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John O. McGinnis

2009
  Newspaper Articles
  October 2009
1 Power Grabs (reviewing Harvey Silverglate’s Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent) in NATIONAL REVIEW (October 5, 2009).
  September 2009
2 The Decider: One Justice Routinely Tips the Supreme Court into a Majority. What Principles Guide His Thinking in WALL STREET JOURNAL (August 27, 2009).
  Periodical Articles
  September 2009
3 Medellín and the Future of International Delegation in 118 YALE LAW JOURNAL 1712-1760 (2009).
4 Losing the Law War: The Bush Administration’s Strategic Errors in 25 GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 377-396 (2008).
  July 2009
5 Original Methods Originalism: A New Theory of Interpretation and the Case Against Construction in 103 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 751-802 (2009) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport ).
6 Reconciling Originalism and Precedent in 103 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 803-856 (2009) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport ).
  June 2009
7 Democracy and International Human Rights Law in 84 NOTRE DAME LAW REVIEW 1739-1798 (2009) (Co-authored by: Ilya Somin ).
  April 2009
8 Judging Facts Like Law in 25 CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY 69-130 (2008) (Co-authored by: Charles W. Mulaney ).
2008
  Newspaper Articles
  July 2008
9 Who Will Be President? in WALL STREET JOURNAL, A13 (July 11, 2008).
  February 2008
10 McCain and the Supreme Court in WALL STREET JOURNAL, page A14 (February 4, 2008) (Co-authored by: Steven G. Calabresi).
  Periodical Articles
  September 2008
11 The Condorcet Case for Supermajority Rules in 16 SUPREME COURT ECONOMIC REVIEW 39-115 (2008) (Co-authored by: Michael Rappaport ).
  August 2008
12 A Pragmatic Defense of Originalism in 31 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY 917-935 (2008) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport).
  May 2008
13 Original Interpretive Principles as the Core of Originalism in 24 CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY 371-382 (2007) (Co-authored by: Michael Rappaport ).
  February 2008
14 The Federalist Approach to the First Amendment in 31 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY 127-132 (2008).
  SSRN
  April 2008
15 The Desirable Constitution and the Case for Originalism.
2007
  Newspaper Articles
  April 2007
  book review
16 Coming to Order: How the Supreme Court Really Works in WALL STREET JOURNAL (March 15, 2007).
  Periodical Articles
  December 2007
17 Executive Power in the War on Terror in 146 POLICY REVIEW 63-75 (December 2007/January 2008).
18 It’s the Spending, Stupid in NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE (December 19, 2007) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport).
  June 2007
19 Originalism and Supermajoritarianism: Defending the Nexus in 102 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW COLLOQUY 18 (2007) (Co-authored by: Michael Rappaport ).
  May 2007
20 Majority and Supermajority Rules: Three Views of the Capitol in 85 TEXAS LAW REVIEW 1115-1183 (2007).
21 Should International Law Be Part of Our Law? in 59 STANFORD LAW REVIEW 1175-1247 (2007) (Co-authored by: Ilya Somin ).
  March 2007
22 Remarks on the Installation of Mark Movsesian as Max Schmertz Distinguished Professor of Law in 35 HOFSTRA LAW REVIEW 31-36 (2006).
23 The Comparative Disadvantage of Customary International Law in 30 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY 7-14 (2006).
  January 2007
24 A Pragmatic Defense of Originalism in 2007 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW COLLOQUY 1 (2007) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport ).
25 A Pragmatic Defense of Originalism in 101 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 383-397 (2007) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport ).
2006
  Newspaper Articles
  November 2006
26 What Happens on Election Day Day (reviewing Alan Wolfe’s Does Democracy Still Work and Sanford Levinson’s Our Undemocratic Constitution) in WALL STREET JOURNAL (November 7, 2006).
  January 2006
  book review
27 A Justice Is Weighed in the Balance in WALL STREET JOURNAL, page D8 (January 31, 2006).
  Periodical Articles
  September 2006
28 Contemporary Foreign and International Law in Constitutional Construction in 69 ALBANY LAW REVIEW 801-808 (2006).
  July 2006
29 The Judicial Filibuster, The Median Senator, and the Countermajoritarian Difficulty in 2005 SUPREME COURT REVIEW 257-306 (Co-authored by: Michael Rappaport).
  June 2006
30 Age of the Empirical in 137 POLICY REVIEW 47-58 (June/July 2006).
  January 2006
31 Foreign to Our Constitution in 100 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 303-329 (2006).
2005
  Contributions to Books etc.
