Todd E. Pettys

University of Iowa - College of Law

Melrose and Byington

Iowa City, IA 52242

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

40

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Scholarly Papers (40)

1.

Choosing a Chief Justice: Presidential Prerogative Or a Job for the Court?

Journal of Law & Politics, Vol. 22, p. 231, 2006, University of Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-03
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 25 Jan 2007
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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chief justice, supreme court, appointment

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The N.R.A.'s Strict-Scrutiny Amendments

104 Iowa Law Review 1455 (2019), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-17
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2019
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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arms, guns, firearms, weapons, second amendment, strict scrutiny, n.r.a., national rifle association, amendment, state constitution

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Letter from Iowa: Same-Sex Marriage and the Ouster of Three Justices

Kansas Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 715, 2011, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-39
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2011
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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marriage, homosexuality, same-sex marriage, varnum, judicial retention, retention, ouster, merit selection, democratic constitutionalism

4.

The Emotional Juror

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 76, 2007, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-01
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Dec 2007
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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emotion, juror, rational, decision making, ethics

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Competing for the People's Affection: Federalism's Forgotten Marketplace

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 2, 2003
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 05 May 2003
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads 391 (156,411)
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federalism, competition, affection, marketplace, rehnquist court, commerce clause, commandeering, sovereign immunity

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Free Expression, In-Group Bias, and the Court's Conservatives: A Critique of the Epstein-Parker-Segal Study

63 Buffalo Law Review 1 (2015), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-25
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 22 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2015
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads 375 (163,908)
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speech, expression, first amendment, in-group, ingroup, bias, Supreme Court database, Epstein, Segal, Parker

7.

Judicial Discretion in Constitutional Cases

Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 26, p. 123, 2011, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-36
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 09 May 2011
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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judicial, judges, discretion, constitution, constitutional interpretation, legitimacy, dichotomy, umpire, democratic constitutionalism

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Retention Redux: Iowa 2012

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, Vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 2013, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-36
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2013
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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retention, elections, retention elections, varnum, same-sex, marriage, wiggins, judicial elections

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The Myth of the Written Constitution

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 84, p. 991, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-53
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 11 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 07 May 2009
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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constitution, written, unwritten, ratified, unratified, myth, faith, originalism, living constitutionalism, nation, judicial supremacy, democracy

10.

Sodom's Shadow: The Uncertain Line Between Public and Private Morality

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 61, p. 1161, 2010, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-01
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2010
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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morality, accountability, integration, integrated, divine, political community, public morality, private morality, autonomy, establishment clause, liberalism

11.

Judging Hypocrisy

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-24, 70 Emory Law Journal 251
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2021
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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hypocrisy, hypocrite, supreme court, judging, partisan, bias, equal, equality, rule of law

12.

Serious Value, Prurient Appeal, and "Obscene" Books in the Hands of Children

31 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 1003 (2023), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-17
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2023
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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obscene, obscenity, speech, serious value, prurient, first amendment, speech, children, books

13.

The Analytic Classroom

60 Buffalo Law Review 1255, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-16
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 10 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2013
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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legal education, Langdell, doctrinal, flipping, coverage, socratic, analytic, analytic skills,

14.

Popular Constitutionalism and Relaxing the Dead Hand: Can the People Be Trusted?

Washington Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 313, 2008, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-10
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2010
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads 213 (293,377)
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popular constitutionalism, dead hand, judicial supremacy, constitutionalism, constitutional interpretation, originalism, fundamental law

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Campaign Finance, Federalism, and the Case of the Long-Armed Donor

University of Chicago Law Review Dialogue, 2014, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-28
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2014
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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McCutcheon, campaign finance, citizens united, long-armed donors, federalism, Stevens

16.

Hostile Learning Environments, the First Amendment, and Public Higher Education

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 1, 2022
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 May 2021 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2022
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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hostile, environment, learning environment, harassment, campus, free speech, first amendment, originalism, actual malice

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Remembering Randy Bezanson

Iowa Law Review, Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-12
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 12 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2014
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Bezanson, Iowa, writing, analysis, analytical

18.

The Immoral Application of Exclusionary Rules

Wisconsin Law Review, No.3, p. 463, 2008, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-08
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2010
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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evidence, exclusionary, immoral, prejudicial, hearsay, character

19.

Killing Roger Coleman: Habeas, Finality, and the Innocence Gap

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 48, p. 2313, 2007, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-28
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Apr 2007
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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habeas, finality, innocence, coleman, default

20.

Instrumentalizing Jurors: An Argument Against the Fourth Amendment Exclusionary Rule

Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2010, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-16
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2010
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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fourth amendment, exclusionary rule, kant, moral, immoral, practical imperative, hudson, herring, section 1983, deterrence

21.

