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

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

23

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6

Scholarly Papers (23)

1.

The Sweep and Force of Section Three

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 172, p. 605, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 867
Number of pages: 143 Posted: 14 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2024
William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of Chicago - Law School and University of St. Thomas School of Law
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Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment, Section Three, Insurrection, Rebellion

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Sweeping Section Three under the Rug: A Comment on Trump v. Anderson

138 Harvard Law Review (forthcoming 2025)
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Oct 2024
William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of Chicago - Law School and University of St. Thomas School of Law
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Section Three, Trump v. Anderson, President, Constitution, Disqualification, Supreme Court

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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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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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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
Downloads 899 (57,061)
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Constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, international law

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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

7.

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

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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 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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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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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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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
Downloads 435 (143,709)
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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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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

14.

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

15.

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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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

17.

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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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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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

20.

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

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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

22.

Dead Framers Society

St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy, U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-17
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Dec 2023
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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U.S. Constitution, constitutionalism, originalism, public meaning, constitutional interpretation

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Freedom for Religion

Yale Law Journal Forum, U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-16
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Dec 2023
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
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First Amendment, religious liberty, religious freedom, law and religion