Neil Siegel

Duke University School of Law

Professor

210 Science Drive

Box 90362

Durham, NC 27708

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

52

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Scholarly Papers (52)

1.

Political Norms, Constitutional Conventions, and President Donald Trump

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 93, 2017, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2018-9
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2018
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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constitutional conventions, political norms, presidency, Trump

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Not the Power to Destroy: An Effects Theory of the Tax Power

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 98, No. 6, 2012
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 23 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Robert D. Cooter and Neil Siegel
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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Tax Power, Federalism, Minimum Coverage Provision

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Collective Action Federalism: A General Theory of Article I, Section 8

Stanford Law Review, Vol 63, p. 115, 2010, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1692835
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 16 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Robert D. Cooter and Neil Siegel
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Duke University School of Law
Downloads 720 (71,850)
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General Welfare Clause, Commerce Clause, Federalism

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The Trouble With Court-Packing

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2022-08, Duke Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 04 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2022
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Court-packing, Supreme Court,

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Historical Gloss, Constitutional Conventions, and the Judicial Separation of Powers

Georgetown Law Journal, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2016-11
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 25 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2021
Curtis Bradley and Neil Siegel
The University of Chicago Law School and Duke University School of Law
Downloads 594 (91,691)
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historical gloss, constitutional conventions, Court packing, jurisdiction stripping, separation of powers, Exceptions Clause

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The Trump Presidency, Racial Realignment, and the Future of Constitutional Norms

Amending America's Unwritten Constitution (Richard Albert, Yaniv Roznai, & Ryan C. Williams eds., Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2021-03
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 02 May 2021
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Theorizing the Law/Politics Distinction: Neutral Principles, Affirmative Action, and the Enduring Legacy of Paul Mishkin

California Law Review, Vol. 95, 2007, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 138
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2019
Robert Post and Neil Siegel
Yale University - Law School and Duke University School of Law
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After the Trump Era: A Constitutional Role Morality for Presidents and Members of Congress

Georgetown Law Journal, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series Paper No. 2018-17
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 08 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2018
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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role morality, elected officials, constitutional law scholarship

Historical Gloss, Madisonian Liquidation, and the Originalism Debate

Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2019-15
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2019
Curtis Bradley and Neil Siegel
The University of Chicago Law School and Duke University School of Law
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historical gloss, liquidation, originalism, non-originalism, separation of powers

Historical Gloss, Madisonian Liquidation, and the Originalism Debate

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 106, No. 1, 2020
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 29 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2020
Curtis Bradley and Neil Siegel
The University of Chicago Law School and Duke University School of Law
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Constitutional framework, liquidation, historical gloss,

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Constructed Constraint and the Constitutional Text

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 64
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 08 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2019
Curtis Bradley and Neil Siegel
The University of Chicago Law School and Duke University School of Law
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constitutional interpretation, textualism, constitutional construction, unwritten constitution

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Federalism as a Way Station: Windsor as Exemplar of Doctrine in Motion

6 Journal of Legal Analysis (2014)
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Windsor, same-sex marriage, federalism, equal protection, Bickel, passive virtues

12.

United States Constitutional Law: Chapter 1 (Introduction)

United States Constitutional Law, 2019, ISBN: 9781640208018, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2019-23
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Feb 2019
Daniel A. Farber and Neil Siegel
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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Contraception as a Sex Equality Right

Yale Law Journal Forum, Vol. 124, March 2015, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2015-7, Yale Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 528
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 20 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2018
Neil Siegel and Reva Siegel
Duke University School of Law and Yale University - Law School
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The Distinctive Role of Justice Samuel Alito: From a Politics of Restoration to a Politics of Dissent

Yale Law Journal Forum, Vol. 126, p.164 (2016), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2017-2
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2017
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Free Riding on Benevolence: Collective Action Federalism and the Minimum Coverage Provision

Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 75, No. 3, 2012
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 May 2011 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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commerce clause, collective action federalism, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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'Struck' by Stereotype: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Pregnancy Discrimination as Sex Discrimination

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 59, No. 4, 2010
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 May 2010 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Neil Siegel and Reva Siegel
Duke University School of Law and Yale University - Law School
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sex discrimination, Justice Ginsburg

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Equality Arguments for Abortion Rights

UCLA Law Review Discourse, Vol. 60, 2013
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Apr 2013
Neil Siegel and Reva Siegel
Duke University School of Law and Yale University - Law School
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Roe v. Wade, abortion rights, Supreme Court, Equal Protection clause, equality values

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The Wages of Crying Roe: Some Realism About Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

2 J. Am. Const. Hist., 1 Winter 2024, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2023-60
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2024
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, abortion, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, women's rights

19.

Reciprocal Legitimation in the Federal Courts System

70 Vanderbilt Law Review 1183 (2017), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2016-45
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 16 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 24 May 2017
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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After Recess: Historical Practice, Textual Ambiguity, and Constitutional Adverse Possession

2014 Supreme Court Review 1, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 20015-6
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 11 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2018
Curtis Bradley and Neil Siegel
The University of Chicago Law School and Duke University School of Law
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historical gloss, constitutional interpretation, recess appointments, constitutional liquidation, textualism

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Four Constitutional Limits that the Minimum Coverage Provision Respects

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 27, p. 591, 2011
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Commerce Clause, health insurance mandate, Affordable Care Act, collective action federalism, congressional powers

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Why the Nineteenth Amendment Matters Today: A Guide for the Centennial

27 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, 235-268 (2020)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2020
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Nineteenth Amendment, women's rights, woman suffrage, voting rights