Judicial Retention Elections, the Rule of Law, and the Rhetorical Weaknesses of Consequentialism

60 Buffalo Law Review, Vol. 60, p. 69, 2012, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-36
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2012
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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retention, elections, rule of law, consequentialism,

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A View from the Recount Room

Iowa Law Review Online, Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-03
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 12 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2021
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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election, recount, recount board, identifying mark, write in, prescribed mark, absentee, congress, house of representatives

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Unions, Corporations, and the First Amendment: A Response to Professors Fisk and Chemerinsky

99 Cornell Law Review Online 23 (2013), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-29
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2013
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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unions, corporations, shareholders, employees, association, compelled, speech, Knox, Citizens United

24.

The Vitality of the American Sovereign

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 108, , No. 6, p. 939, 2010, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-36
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Sep 2009
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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sovereignty, popular, constitution, amendment, sovereignty dance, democratic constitutionalism

25.

State Habeas Relief for Federal Extra-judicial Detainees

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 92, No. 2, 2007, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-02
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 13 Nov 2007
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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habeas, extrajudicial, detainee

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Partisanship, Social Identity, and American Government: Reality and Reflections

22 Lewis & Clark Law Review 301, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-02
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2018
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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partisan, partisanship, social identity, social identities, social identification, in group, out group, voter, democracy, federalism, republican, democrat, bias

27.

Our Anticompetitive Patriotism

UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 4, p. 1353, 2006, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-50
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 16 May 2006
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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patriotism, nation, intergovernmental competition

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Doubting Abood, Finding Religion at Hobby Lobby, and More: Civil Cases in the Supreme Court's 2013-2014 Term

Court Review, Vol. 50, Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-21
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2014
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Supreme Court, civil

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Federal Habeas Relief and the New Tolerance for 'Reasonably Erroneous' Applications of Federal Law

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Apr 2002
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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habeas, unreasonably erroneous, williams v. taylor, ramdass v. angelone

30.

Counsel and Confrontation

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 94, p. 201, 2009, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-14
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2010
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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counsel, attorney, confrontation, due process, testimonial, hearsay, crawford, cross-examination

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Healthcare, Unions, Ministers and More: Civil Cases in the Supreme Court's 2011-2012 Term

48 Court Review, Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-29
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2012
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Supreme Court, civil cases, 2011 Term, 2012 Term, healthcare, administrative law, arbitration, bivens, due process, equal protection, federal jurisdiction, qualified immunity, religion, speech, supremacy clause, American Judges Association

32.

The Mobility Paradox

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 92, No. 3, 2004
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 13 May 2010
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Tiebout, federalism. mobility, centralization, decentralization, externalities, devolution

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Constructing Students' Speech Rights, from College Admissions to Professional Schools

59 San Diego Law Review 229 (2022), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-28
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 13 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2023
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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first amendment, speech, college, university, higher education, student, hazelwood, social media, admissions, college application, professional, professional school, public employee

34.

More than Marriage: Civil Cases in the Supreme Court's 2012-2013 Term

49 Court Review (2013) Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-33
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2013
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Supreme Court, civil, marriage, voting, voters, standing, affirmative action, October 2012 Term

35.

From Playgrounds to Plavix: Civil Cases in the Supreme Court's October 2016 Term

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-26
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2017
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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supreme court, civil

36.

The First Amendment Speech Rights of College Student Athletes

George Mason Law Review, Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-05
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2024
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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speech, athletes, first amendment, college, university

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Civil Cases in the Supreme Court's October 2018 Term

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-19
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2019
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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supreme court, civil, abortion, alcohol, arbitration, Auer deference, census, copyrights, equitable tolling, partisan gerrymandering, preemption, establishment clause, removal, securities fraud, sovereign immunity, speech, standing, takings, Title VII

38.

Weddings, Whiter Teeth, Judicial-Campaign Speech, and More: Civil Cases in the Supreme Court's 2014-2015 Term

51 Court Review 94 (2015), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-14
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2015
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Supreme Court, Civil

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From ALJs to Wedding Cakes: Civil Cases in the Supreme Court's October 2017 Term

Court Review, Volume 54, Issue 3, 2019, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-12
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2019
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Supreme Court, Civil, Constitution, ALJ, Anti-commandeering, Alien Tort, Arbitration, Chevron Deference Contracts Clause, Elections, Executive Power, FLSA, Religion, Separation of Powers, Speech, Supplemental Jurisdiction, Taxes

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Eight in the Eye of a Political Storm: Civil Cases in the Supreme Court's October 2015 Term

Court Review, Vol. 52, Pages 100-107, 2016, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-05
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2017
Todd E. Pettys
University of Iowa - College of Law
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supreme court, civil, cases, October 2015