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Paul Horwitz

University of Alabama School of Law

Associate Professor

P.O. Box 870382

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

United States

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1.

The Hobby Lobby Moment

Harvard Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2516853
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Nov 2014
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 478 (21,350)

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Hobby Lobby, contraception mandate, RFRA, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, religion, religious liberty, religious freedom, religious accommodation, accommodation, exemptions, corporations and religion, corporations and free exercise, same sex marriage, LGBT rights, reproductive rights

2.

Democracy as the Rule of Law

PROSECUTING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION: WHAT DOES THE RULE OF LAW REQUIRE? Nasser Hussain & Austin Sarat, eds., Forthcoming, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1502801
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 Nov 2009
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 437 (42,797)

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bush, yoo, bybee, war on terror, 9/11, democracy, rule of law, transitional justice, costs of settlement, settlement costs, universal jurisdiction

3.

What Ails the Law Schools?

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 111, No. 6, 2013, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 2113116
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Jul 2012
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 373 (61,604)

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4.

Judicial Character (and Does it Matter)

Constitutional Commentary, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 144970
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 08 Aug 2009
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 329 (69,468)
Citation 1

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posner, powell, farber, sherry, judicial decision making, judging, constitutional law, legal process, aretaic, virtue ethics, virtue jurisprudence, judicial oath

5.

Religious Tests in the Mirror: The Constitutional Law and Constitutional Etiquette of Religion in Judicial Nominations

Number of pages: 96 Posted: 27 Apr 2006
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 309 (77,219)

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Religious Test Clause, religion, William Pryor, Leon Holmes, Charles Pickering, John Roberts, Harriet Miers, Samuel Alito, judicial nominations

6.

Our Boggling Constitution; or, Taking Text Really, Really Seriously

Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 26, p. 651, 2010, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1966628
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Nov 2011
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 293 (78,855)

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Boggle, Constitution

7.

Review - Constitutional Conscience: The Moral Dimension of Judicial Decision, by H. Jefferson Powell, and How Judges Think, by Richard A. Posner

U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1131406
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 May 2008 Last Revised: 22 May 2008
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 270 (86,571)

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posner, powell, judges, judging, virtue, virtue ethics, constitutional law, supreme court

8.

Or of the [Blog]

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Dec 2005
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 254 (98,348)
Citation 1

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press, press clause, first amendment, first amendment institutions, institutional first amendment, branzburg, blogs, blogosphere, open press, free press

9.

Introduction to The Agnostic Age: Law, Religion, and the Constitution

THE AGNOSTIC AGE: LAW, RELIGION, AND THE CONSTITUTION, Oxford University Press, January 2011, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1697548
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2011
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 249 (96,725)

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law and religion, First Amendment, Free Exercise, Establishment Clause, religion and liberal democracy, agnosticism, New Atheists

10.

Universities as First Amendment Institutions: Some Easy Answers and Hard Questions

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 54, 2007, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 07-18, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 966312
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 01 Mar 2007
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 231 (91,910)
Citation 4

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solomon amendment, universities, academic freedom, institutions, grutter, first amendment

11.

Grutter's First Amendment

U San Diego Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-06
Number of pages: 130 Posted: 26 Jul 2004
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 222 (109,893)
Citation 3

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Grutter, First Amendment, academic freedom, free speech, affirmative action, Solomon amendment, single-sex education, democratic experimentalism

12.

Three Faces of Deference

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 83, 2008, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1018969
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 03 Oct 2007
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 194 (120,735)
Citation 8

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deference, First Amendment, institutions, FAIR, Rumsfeld, Solomon Amendment, Grutter, Dale, academic freedom

13.

Free Speech as Risk Analysis: Heuristics, Biases, and Institutions in the First Amendment

Temple Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 1, Spring 2003
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 09 Aug 2003
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 191 (123,535)
Citation 4

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first amendment, freedom of speech, behavioral analysis of law, heuristics and biases, availability heuristic, illegal advocacy, schenck, dennis, brandenburg, commercial speech

14.

'Evaluate Me!': Conflicted Thoughts on Gatekeeping in Legal Scholarship's New Age

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 39, 2007, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 07-34
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Apr 2007
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 190 (128,248)

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blogs, legal scholarship, economy of prestige, gatekeeping, online age

15.

Religion and American Politics: Three Views of the Cathedral

U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1267445
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 06 Oct 2008
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 188 (119,041)

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religion, politics, John F. Kennedy, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama

16.

Churches as First Amendment Institutions: Of Sovereignty and Spheres

Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 16 Oct 2008
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 185 (115,257)
Citation 5

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religion, free exercise, establishment clause, abraham kuyper, sphere sovereignty, first amendment institutions, first amendment institutionalism

17.

Defending (Religious) Institutionalism

Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2013
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 150 (145,237)

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18.

Law, Religion, and Kissing Your Sister

U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1989888
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Jan 2012
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 128 (176,158)

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19.

