Andrew Coan

University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law

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P.O. Box 210176

Tucson, AZ 85721-0176

United States

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1.

What Is the Matter with Dobbs?

Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 22-24
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2022
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Abortion, Dobbs, Roe, Court Packing, Constitutional Law, Rule of Law

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Interpreting Ratification

1 J. Am. Con. Hist. 449 (2023), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 23-17, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper 1780
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 21 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2023
Andrew Coan and David S. Schwartz
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law and University of Wisconsin Law School
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Federalism, Enumeration, Enumerated Powers, Commerce Power, Spending Power, General Welfare, Necessary and Proper Clause, Federalism, Originalism, Original Public Meaning, Original Meaning, Preamble, Federalists, Anti-Federalists, The Federalist, Federalist Papers, Contextual Enrichment, Sincerity

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The Foundations of Constitutional Theory

2017 Wisconsin Law Review 833 (2017), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 16-24
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2017
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Constitutional Theory, Jurisprudence, Originalism, Pluralism, Consequentialism

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Judicial Capacity and the Substance of Constitutional Law

122 Yale Law Journal 422, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1190
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2014
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Judicial Capacity, Constitutional Law, Courts, Judicial Decision-Making, Judicial Politics

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The Original Meaning of Enumerated Powers

Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 23-02, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper #1763
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 18 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Andrew Coan and David S. Schwartz
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law and University of Wisconsin Law School
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Enumeration, Originalism, Federalism, Original Public Meaning, Interpretation, Construction, Contextual Enrichment

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The Irrelevance of Writtenness in Constitutional Interpretation

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 158, 2010, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1250
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 10 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2014
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Constitution, Constitutional Interpretation, Originalism, Constitutional Theory, Writtenness, Persuasive Definition

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Talking Originalism

Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2009, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1096
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 Sep 2009
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Originalism, Constitutional Theory, Interpretive Theory, Constitutional Law, Constitution, Nonoriginalism, Pragmatism

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The Legal Ethics of Release-Dismissal Agreements: Theory and Practice

Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Vol. 1, p. 371, 2005, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 929050
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Sep 2006
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility, Civil Rights, Prosecutorial Discretion

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Toward a Reality-Based Constitutional Theory

89 Washington University Law Review 273, University of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1156
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 10 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2014
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
Downloads 275 (191,843)

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Constitutional Theory, Originalism, Popular Constitutionalism, Political Science, Empirical

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Judicial Capacity and Executive Power

Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 15-09
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 01 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2015
Andrew Coan and Nicholas Bullard
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law and United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
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Judicial Capacity, Executive Power, Nondelegation, Unitary Executive, Removal Power, Legislative Veto, Line-Item Veto, INS v. Chadha, Judicial Competence, Judicial Behavior

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Living Constitutional Theory

Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 16-25
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Aug 2016
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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living constitutionalism, originalism, history, interpretation, constitutional theory

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Eight Futures of the Nondelegation Doctrine

2020 Wisconsin Law Review 141, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 20-01
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 13 May 2020
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
Downloads 218 (240,693)
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Nondelegation doctrine, judicial capacity, administrative law, constitutional law, administrative state, judicial review, judicial deference, rules, standards, Justice Gorsuch, Gundy v. United States

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Amending the Law of Constitutional Interpretation

13 Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy 83 (2018), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 18-19
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 May 2018 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2018
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Originalism, Nonoriginalism, Constitutional Interpretation, Interpretation, Positive Turn, Positivism, Constitutional Amendment, Living Constitutionalism

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Well, Should They?: A Response to 'If People Would Be Outraged By Their Rulings, Should Judges Care?'

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 1, 2007, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 1005430
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2014
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Constitutional Law, Legal Theory, Democracy, Public Outrage, Backlash, Minimalism, Originalism, Dead Hand, Condorcet, Condorcet Jury Theorem

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Is There a Constitutional Right to Select the Genes of One's Offspring?

63 Hastings Law Journal 233, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1144
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 25 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2014
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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ART, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Procreative Liberty, Reproductive Liberty, Reproductive, Reproductive Rights, Institutional Analysis, Comparative Institutional Analysis, Comparative Institutional Competence, Institutional Choice

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Commandeering, Coercion, and the Deep Structure of American Federalism

Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1249
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2014
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Commandeering, Coercion, Conditional Spending, Federalism, Spending Power

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Difficulty of Amendment and Interpretive Choice

1 Journal of Institutional Studies 6 (2015), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 15-23
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 04 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2016
Andrew Coan and Anuj C. Desai
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law and University of Wisconsin Law School
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Constitutional Amendment, Interpretive Choice, Article V, Constitutional Interpretation, Originalism, Nonoriginalism, Dead Hand Problem

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Judicial Capacity and the Conditional Spending Paradox

2013 Wisconsin Law Review 339 , Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1211
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 12 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2014
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Judicial Capacity, Spending Power, Spending Clause, Conditional Spending, Commandeering, NFIB v. Sebelius

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Text as Truce: A Peace Proposal for the Supreme Court's Costly War Over the Eleventh Amendment

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 74, p. 2511, 2006, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 929010
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Sep 2006
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Eleventh Amendment, Sovereign Immunity, Federalism, Textualism, Textualist, Jurisdiction, Federal Courts, Constitutional Theory, Constitutional Interpretation

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Assisted Reproductive Equality: An Institutional Analysis

60 Case Western Reserve Law Review 1143, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1145
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2014
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Equal Protection, Due Process, Procreative Liberty, Reproductive Liberty, Reproductive Freedom, Institutional Choice, Institutional Analysis

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Implementing Enumeration

William & Mary Law Review, Forthcoming, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 15-22
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2015
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
Downloads 113 (414,653)
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enumeration principle, constitutional law, judicial competence, federalism, judicial capacity, Article I, NFIB v. Sebelius, constitutional interpretation, constitutional theory

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Article III, Representation, and Remedies

9 ConLawNOW (2018 Forthcoming), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 18-02
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2021
Andrew Coan and David Marcus
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law and UCLA School of Law
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Article III standing, representation-centered theory, universal injunctions, injunctive relief, nationwide injunction, remedies

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Qualified Immunity: Round Two

78 Washington and Lee Law Review 1433 (2021), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 21-25
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 22 Nov 2021
Andrew Coan and DeLorean Forbes
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law and University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Qualified Immunity, Judicial Capacity, Federal Courts, Constitutional Torts, Caseload, Floodgates

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Prosecuting the President: How Special Prosecutors Hold Presidents Accountable and Protect the Rule of Law

Prosecuting the President: How Special Prosecutors Hold Presidents Accountable and Protect the Rule of Law (2019), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 19-01
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Feb 2019
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Special prosecutor, Special Counsel, Independent Counsel, Mueller, Impeachment, Nixon, Trump, Obstruction of Justice, Executive Privilege, Executive Power, Polarization, Populism, Teapot Dome, Grant, Truman

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The Dead Hand Revisited

70 Emory L. J. Online 1 (2020)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 Dec 2022
Andrew Coan
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
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Dead Hand, Originalism, Constitutional Interpretation