Ruth Colker

Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Distinguished University Professor & Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law

55 West 12th Avenue

Columbus, OH 43210

United States

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/professor/ruth-colker/

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Scholarly Papers (34)

1.

Formative Assessments: A Law School Case Study

94 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 387 (2017) , Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 392
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2023
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Assessment, Pedagogy

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Universal Design: Stop Banning Laptops!

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 39, 2017, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 435
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 Jan 2018
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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education, universal design, laptop use, disability

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Disabled Education: A Critical Analysis of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 163
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Dec 2011
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads 408 (116,231)

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disability, race, class, equality, special education

4.

The Learning Disability Mess

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 156
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads 327 (148,542)

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learning disability, special education

5.

The White Supremacist Constitution

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 612, Utah Law Review, 2022
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2022
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads 297 (164,462)

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white supremacy, race discrimination, Constitution

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The Disability Integration Presumption: Thirty Years Later

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 25 Mar 2005
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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disabilities, education, children, mainstreaming, disability

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Marriage Mimicry: The Law of Domestic Violence

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 47, 2006, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 45, OSU Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies Working Paper No. 29
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Oct 2005
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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domestic partner, common-law marriage, battered spouse, battered wife

8.

Winning and Losing Under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Mar 2001
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads 236 (207,213)
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disability discrimination, employment discrimination, judicial outcomes, empirical research

9.

Dissing Congress

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 08 Mar 2001
Ruth Colker and James J. Brudney
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and Fordham University School of Law
Downloads 226 (216,077)
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constitutional law, legislation, Congress, federalism, separation of powers, employment discrimination

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Ada Title Iii: A Fragile Compromise

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Jul 2000
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads 220 (221,030)
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Ada Title Iii: A Fragile Compromise

Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 21, No. 1, P. 377, 2000
Posted: 04 Jul 2000
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

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Anti-Subordination Above All: A Disability Perspective

Notre Dame Law Review, Forthcoming, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 84
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 30 Nov 2006
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads 207 (234,517)
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Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA, special education, institutionalization

12.

Test Validity: Faster is Not Necessarily Better

Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 49, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 457
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 04 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2019
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads 206 (236,616)
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disability, education, testing

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Public Restrooms: Flipping the Default Rules

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 388
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Mar 2017
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads 181 (267,121)
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bathrooms, restrooms, equality, transgender, sexual stereotyping

14.

Blaming Mothers: A Disability Perspective

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 295
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 May 2015
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads 141 (326,037)

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special education, mothers, disability

15.

Religious Accommodations for County Clerks?

Ohio State Law Journal Furthermore, Vol. 76, 2015, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 315
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Oct 2015
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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gay rights, religion, equal protection, marriage

16.

Towards Universal Design in the Classroom

Journal of Legal Education, Forthcoming, Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 641
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2021
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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disability, education, reasonable accommodation, universal design

17.

Rehnquist and Federalism: An Empirical Perspective

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 May 2005
Ruth Colker and Kevin M. Scott
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and United States Department of Justice
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national league of cities, wirtz, fry, fitzpatrick, rome, hibbs

18.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Friends

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 66, 2006, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 64, Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies Working Paper Series No. 42
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 02 May 2006
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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amici, friend of the court

19.

Freedom to Choose to Marry

Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2016, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 337
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2016
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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gay rights, marriage, gender equality, privacy, freedom to marry, Obergefell

20.

The Mythic 43 Million Americans With Disabilities

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 49, 2007, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 90, Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies Working Paper No. 61
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 06 Apr 2007
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Downloads 104 (407,913)

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anti-subordination, Sutton, Kirkingsburg, Murphy, civil rights canon

21.

The Power of Insults

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 1, 2020, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 527
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 11 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2020
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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disability, civil rights, social change

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Did the Fry Decision Under the IDEA Overturn Rowley?

Journal of Law & Education, Vol. 46, No. 4, Fall 2017, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 431
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Dec 2017
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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special education, disability

23.

Dissing States?: Invalidation of State Action During the Rehnquist Era

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 25 Jun 2002
Ruth Colker and Kevin M. Scott
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law and United States Department of Justice
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Speculation About Judicial Outcomes Under 2008 ADA Amendments: Cause for Concern

Utah Law Review, Vol. 2010, No. 4, pp. 1029-1055, 2010, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 147
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2011
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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disability, ADA, civil rights

25.

The K-12 Masking Wars

The Regulatory Review, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania Law School, August 30, 2021, Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 650
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 02 Sep 2021
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Politics Trump Science: the Collision between No Child Left Behind and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

42 Journal of Law & Education (2013)
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Apr 2016
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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special education, learning disabilities, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, No Child Left Behind

27.

Uninformed Consent

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 615, Boston University Law Review, Vol. 101, 2021
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 May 2021
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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abortion, sex discrimination, tort law, equal protection

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The Americans with Disabilities Act's Unreasonable Focus on the Individual

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 742
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Dec 2022
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Special Education Complaint Resolution: Ohio

Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2014, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 273
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Sep 2014
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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special education, dispute resolution

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California Year in Review: 2013 Special Education ALJ Decisions

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary, Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2014, Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 262
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Jun 2014
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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special education

31.

California Hearing Officer Decisions

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 185
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 17 Jan 2013
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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special education, disability

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Amicus Curiae Brief of Disability Rights Organizations, Advocates and Academics on Rehearing En Banc in Pre-Term Cleveland v. Acton

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 17 Mar 2020
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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disability, abortion, Down syndrome

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Response: Hybrid Revisited

Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 166
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Apr 2012
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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sexual orientation, bisexuality, discrimination

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The Reactive Model of Reasonable Accommodation

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 735
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 13 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2023
Ruth Colker
Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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