:

debt ceiling, credit, least unconstitutional, Fourteenth Amendment, Section Four, bonds

6.

Shared Constitutional Interpretation After Dickerson

Supreme Court Review
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 22 Sep 2000
Barry Friedman and Michael C. Dorf
New York University School of Law and Cornell Law School
Downloads 271 (88,226)

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7.

Same-Sex Marriage, Second-Class Citizenship, and Law’s Social Meanings

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Same-Sex Marriage, Second-Class Citizenship, and Law’s Social Meanings

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-03
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 29 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2011
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 186 (132,511)

Abstract:

Same-Sex Marriage, Second-Class Citizenship, and Law's Social Meanings

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 1267, 2011, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-76
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 57 (307,641)

Abstract:

same-sex marriage, second-class citizenship, state constitutional interpretation, Fourteenth Amendment, LGBT, smoking, religion, Confederate, discrimination, LGBT, social meaning, free speech, constitution, insult

8.

The Heterogeneity of Rights

Legal Theory, Vol. 6, P. 269, 2000
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 May 2000
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 241 (98,449)
Citation 2

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9.

The Undead Constitution

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 125, No. 2011, 2012, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-49
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 212 (100,552)

Abstract:

dead Constitution, originalism, constitutional interpretation, living Constitution, common law method, interpret

10.

Does Federal Executive Branch Experience Explain Why Some Republican Supreme Court Justices 'Evolve' and Others Don't?

Downloads 187 (131,938)
Citation 1

Does Federal Executive Branch Experience Explain Why Some Republican Supreme Court Justices 'Evolve' and Others Don't?

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 06-127
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Oct 2006
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 167 (146,256)
Citation 1

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Does Federal Executive Branch Experience Explain Why Some Republican Supreme Court Justices 'Evolve' and Others Don’t?

Harvard Law & Policy Review, Vol. 1, p. 457, 2007, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-79
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 20 (453,619)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Republican Supreme Court, conservative, liberal, moderate, executive branch experience, evolve

11.

Dynamic Incorporation of Foreign Law

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Dynamic Incorporation of Foreign Law

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 08-163
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 15 Feb 2008
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 160 (151,888)

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Dynamic Incorporation of Foreign Law

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 157, 103, 2008, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-74
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 28 Mar 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 19 (459,463)

Abstract:

dynamic incorporation, foreign law, reference law, NAFTA, EU, federal law, state law, democracy, prima facie threat to democracy

12.

Equal Protection Incorporation

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Citation 3

Equal Protection Incorporation

Virginia Law Review, 2002, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 Mar 2002
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 153 (157,920)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Equal Protection Incorporation

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 88, p. 951, 2002, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-77
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 28 Mar 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 22 (442,109)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Equal Protection Clause, race, sex, discrimination, Fourteenth Amendment

13.

Whose Ox is Being Gored? When Attitudinalism Meets Federalism

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Whose Ox is Being Gored? When Attitudinalism Meets Federalism

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 06-102
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Mar 2006
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 158 (153,563)

Abstract:

Whose Ox is Being Gored? When Attitudinalism Meets Federalism

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-78
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 14 (488,269)

Abstract:

political ideology, Supreme Court, political science, attitudinal model,Supreme Court Forecasting Project, conservative, liberal

14.

Coming Off the Bench: Legal and Policy Implications of Proposals to Allow Retired Justices to Sit by Designation on the Supreme Court

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 61, No. 81, 2011, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-07, Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law Research Paper No. 2011-A-07
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Feb 2011
Michael C. Dorf and Lisa A. Tucker
Cornell Law School and Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Downloads 153 (148,601)

Abstract:

Article III, retired, justice, recused, judges, Supreme Court, Constitution

15.

Brief of Amici Curiae Professors Laurence H. Tribe and Michael C. Dorf in Support of Petitioners: Obergefell v. Hodges; DeBoer v. Snyder

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Mar 2015
Laurence H. Tribe and Michael C. Dorf
Harvard Law School and Cornell Law School
Downloads 148 (126,980)

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16.

'Early-Bird Special' Indeed!: Why the Tax Anti-Injunction Act Permits the Present Challenges to the Minimum Coverage Provision

Yale Law Journal Online, Vol. 121, 2012, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-39
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Dec 2011
Michael C. Dorf and Neil Siegel
Cornell Law School and Duke University School of Law
Downloads 146 (157,709)

Abstract:

courts, health care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Tax Anti-Injunction Act, minimum coverage provision

17.