Of Football, ‘Footnote One,’ and the Counter-Jurisdictional Establishment Clause: The Story of Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe

U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1589757
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Apr 2010
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 123 (180,358)

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Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, establishment clause, school prayer

20.

Anonymity, Signaling, and Silence as Speech

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Mar 2009
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 121 (184,813)

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first amendment, anonymity, pseudonymity, political fraud, martin redish, mcintyre, talley, signaling theory, campaign finance, freedom of association, expressive anonymity, associational anonymity

21.

Law's Expression: The Promise and Perils of Judicial Opinion Writing in Canadian Constitutional Law

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 38, No. 101, 2000
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Nov 2006
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 117 (183,663)
Citation 1

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22.

Freedom of the Church Without Romance

Journal of Contemporary Legal issues, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 15 May 2013
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 116 (184,813)

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freedom of the church, libertas ecclesiae, canossa, hosanna-tabor, ministerial exception, first amendment institutions, institutional first amendment, economics of religion, investiture controversy, church autonomy

23.

The Philosopher's Brief

Constitutional Commentary, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1298035
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 09 Nov 2008
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 100 (214,115)

Abstract:

greenawalt, law and religion

24.

The First Amendment's Epistemological Problem

Washington Law Review, Vol. 87, 2012, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 2070657
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 31 May 2012
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 99 (201,786)

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First Amendment, epistemology, Stolen Valor Act, United States v. Alvarez, First Amendment institutions, academic freedom, freedom of the press, freedom of speech

25.

Act III of the Ministerial Exception

Northwestern University Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1934433
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 29 Sep 2011
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 97 (214,115)

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First Amendment, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, Hosanna-Tabor, Ministerial Exception, First Amendment Institutions

26.

The Religious Geography of Town of Greece v. Galloway

Supreme Court Review, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2590073
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 19 May 2015
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 94 (191,832)

Abstract:

Town of Greece v. Galloway, legislative prayer, Establishment Clause, religious pluralism, law and geography, religious geography, Marsh v. Chambers, localism, regionalism

27.

'A Troublesome Right': The 'Law' in Dworkin's Treatment of Law and Religion

Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2432144
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 May 2014 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2014
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 86 (226,049)

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dworkin, religion without god, religious freedom, religion, employment division v. smith, legislative accommodation of religion

28.

Institutional Actors in New York Times v. Sullivan

Georgia Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2375281
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2014
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 86 (226,049)

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New York Times v. Sullivan, New York Times, press, Press Clause, journalism, civil rights, social movements, defamation, libel, constitutional canon, institutions

29.

Honor's Constitutional Moment: The Oath and Presidential Transitions

Northwestern University Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1304952
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2008
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 80 (237,425)
Citation 1

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Presidential Oath Clause, presidential transitions, legal transitions, oaths, Barack Obama

30.

More 'Vitiating Paradoxes': A Reply to Steven D. Smith — and Smith

Pepperdine Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2427776
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 08 May 2014
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 78 (244,227)

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Steven D. Smith, Religion Clauses, law and religion, religious freedom, religious liberty, Employment Division v. Smith, Hosanna-Tabor, church autonomy, freedom of the church, Free Exercise Clause, Establishment Clause, soft constitutionalism, Critical Legal Studies

31.

Demographics and Distrust: The Eleventh Circuit on Graduation Prayer in Adler v. Duval County

University of Miami Law Review, 2009, U of Alabama Public Law Research Paper No. 1373147
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 05 Apr 2009
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 65 (271,572)

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Rethinking the Law, Not Abandoning It: A Comment on 'Overlapping Jurisdictions'

4 Faulkner Law Review 351 (2013), U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2326549
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2013
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 52 (301,443)

Abstract:

shari'a, religious arbitration, church autonomy, Awad v. Ziriax, Larson v. Valente, Religion Clauses, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, political economy

33.

Fisher, Academic Freedom, and Distrust

Loyola Law Review, New Orleans, Forthcoming, U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2326570
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2013
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 46 (291,761)

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Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, Grutter v. Bollinger, universities, academic freedom, affirmative action, race-conscious admissions policies, deference, institutions, institutional autonomy, distrust, CLS v. Hastings

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Against Martyrdom: A Liberal Argument for Accommodation of Religion

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 91, No. 4, 2016, U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2754635
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 Mar 2016
Paul Horwitz
University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 0 (125,832)

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Liberalism, Religious Accommodation, Accommodationism, Hobby Lobby, RFRA, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Illiberalism, Benedict Option, Pluralism, Free Exercise

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Religious Institutionalism — Why Now?

in The Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty: Hobby Lobby and the New Law of Religion in America 207 (Micah Schwartzman et al., eds. 2015) , Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No. 429
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Dec 2015
Nelson Tebbe and Paul Horwitz
Cornell Law School and University of Alabama School of Law
Downloads 0 (253,441)

Abstract:

religious freedom, free exercise, establishment clause, Hobby Lobby, first amendment

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