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The Liberty of Free Riders: The Minimum Coverage Provision, Mill’s 'Harm Principle,' and American Social Morality

American Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. 38, Nos. 2&3, p. 374, 2012
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 May 2012
Jedediah S. Britton-Purdy and Neil Siegel
Columbia University - Law School and Duke University School of Law
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Pregnancy and Sex-Role Stereotyping, from 'Struck' to 'Carhart'

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 70, No. 4, 2009
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Jun 2010
Neil Siegel and Reva Siegel
Duke University School of Law and Yale University - Law School
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sex discrimination, pregnancy, women, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Collective Action Federalism and Its Discontents

Texas Law Review, Vol. 91, No. 7, 2013
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Commerce Clause, collective action problems, Sebelius

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Compelling Interests and Contraception

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 47, May 2015, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2015-10, Yale Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 541
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2015
Neil Siegel and Reva Siegel
Duke University School of Law and Yale University - Law School
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The Virtue of Judicial Statesmanship

Texas Law Review, Vol. 86, No. 5, 2008, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 207
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 21 Apr 2008
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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'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
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courts, health care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Tax Anti-Injunction Act, minimum coverage provision

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More Law than Politics: The Chief, The 'Mandate', Legality, and Statesmanship

The Health Care Case: The Supreme Court's Decision and Its Implications (Nathaniel Persily, Gillian E. Metzger, & Trevor W. Morrison eds., Oxford; 2013 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roberts, Affordabe Care Act, ACA

30.

Prudentialism in McDonald v. City of Chicago

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy, 2010
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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constitutional interpretation, Due Process Clause, right to bear arms, Second amendment

31.

Dole's Future: A Strategic Analysis

Supreme Court Economic Review, Vol. 16, 2008, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 145
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Feb 2007
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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32.

California, Climate Change and the Constitution

Environmental Law Forum, Vol. 25, No. 4, July/August 2008
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Jan 2011
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of Utah College of Law, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Duke University - Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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Climate Change, California, Dormant Commerce Clause, Dormant Foreign Policy Power

33.

Interring the Rhetoric of Judicial Activism

DePaul Law Review, Vol. 59, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Jun 2010
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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judicial activism, Republican politics, judges, Supreme Court

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Jack Balkin's Rich Historicism and Diet Originalism: Health Benefits and Risks for the Constitutional System

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 111, No. 6, 2013
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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A Coase Theorem for Constitutional Theory

Michigan State Law Review, 2010
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 May 2010
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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supreme court, Coase theorem, judges

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Race-Conscious Student Assignment Plans: Balkanization, Integration, and Individualized Consideration

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 56, pp. 781-860, 2006, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 143
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 08 Feb 2007
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Commandeering and its Alternatives: A Federalism Perspective

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 59, pp. 1629-1691, 2006, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 144
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 08 Feb 2007
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Distinguishing the 'Truly National' from the 'Truly Local': Customary Allocation, Commercial Activity, and Collective Action

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 62, 2012
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Commerce Clause, collective action federalism, commercial activity

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Foreword, the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act: Ideas from the Academy

Law and Contemporary Problems, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 18 Apr 2012
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, ACA, health care, individual mandate, Commerce Clause, tax power, Necessary and Proper clause

40.

A Theory in Search of a Court, and Itself: Judicial Minimalism at the Supreme Court Bar

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 103, p. 1951, 2005, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 91
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Review Essay: A Prescription for Perilous Times

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 93, pp. 1645-1679, 2005, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 90
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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The New Textualism, Progressive Constitutionalism, and Abortion Rights: A Reply to Jeffrey Rosen

Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 04 Sep 2013
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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abortion rights, textualism, Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, Equal Protection Clause, discrimination

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Law is Not Enough

Ohio Northern University Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 197, 2019, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2019-30
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Apr 2019
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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legal ethics, political precedent, government practices, constitutional norms

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Narrow But Deep: The McCulloch Principle, Collective-Action Theory, and Section Three Enforcement

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2024-48
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Jul 2024
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3, Constitution, Presidential candidates, Ballots, Presidential election, Voting rights, federalism

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Sen and the Hart of Jurisprudence: A Critique of the Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior

California Law Review, Vol. 87, pp. 1581-1608, 1999
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Feb 2007
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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International Delegations and the Values of Federalism

Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 70, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 151
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2008
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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'Equal Citizenship Stature': Justice Ginsburg’s Constitutional Vision

New England Law Review, Vol. 43, Nos. 3-4, 2009
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Jun 2010
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, constitutional vision, equal protection, gender, race, disability

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Umpires at Bat: On Integration and Legitimation

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 24, No. 3, Fall 2007, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Paper No. 254
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Jun 2009
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Some Modest Uses of Transnational Legal Perspectives in First-Year Constitutional Law

Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 142, Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 56, pp. 201-215, 2006
Posted: 08 Feb 2007
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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State Sovereign Immunity and Stare Decisis: Solving the Prisoners' Dilemma within the Court

California Law Review, Vol. 89, pp. 1165-1198, 2001
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Feb 2007
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Foreword: The October 2018 Term: Leaving Things Undecided—and Non-Partisan—For Now

ACS Supreme Court Review, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2019-76
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Nov 2019
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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Supreme Court, judicial partisanship, judicial appointees

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Why the Eleventh Amendment Always Matters, Even When Transaction Costs are Zero: A Reply to Professor Farber

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 18, p. 177, 2001
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Feb 2007
Neil Siegel
Duke University School of Law
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