Iqbal and Bad Apples

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Citation 1

Iqbal and Bad Apples

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-025
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Oct 2009
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 104 (213,977)
Citation 1

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Iqbal and Bad Apples

Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 217, 2010
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 26 (420,154)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Ashcroft v. Iqbal, terrorism, Bush administration, Justice Department, Setember 11th, unconstitutional military order, detainee

18.

Fallback Law

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Fallback Law

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 06-124
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 08 Sep 2006
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 92 (232,991)

Abstract:

Fallback Law

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 107, No. 303, 2007, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-23
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 08 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 32 (391,606)

Abstract:

fallback, unconstitutional, invalidation, severability, substitution

Fallback Law

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 06-124, Columbia Law Review, Forthcoming, 2006
Posted: 06 Oct 2006
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School

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19.

The Aspirational Constitution

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The Aspirational Constitution

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-024
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Oct 2009
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 69 (278,074)

Abstract:

The Aspirational Constitution

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 77, No. 1631, 2009, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-82
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 48 (334,179)

Abstract:

constitutional rights, backsliding, originalism, aspirational, values, prima facie, dead hand problem

20.

Borrowing By Any Other Name: Why Presidential 'Spending Cuts' Would Still Exceed the Debt Ceiling

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-04
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2014
Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
George Washington University Law School and Cornell Law School
Downloads 64 (260,271)

Abstract:

default, trilemma, debt ceiling, borrow, obligation

21.

A Constitution of Democratic Experimentalism

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 98, No. 267, 1998, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-71
Number of pages: 209 Posted: 22 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf and Charles F. Sabel
Cornell Law School and Columbia University - Law School
Downloads 64 (241,414)
Citation 55

Abstract:

self-government , democratic experimentalism, Congress, information pooling, participation of citizens

22.

Could the Occupy Movement Become the Realization of Democratic Experimentalism’s Aspiration for Pragmatic Politics?

Contemporary Pragmatism Vol. 9, No. 2 (December 2012), 263 271, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-75
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Mar 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 56 (291,013)

Abstract:

Occupy, democracy, ninety-nine percent, pragmatism, experimentalism, middle class, means, end, fixed agenda, goal

23.

Bargaining in the Shadow of the Debt Ceiling: When Negotiating over Spending and Tax Laws, Congress and the President Should Consider the Debt Ceiling a Dead Letter

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 113, No. 32, pp. 32-54, 2013, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-62
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2013
Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
George Washington University Law School and Cornell Law School
Downloads 54 (268,541)

Abstract:

congress, spending, president, tax, borrow, debt ceiling

24.

Commerce, Death Panels and Broccoli: Or Why the Activity/Inactivity Distinction in the Health Care Case Was Really about the Right to Bodily Integrity

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-70
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 49 (286,301)

Abstract:

commerce clause, regulate inactivity, relation of the individual to the government, right to bodily integrity, abortion, constitution

25.

The Supreme Court 1997 Term Foreword: The Limits of Socratic Deliberation

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Citation 1

The Supreme Court 1997 Term Foreword: The Limits of Socratic Deliberation

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 4, p. 4, 1998, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-50
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 16 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Citation 1

Abstract:

interpretive, textualist, purposivists, common law method

The Supreme Court 1997 Term - Foreword: The Limits of Socratic Deliberation

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 4, p. 112, 1998, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-43
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 12 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Citation 1

Abstract:

interpretation, textualist, purposivists, Constitution, Socratic, case-by-case, experimentation

26.

Levels of Generality in the Definition of Rights

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 57, p. 1057, 1990, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-34
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf and Laurence H. Tribe
Cornell Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 37 (325,548)

Abstract:

fundamental right, article three, Bill of Rights, fourteenth amendment

27.

Liberalism's Errant Theodicy

Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-71
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Mar 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 31 (356,875)

Abstract:

self-government, the State, Ordered Liberty, James E. Fleming, Linda C. McClain, liberalism, communitarianism, constitutional rights, moral rights, individual rights

28.

Prediction and the Rule of Law

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 651, 1995, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-36
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 13 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 29 (343,797)
Citation 7

Abstract:

United States Supreme Court, petition, rehearing, change in circumstance, Justices, predict, Clarence Thomas, certiorari

29.

