Barry Cushman

Notre Dame Law School

P.O. Box 780

Notre Dame, IN 46556-0780

United States

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Scholarly Papers (40)

1.

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Chapter 8 in THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF LAW IN AMERICA, Vol. 3: The Twentieth Century and After (1920–), Grossberg and Tomlins, eds., 2008, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1312
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2013
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Notre Dame Law School
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Great Depression, New Deal, legal history, constitutional history

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Inside the 'Constitutional Revolution' of 1937

2016 Sup. Ct. Rev. 367 (2017), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1764
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2019
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Hughes Court, switch-in-time, Constitutional Revolution, West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, Minimum Wage Cases, Labor Board Cases, Wagner Act Cases, NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin, Social Security Cases, Helvering v. Davis, Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, Court-packing

3.

Formalism and Realism in Commerce Clause Jurisprudence

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 1089, 2000, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1313
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 May 2000 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2013
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Civil War, World War 11, commerce clause, constitutional law, constitutional history, due process, jurisprudence

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Teaching the Lochner Era

62 St. Louis U. L.J. 537 (2018), Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1845
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 24 Jul 2018
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Lochner Era, Lochner v. New York, switch-in-time, substantive due process, Nebbia v. New York, West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, liberty of contract, A-to-B laws, price regulation, rate regulation, minimum wage, Lochner revisionism

5.

Clerking for Scrooge

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 70, 2003, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1315
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2017
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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John Knox, Justice McReynolds, clerkship, New Deal, Hughes Court

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Carolene Products and Constitutional Structure

2012 Sup. Ct. Rev. 321 (2013), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1303, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-25
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 29 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2016
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Constitutional Structure, Substantive Due Process, Federalism, Carolene Products, Hammer v. Dagenhart, Fair Labor Standards Act, United States v. Darby, Child Labor

7.

The Secret Lives of the Four Horsemen

University of Virginia Law Review, Vol. 83, 1997, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1317
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 21 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 01 May 2013
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Four Horsemen, Willis Van Devanter, James Clark McReynolds, George Sutherland, Pierce Butler, New Deal, Hughes Court

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Headline Kidnappings and the Origins of the Lindbergh Law

St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 55, No. 4 (2011), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 11-42, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-37
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 19 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2013
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Legal History, Criminal Law, Lindbergh Law, Kidnapping, St. Louis History

9.

The Clerks of the Four Horsemen, Part I

39 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 386 (2014), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1442
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2015
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Supreme Court clerks, Four Horsemen, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, Butler, legal history, constitutional history

10.

Lochner, Liquor, and Longshoremen: A Puzzle in Progressive Era Federalism

Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce, Vol. 32, No. 1, January, 2001, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1331, UVA School of Law, Public Working Paper No. 00-14
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2013
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Admiralty, Commerce Clause, Legal History, Constitutional Law, Southern Pacific v. Jensen, Cooperative Federalism, Constitutional Structure

11.

Some Varieties and Vicissitudes of Lochnerism

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 85, 881-1000, 2005, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1314
Number of pages: 121 Posted: 08 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2013
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Lochner, constitutional history, substantive due process

12.

The Place of Economic Crisis in American Constitutional Law: The Great Depression As a Case Study

Forthcoming, Liberal Constitutions in Financial Crises, Tom Ginsburg, Mark Rosen, & Georg Vanberg, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2019, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1847
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 11 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2018
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Hughes Court, Great Depression, New Deal, Constitutional Law, Judicial Review

13.

Federalism

The Cambridge Companion to the United States Constitution 185-223 (Karen Orren & John Compton, eds., 2018), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1922
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 28 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2022
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Federalism, U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court

14.

Court-Packing and Compromise

CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY, Vol. 29, No. 1 (2013), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1450
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2017
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Court-Packing Plan, Supreme Court, Homer Cummings, Joseph Robinson, Charles Evan Hughes, Owen J. Roberts, Willis Van Devanter, George Sutherland

15.

The Structure of Classical Public Law

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 75, 2008, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1316
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 01 May 2013
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Classical legal thought, Duncan Kennedy, constitutional history, legal consciousness, structuralism

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Inside the Taft Court: Lessons from the Docket Books

2015 Sup. Ct. Rev. 345 (2016), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1621
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 20 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2019
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Taft Court, docket books, unanimity norms, vote fluidity, freshman effect

17.

NFIB v. Sebelius and the Transformation of the Taxing Power

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 89, 134-198 (2013), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1309
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 04 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2014
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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child labor reform, Child Labor Tax Case, Bailey v. Drexel Furniture, Affordable Care Act, NFIB v. Sebelius, regulatory taxation, legal history, constitutional law, taxing power

18.

The Limits of the New Deal Analogy

15 Green Bag 2D 139 (2012), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1337, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-07
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 07 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2013
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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New Deal, Hughes Court, Roberts Court, Congress, Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Affordable Care Act

19.

The Man on the Flying Trapeze

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 15, 2012, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1336, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-06
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 29 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2013
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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New Deal, Hughes Court, Court-packing plan, Jeff Shesol

20.

The Judicial Reforms of 1937

William & Mary L. Rev., Vol. 61, 995, (2020), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1939
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 13 May 2020
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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New Deal, Injunctions, Judicial Appointments, Three-Judge Panel, Judicial Procedure, Federal Jurisdiction, Federal Courts

21.

