Robert Luther

George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School

Distiguished Professor of Law

3301 Fairfax Drive

Arlington, VA 22201

United States

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1.

Practical Tips for Placing and Publishing Your First Law Review Article

50 University of Richmond Law Review Online 63 (2016)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 24 Feb 2016
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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how to publish, law review, submission process, student note, student comment

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Two Years of Judicial Selection in the Trump Administration

80 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 1 (2019)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 27 Jun 2019
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Downloads 399 (143,525)

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Trump, Federal Judges, Judicial Selection, White House Counsel, Mcgahn, Supreme Court List

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Mental Health and Gun Rights in Virginia: A View from the Battlefield

40 New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement 345 (2014)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 May 2014
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Downloads 181 (317,951)

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mental health, involuntarily commitment, firearms disabilities, firearm rights restoration, behavioral economics, Virginia

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Taking Aim at Recent Legislative Proposals to Curb Gun Violence from Mental Illness: A Second Amendment Response

53 Harvard Journal on Legislation 369 (2016)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Feb 2016
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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mental health, involuntarily commitment, firearms disabilities, firearm rights restoration, due process, Virginia

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A Superintendent's Guide to Student Free Speech in California Public Schools

UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy, Vol. 12, pp. 381-426, 2008
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Paul J. Beard and Robert Luther
Pacific Legal Foundation and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Downloads 165 (344,993)

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First Amendment, Free Speech, Student Speech, Student Newspaper, California law, California Education Code, Racist Speech, Incites, Incitement, Fighting Words, Heckler's Veto, Viewpoint Discrimination, Tinker, Hazelwood, Kuhlmeier, Bethel, Fraser, Morse, Bong Hits 4 Jesus, Brandenburg

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Breaking Away from the 'Prayer Police': Why the First Amendment Permits Sectarian Legislative Prayer and Demands a 'Practice Focused' Analysis

Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 48, p. 569, 2008
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Robert Luther and David B. Caddell
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and The Rutherford Institute
Downloads 144 (385,826)

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First Amendment, Free Exercise of Religion, Sectarian Legislative Prayer, Religion in the Public Square, Marsh v. Chambers, Religious Speech, Public Prayer

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The Quiet Army: Felon Firearm Rights Restoration in the Fourth Circuit

23 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 237 (2014)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Downloads 127 (425,527)

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felons, firearms disabilities, firearms rights restoration, Virginia Constitution, collateral consequences

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Why Courts Must Subject Municipalities to Constitutional Tort Liability Under Section 1983 When Unconstitutional Race & Sex Based Preference Statutes Deprive an Otherwise Lowest Qualified Bidder of a Public Contract

19 George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal 371 (2009)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Ralph W. Kasarda and Robert Luther
Pacific Legal Foundation and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Downloads 105 (490,318)

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civil rights, equal protection clause, discrimination, public contract, municipal liability, constitutional tort, 42 U.S.C. 1983, race and sex based preferences, lost profits, Croson, Adarand, government contract, Cleveland Construction v. City of Cincinnati, Supreme Court of Ohio

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'Disparate Impact' and the Establishment Clause

Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 10, p. 529, 2012
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 08 Jun 2013
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Downloads 99 (510,710)

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legislative prayer, Marsh v. Chambers, Town of Greece v. Galloway

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What are Americans Getting from the GIVE Act?

The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, New Federal Initiatives Project
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 19 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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Affirmative Action and the First Amendment's Single Minority of One

Howard Law Journal, Vol. 55, No. 1, p. 101, 2011
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 11 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Downloads 93 (531,921)

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affirmative action, colorblind, equal protection, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Bd. of Education, Snyder v. Phelps, double minorities, dignity

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'Unity Through Division': Religious Liberty and the Virtue of Pluralism in the Context of Legislative Prayer Controversies

Creighton Law Review, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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Deliver Us from Evil: Why Bankruptcy Judges May Properly Rely on the Free Exercise Clause & RFRA to Protect Church Property from the Grasps of Tort-Creditors

Valparaiso University Law Review, Vol. 43, p. 641, 2009
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Nicholas M. Gaunce and Robert Luther
Post & Schell, P.C. and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Downloads 71 (623,181)

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First Amendment, Church Property, Bankruptcy, RFRA, Catholic Church, Tort-Creditors, Free Exercise Clause, Article I powers

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Marketplace of Ideas 2.0: Excluding Viewpoints to Include Individuals

Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 38, p. 673, 2011
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, nondiscrimination, Hastings, Southworth, marketplace of ideas, First Amendment

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Oversight, Enforcement, and Extension in Public Interest Litigation: An Empirical Analysis of Compliance with the Ninth Circuit’s Western States Paving v. Washington State DOT Decision

Texas Review of Law & Politics, Vol. 15, p. 200, 2010
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Jan 2011
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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The Ethics of 'Succession Planning' on the Federal Judiciary

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy Per Curiam, Vol. 32, 2022
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 31 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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Federal judge, judicial ethics, judicial selection, judicial retirements, senior status, White House

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The Influence and Example of Professor Michael W. Lewis

42 Ohio Northern University Law Review 883 (2016)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Dec 2016
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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Michael W. Lewis, Law of War

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Federal Judicial Selection After the 2024 Election

Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy Per Curiam (2024), George Mason Legal Studies Research Paper No. LS 24-17
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 19 Jul 2024
Robert Luther
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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'Eighteen Million Over': The National Hockey League's Long Term Injured Reserve Parity Challenge

33 Marquette Sports Law Review 695 (June 21, 2023)
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Jul 2023
Bernard Horowitz and Robert Luther
George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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NHL, National Hockey League, Salary Cap, CBA, Collective Bargaining Agreement, LTIR, Injured Reserve, Parity