Integrating Normative and Descriptive Constitutional Theory: The Case of Original Meaning

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 85, No. 1765, 1996-1997, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-32
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 09 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 28 (258,225)
Citation 6

Abstract:

originalist, constitutional theory, interpretation, intent, moderate, framers

30.

Abstract and Concrete Review

Global Perspectives on Constitutional Law, Chapter 1, ed. by Vikram D. Amar and Mark V. Tushnet, Oxford University Press, 2009, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-55
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 21 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 27 (241,414)

Abstract:

concrete review, abstract review, constitutionality

31.

The Constitution and the Political Community

27 Constitutional Commentary, 499, 2011, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-40
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 26 (363,845)

Abstract:

We the People, Article V, future generations, non-human, non-citizens, constitution, amend

32.

The Marginality of Citizens United

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 20, No. 739, 2011, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-45
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 12 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 25 (382,348)
Citation 1

Abstract:

direct spending on politics, Citizens United, campaign, spending, finance

33.

A Book Review of Sanford Levinson Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (and How We the People Can Correct It)

122 (4) Political Science Quarterly 663 (2007-2008), Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-53
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 19 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 24 (356,875)

Abstract:

constitution, representation, democratic, amendment

34.

The Majoritarian Difficulty and Theories of Constitutional Decision Making

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 13, p. 283, 2010, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-44
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 24 (347,004)
Citation 1

Abstract:

counter-majoritarian difficulty, constitutional amendment, public opinion, interpretive theory, representation reinforcement, originalism, living constitutionalism

35.

Incidental Burdens on Fundamental Rights

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 109, No. 1175, p. 1175, 1996, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-30
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 09 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 24 (356,875)
Citation 8

Abstract:

incidental burden, direct burden, protected conduct, constitutional rights, government regulation

36.

Can Process Theory Constrain Courts?

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Can Process Theory Constrain Courts?

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 72, p. 923, 2001, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-17, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-04
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf and Samuel Issacharoff
Cornell Law School and New York University School of Law
Downloads 24 (430,873)
Citation 1

Abstract:

politics, bounds, judicial intervention, Bush v. Gore, process theory

Can Process Theory Constrain Courts?

Colorado Law Review, Vol. 72, Forthcoming
Posted: 06 Jun 2001
Michael C. Dorf and Samuel Issacharoff
Cornell Law School and New York University School of Law

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37.

Does Heller Protect a Right to Carry Guns Outside the Home?

59 Syracuse Law Review 225, 2008, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-21
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 07 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 23 (275,022)
Citation 1

Abstract:

firearm, handgun, handgun possesion in the home, second amendment, fourteenth amendment

38.

Rights and Rules

Legal Theory, Vol. 6, No. 241, 2000, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-60
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Feb 2013
Matthew D. Adler and Michael C. Dorf
Duke University School of Law and Cornell Law School
Downloads 22 (408,503)

Abstract:

Article III, constitutional rights, challenged legal rules, statutory right, moral right

39.

How the Written Constitution Crowds Out the Extraconstitutional Rule of Recognition

The Rule of Recognition and the U.S. Constitution, ed. Matthew D. Adler and Kenneth Einer Himma, Oxford University Press, 2009, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-65
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 21 (390,480)

Abstract:

Constitution, working constitution, written constitution, customary, the People

40.

Nullifying the Debt Ceiling Threat Once and for All: Why the President Should Embrace the Least Unconstitutional Option

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 237, 2012, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-59
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf and Neil H. Buchanan
Cornell Law School and George Washington University Law School
Downloads 21 (413,200)

Abstract:

debt ceiling, Congress, Constitution, spending cuts, treasury bonds, federal budget, How to Choose the Least Unconstitutional Option: Lessons for the President (and Others) from the Debt Ceiling Standoff

41.

Truth, Justice, and the American Constitution

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 134, 1997, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-51
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 18 (408,503)
Citation 2

Abstract:

moral reading, constitutional interpretation, Freedom's Law, Ronald Dworkin

42.

Foreword: Problem-Solving Courts: From Innovation to Institutionalization

American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 40, No. 1501, 2003, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-25
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf and Jeffrey Fagan
Cornell Law School and Columbia Law School
Downloads 18 (399,208)
Citation 3

Abstract:

problem-solving courts, drug courts, institutionalization, innovation

43.

