Michael Stokes Paulsen

University of St. Thomas School of Law

University Chair and Professor of Law

MSL 400, 1000 La Salle Avenue

Minneapolis, MN Minnesota 55403-2005

United States

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1.

The Constitutional Power to Interpret International Law

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 118, p. 1762, 2009, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-06
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 29 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2011
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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Constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, international law

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Can a Constitutional Amendment Overrule a Supreme Court Decision?

Constitutional Commentary, Forthcoming, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-05
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 10 Mar 2008
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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Constituitional law, constitution, constitutional amendment, constitutional interpretation, supreme court, judicial review, legal education

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How to Count to Thirty-Four: The Constitutional Case for a Constitutional Convention

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 34, p. 837, 2011, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-15
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Jun 2011
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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constitution, united states constitution, constitutional law, constitutional convention, constitutional amendments

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Our Perfect, Perfect Constitution

Constitutional Commentary, 2011, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-03
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 18 Feb 2011
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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Constitution, constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, Supreme Court, separation of powers, constitutional rights

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Does the Constitution Prescribe Rules for its Own Interpretation?

Northwestern University Law Review, 2009, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-36
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Nov 2008
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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Constitution, constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, originalism, textualism

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Does the Supreme Court's Current Doctrine of Stare Decisis Require Adherence to the Supreme Court's Current Doctrine of Stare Decisis

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 85, 2008, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-15
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 May 2008
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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Supreme Court, judicial decision-making, stare decisis, precedent

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Is Religious Freedom Irrational? Reviewing Why Tolerate Religion? By Brian Leiter. (Princeton University Press 2013)

Michigan Law Review, 2014, Forthcoming, U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-04
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Jan 2014
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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law and religion, religious freedom, religious liberty, tolerance for religion, religious accommodations, free exercise of religion, religious conscience

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Lincoln and Judicial Authority

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 1227, 2008, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-23
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 08 Sep 2008
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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judicial authority, judicial supremacy, constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, precedent, Lincoln, Dred Scott

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Checking the Court

10 NYU Journal of Law & Liberty 18 (2016), U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-08
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 02 May 2016
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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Constitution, constitutional law, checks and balances, judicial power, Supreme Court

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The Priority of God (a Theory of Religious Liberty)

Pepperdine Law Review, 2012, Forthcoming, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-15
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 May 2012
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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religious liberty, freedom of religion, religious freedom, First Amendment, Religion Clauses, Free Exercise Clause, Establishment Clause, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law

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The Plausibility of Personhood

74 Ohio State Law Journal 14 (2012), U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-14
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Apr 2013
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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personhood, abortion, roe v. wade, constitutional personhood, constitutional law

12.

The War Power

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 2010, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-23
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Oct 2009
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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war, law of war, war powers, constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, separation of powers

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The Text, the Whole Text, and Nothing but the Text, So Help Me God: Un-Writing Amar's Unwritten Constitution?

81 University of Chicago Law Review 1389 (2014), U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-12
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 21 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2014
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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constitutional law, Constitution, constitutional interpretation, unwritten constitution, textualism

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The Great Interpreter

First Things, 2015, Forthcoming, U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-09
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 17 Apr 2015
Michael Stokes Paulsen and Luke Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law and Princeton University
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civil war, slavery, Lincoln, constitutional interpretation, civil rights, constitutional law, constitutional history

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Drone on: The Commander in Chief Power to Target and Kill Americans

38 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 43 (2015), U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-1
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Feb 2015
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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war powers, presidential power, enemy combatants, commander in chief, drone warfare, drones

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Prospective Abolition of Abortion: Abortion and the Constitution in 2047

University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 1, No. 57, 2007, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-04
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 10 Mar 2008
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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Constitutional law, abortion, reproductive rights, constitution

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Kermit Gosnell and Uncle Tom's Cabin

St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy, 2014, Forthcoming, U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-10
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Feb 2014
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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pro-life, abortion, kermit gosnell, uncle tom's cabin, slavery

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The Uneasy Case for Intellectual Diversity

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 2014, Forthcoming, U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-05
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Jan 2014
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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legal education, higher education, colleges and universities, academic freedom, diversity, intellectual diversity

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The Insistent Analogy to Slavery

Washington and Lee Law Review, 2014, Forthcoming, U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-08
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Feb 2014
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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pro-life, abortion, reproductive rights, constitutional law, slavery