The Jurisprudence of the Hughes Court: The Recent Literature

89 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1929 (2014), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1423
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 13 Jun 2014
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Notre Dame Law School
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Constitutional Law, Legal History, Constitutional History, Hughes Court, Supreme Court, Commerce Clause, Due Process, Spending Power, Charles Evans Hughes, Owen Roberts

22.

The Hughes-Roberts Visit

The Green Bag, Vol. 15, 2012, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1338, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-15
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2013
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New Deal, Hughes Court, Owen Roberts, Charles Evans Hughes, Frances Perkins

23.

Ambiguities of Free Labor Revisited: The Convict-Labor Question in Progressive-Era New York

In MAKING LEGAL HISTORY: ESSAYS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF LEGAL HISTORY IN HONOR OF WILLIAM E. NELSON, R.B. Bernstein, Daniel J. Hulsebosch, eds., New York University Press, 2013 , Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1449, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-16
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2013
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Notre Dame Law School
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free labor, substantive due process, equal protection, dormant commerce clause, convict labor, New York, legal history, constitutional history, William E. Nelson, Lochner

24.

Court-Packing in Context

Journal of Supreme Court History (forthcoming, 2023)
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 27 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2023
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Supreme Court, Court Curbing, Constitutional Amendment, Advisory Opinions, Appellate Jurisdiction, Judicial Voting Rules, Judicial Term Limits, Judicial Pensions, Judicial Compulsory Retirement, Federal Courts, Federal Jurisdiction

25.

The Hughes Court and Constitutional Consultation

The Journal of Supreme Court History, Vol. 79, 1998, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1318
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 01 May 2013
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Notre Dame Law School
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Hughes Court, Supreme Court Historical Society, Great Depression, New Deal, legal history, constitutional history

26.

The Securities Laws and the Mechanics of Legal Change

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 4 (Jun., 2009), pp. 927-939
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2013
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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SEC, Roosevelt, New Deal

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The Clerks of the Four Horsemen (Part II)

40 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 55 (2015), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1507
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Mar 2015
Barry Cushman
Notre Dame Law School
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Supreme Court clerks, Four Horsemen, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, Butler, legal history, constitutional history

28.

Mr. Dooley and Mr. Gallup: Public Opinion and Constitutional Change in the 1930s

Buffalo Law Review, Vol. 50, 2002, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1320
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 17 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 01 May 2013
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Notre Dame Law School
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Public Opinion, New Deal, Hughes Court, George Gallup, Elmo Roper, labor, federal regulatory power, redistribution, fiscal policy, relief, social security

29.

Tax Recognition

St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 58, p. 825, 2014, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1409
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 Mar 2014
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Notre Dame Law School
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wills, trusts, estates, estate tax, gift tax, generation-skipping transfer tax, income tax, teaching

30.

Justice Brandeis and Substantive Due Process

19 Green Bag 2d 145 (2016), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1612
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2019
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Notre Dame Law School
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Justice Louis D. Brandeis, substantive due process

31.

The Missing Justice in Coleman v. Miller

42 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 67 (2017), Notre Dame Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1712
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 03 Mar 2017
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Notre Dame Law School
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Intestate Succession in a Polygamous Society

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 281, 1991, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1422
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 31 May 2014 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2014
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Notre Dame Law School
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wills, trusts, estates, succession, inheritance, polygamy, Utah, Mormons, legal history, ecclesiastical courts

33.

Lost Fidelities

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 41, 1999, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1319
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 01 May 2013
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Notre Dame Law School
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Owen Roberts, New Deal, Hughes Court, constitutional revolution, substantive due process, economic regulation, Lochner, Nebbia

34.

The Hughes Court Docket Books: The Early Terms, 1929-1933

40 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 103 (2015), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1524
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Sep 2015
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Notre Dame Law School
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Hughes Court, docket books, vote fluidity, unanimity norms, freshman effect

35.

The Court-Packing Plan as Symptom, Casualty, and Cause of Gridlock

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 88:5, 2013, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1460
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Nov 2013
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Notre Dame Law School
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Court-Packing Plan, Supreme Court, Hatton Sumners, Henry Fountain Ashurst, William Borah, Burton Wheeler, Homer Cummings, Joseph Robinson, Charles Evan Hughes

36.

The Hughes Court Docket Books: The Late Terms, 1937-1940

American Journal of Legal History, Vol. 55, December 2015, Forthcoming, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1525
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 25 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2015
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Notre Dame Law School
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Hughes Court, docket books, unanimity norms, vote fluidity, freshman effect

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Vote Fluidity on the Hughes Court: The Critical Terms, 1934-1936

2017 U. Ill. L. Rev. 269 (2017), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1611
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2019
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Notre Dame Law School
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Hughes Court, vote fluidity, unanimity norms, docket books

38.

The Decline of Revocation by Physical Act

54 Real Prop., Tr. & Est. L.J. 243 (2019), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 200116
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2020
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Notre Dame Law School
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Revocation, Physical Act, Wills, Trusts, Life Insurance, Nonprobate Transfers, Will Substitutes

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Doctrinal Synergies and Liberal Dilemmas: The Case of the Yellow-Dog Contract

1992 Supreme Court Review 235 (1993), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1435
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 12 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2014
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U.S. Constitutional Law: Interpretation and Judicial Review,;U.S. Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties; U.S. Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers and Federalism Labor Law; Law & Society: Public Law - Constitutional Law, Legal History

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Interpreting Secretary Perkins

18 Green Bag 2d 13 (2014), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1445
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
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New Deal, Hughes Court, Owen Roberts, Charles Evans Hughes, Frances Perkins