Courts, Reasons, and Rules

Quinnipiac Law Review, Vol. 19, p. 483, 2000, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-18
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 17 (394,809)
Citation 1

Abstract:

rules, reasoning, courts, judicial decision making, Schauer

44.

Spandrel or Frankenstein's Monster? The Vices and Virtues of Retrofitting in American Law

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 339, 2012, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-61
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 16 (423,157)

Abstract:

common law, philosophical instinct, prelegal categories, social attitudes, political interests

45.

Facial Challenges to State and Federal Stautes

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 236, 1994, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-22
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 07 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 16 (408,503)
Citation 10

Abstract:

facial challenges, constitution, first amendment, facial challenges rule

46.

Abortion Rights

Touro Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 815, 2008, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-14
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 06 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 15 (408,503)

Abstract:

abortion, Roe, pregnancy, trimesters, Constitution, prohibition on abortion, pre-viability

47.

The Orwellian Military Commissions Act of 2006

Downloads 15 (464,344)

The Orwellian Military Commissions Act of 2006

5 (1) Journal of International Criminal Justice, 10 (2007), Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-46
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 16 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 15 (482,375)

Abstract:

detain persons indefinitely, war crimes trials, military commissions, Geneva Conventions, Military Commissions Act, unlawful enemy combatants

The Orwellian Military Commissions Act of 2006

Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 10-18, 2007
Posted: 18 Jun 2008
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School

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48.

The Detention and Trial of Enemy Combatants: A Drama in Three Branches

122 (1) Political Science Quarterly 47 (2007), Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-54
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 14 (423,157)

Abstract:

11 September 2001, Congress, use all necessary and appropriate force, AUMF, Geneva Convention, Detainee Treatment Act , Military Commissions Act

49.

The Relevance of Federal Norms for State Separation of Powers

Roger Williams University Law Review, Vol. 4, No. 51, 1998, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-48
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 14 (448,914)

Abstract:

separation of powers, federalism norms, Constitution, individual rights, Fourteenth Amendments, state government

50.

The Domain of Reflexive Law

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 103, p. 384, 2003, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-41
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 12 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 14 (438,615)
Citation 4

Abstract:

sexual privacy, same-sex, reflexive law, Fourteenth Amendment, liberals, welfarists, Cohen, Regulating Intimacy: A New Legal Paradigm

51.

Dicta and Article III

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 142, p. 1997, 1994, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-20
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 06 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 14 (443,838)
Citation 6

Abstract:

federal court, Article III, abstract, hypothetical, contingent, jurisprudence

52.

The Morality of Prophylactic Legislation (with Special Reference to Speed Limits, Assisted Suicide, Torture, and Detention Without Trial)

61 Current Legal Problems 23 (Oxford University Press, 2008), Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-58
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 13 (448,914)

Abstract:

marginal applications, law and morality, legislature

53.

Heterogeneity of Rights

Legal Theory, Vol. 6, No. 269, 2000, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-56
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 13 (423,157)
Citation 2

Abstract:

incidental burdens, individual right, facial challenges, constitutional rights

54.

The Paths to Legal Equality: A Reply to Dean Sullivan

California Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 791, 2002, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-47
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 13 (448,914)

Abstract:

equality of the sexes, equal protection, Fourteenth Amendment, discrimination

55.

Instrumental and Non-Instrumental Federalism

Rutgers Law Journal Vol. 28, No. 825, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-31
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 09 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 13 (448,914)

Abstract:

Nationalists, Federalists, Anti-Federalists, congress, federal government, state

56.

Recipe for Trouble: Some Thoughts on Meaning, Translation and Normative Theory

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 85, No. 1857, 1997, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-37
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 12 (403,748)
Citation 1

Abstract:

interpretation, ajudication, originalist, normative

57.

Federal Government Power: The Voting Right Act

Touro Law Review, Vol. 26, No. 505, 2010, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-24
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 09 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
Downloads 12 (459,147)

Abstract:

The Voting Rights Act, VRA, Thirteenth Amendment, Fifteenth Amendment, race

58.

After Bureacracy

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 71, p. 1245, 2004, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-15
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Abstract:

Postmodernism, criticism, critical legal studies, rationality, skepticism, conservative, Marxist, political

59.

Entry on Anthony M. Kennedy in Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law

Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law 311-312, 2009, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-64
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 21 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Anthony M. Kennedy, Federal judge, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Stanford, Harvard, California, Republican

60.

Foreword: The Most Confusing Branch

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 191, 2009, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-26
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 08 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Abstract:

contradiction, gaps, confusing

61.

A Comment on Text, Time and Audience Understanding in Constitutional Law

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 73, p. 983, 1995, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-11
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 05 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Abstract:

Constitution, interpretation, language, statutes

62.

Identity Politics and the Second Amendment

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 73, p. 549, 2004, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-28
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Citation 1

Abstract:

second amendment, right to bear arms, contemporary, circumstances, originalists, militia

63.

The 2000 Presidential Election: Archetype or Exception?

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 99, p. 1279, 2001, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-38
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Citation 2

Abstract:

constitutional adjudication, precedent, election, Supreme Court, checks and balances

64.

A Nonoriginalist Perspective on the Lessons of History

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 10, p. 351, 1996, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-13
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 06 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Citation 1

Abstract:

normative indeterminacy, originalism, interpretation, constitution

65.

Create Your Own Constitutional Theory

California Law Review, Vol. 87, p. 593, 1999, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-19
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Citation 1

Abstract:

constitutional theory, rule of law, individual rights

66.

In Praise of Justice Blackmun: (Corrected) Typos and All

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 99, p. 1397, 1999, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-29
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 09 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Justice Harry A. Blackmun, compassion, jurisprudence, Roe v. Wade, abortion

67.

God and Man in the Yale Dormitories

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 843, 1998, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-27
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Citation 1

Abstract:

Constitutional, social issues, legal debate

68.

The Good Society, Commerce, and the Rehnquist Court

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 69, p. 2161, 2001, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-42
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Citation 2

Abstract:

constitutional interpretation, textualists, originalist, moral, good society

69.

Be Careful What You Wish for

16 Constitutional Commentary 505 1999, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-16
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 06 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Abstract:

campaign finance, Buckley v. Valeo, first amendment, Federal Election Campaign Act, Bush, Clinton, money

70.

Interpretive Holism and the Structural Method, or How Charles Black Might Have Thought About Campaign Finance Reform and Congressional Timidity

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 92, p. 833, 2004, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-33
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Citation 4

Abstract:

Charles Black, Structure and Relationaship in Constitutional Law, constitutional interpretation, congress, president, structural method

71.

A Partial Defense of an Anti-Discrimination Principle

Issues in Legal Scholarship, The Origins and Fate of Antisubordination Theory (2002): Article 2
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Citation 1

Abstract:

equal protection, Fiss, anti-subordination, anti-discrimination

72.

No Federalist Here: Anti-Federalism and Nationalism on the Renquist Court

Rutgers Law Journal Vol. 31, p. 741, 2000, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-35
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Feb 2013
Michael C. Dorf
Cornell Law School
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Abstract:

anti-federalists, congress, nationalists, states' interests, cooperative federalism

73.

Stings and Scams: ‘Fake News,’ the First Amendment, and the New Activist Journalism

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-02
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2017
Michael C. Dorf and Sidney Tarrow
Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
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Abstract:

First Amendment, Social Media, Web 2.0, Free Press, Freedom of the Press, Free Speech, Fake News, New Media, Social Movements, Fourth Estate, News Media, Activist Journalism, False Information, Alternative Facts

74.

Don't End or Audit the Fed: Central Bank Independence in an Age of Austerity

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-6, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2016-1, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-1
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 10 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2016
Neil H. Buchanan and Michael C. Dorf
George Washington University Law School and Cornell Law School
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Abstract:

Federal Reserve, economy, financial crisis

75.

Measuring the Chilling Effect

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-36
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 Nov 2015
Michael C. Dorf and Brandice Canes-Wrone
Cornell Law School and Princeton University - Department of Political Science
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76.

Drug Treatment Courts and Emergent Experimentalist Government

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Drug Treatment Courts and Emergent Experimentalist Government

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 3, April 2000
Posted: 27 Dec 1999
Michael C. Dorf and Charles Sabel
Cornell Law School and Columbia University - Columbia Law School

Abstract:

Drug Treatment Courts and Emergent Experimentalist Government

Columbia Law School, Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper No. 2
Posted: 25 Dec 1999
Michael C. Dorf and Charles Sabel
Cornell Law School and Columbia University - Columbia Law School

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