  November 2005
32 The Appointments Clause in The Heritage Guide to the United States Constitution, edited by Edwin Meese, David F. Forte, and Matthew Spalding (Regnery Pub., Heritage Foundation, 2005).
  Newspaper Articles
  July 2005
  book review
33 At Law School, Unstrict Scrutiny in WALL STREET JOURNAL, page D10 (July 27, 2005) .
  Periodical Articles
  October 2005
34 The Patterns and Implications of Political Contributions by Elite Law School Faculty in 93 GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL 1167-1212 (2005) (Co-authored by: Matthew A. Schwartz, and Benjamin Tisdell).
  roundtable discussion
35 Judges in the Culture Wars Crossfire in ABA JOURNAL (October 2005) (Co-authored by: Erwin Chemerinsky, Christine Durham, Tom Feeney, Michael Tigar, and Robert Utter) .
  March 2005
36 Supermajority Rules and the Judicial Confirmation Process in 26 CARDOZO LAW REVIEW 543-578 (2005) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport).
  February 2005
37 The World Trade Organization as a Structure of Liberty in 28 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY 81-88 (2004).
38 Federalism vs. States' Rights: A Defense of Judicial Review in a Federal System in 99 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 89-130 (2004) (Co-authored by: Ilya Somin).
  January 2005
39 Individualism and World Order in THE NATIONAL INTEREST 41-51 (Winter 2004/05).
40 Lawrence v. Texas and Judicial Hubris in 102 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW 1555-1614 (2004) (Co-authored by: Nelson Lund).
2004
  Contributions to Books etc.
  July 2004
41 The Political Economy of International Antitrust Harmonization in Competition Laws in Conflict: Antitrust Jurisdiction in the Global Economy, edited by Richard A. Epstein and Michael S. Greve (The AEI Press, 2004).
  June 2004
42 Calvin Coolidge in Presidential Leadership, edited by James Taranto and Leonard Leo (Free Press, 2004).
  Newspaper Articles
  November 2004
  book review
43 More Than a Penny for Their Thoughts (reviewing Richard Vedder's Going Broke by Degrees) in WALL STREET JOURNAL (November 17, 2004) .
  August 2004
44 Whose Constitution Is It, Anyway? Judicial Review Has Its Limits in WALL STREET JOURNAL (August 11, 2004).
  February 2004
45 Hey, Big Spenders: Here's a Law That Could Stop You! in WALL STREET JOURNAL (February 3, 2004) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport).
  Periodical Articles
  December 2004
46 Individualism and World Order in NATIONAL INTEREST (Winter 2004-2005).
  August 2004
47 Response: Against Global Governance in the WTO in 45 HARVARD INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 353-365 (2004) (Co-authored by: Mark L. Movsesian).
  July 2004
48 The World Trade Constitution (2004) (Co-authored by: Mark Movsesian) .
  April 2004
49 Decentralizing Constitutional Provisions Versus Judicial Oligarchy: A Reply to Professor Koppelman in 20 CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY 39-59 (2003).
  March 2004
50 The Limits of International Law in Protecting Dignity in 27 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY 137-144 (2003).
  January 2004
51 The Political Economy of International Antitrust Harmonization in 45 WILLIAM AND MARY LAW REVIEW 549-594 (2003).
2003
  Periodical Articles
  December 2003
52 The Appropriate Hierarchy of Global Multilateralism and Customary International Law: The Example of the WTO in 44 VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 229-284 (2003).
  July 2003
53 From Bad to Worse: Affirmative Action and Prescription Drugs and What They Have to Do With Each Other in NATIONAL REVIEW (July 28, 2003).
  June 2003
54 Lawyers As the Enemies of Truth in 26 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY 231-234 (2003).
55 Continuity and Coherence in the Rehnquist Court in 47 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY LAW JOURNAL 875-887 (2003).
56 Rehnquist's Court Renewed Civic Virtues in TIME MAGAZINE (June 30, 2003).
57 The Senator and the Chief Justice in NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE (June 17, 2003).
  May 2003
58 Symmetric Entrenchment: A Constitutional and Normative Theory in 89 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW 385-445 (2003) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport).
2002
  Newspaper Articles
  December 2002
  op-ed piece
59 Now is the Time to Retool in NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, A12 (December 16, 2002) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport) .
  Periodical Articles
  April 2002
60 Our Supermajoritarian Constitution in 80 TEXAS LAW REVIEW 703-806 (2002) (Co-authored by: Michael B. Rappaport).
  March 2002
61 Reviving Tocqueville's America: The Rehnquist Court’s Jurisprudence of Social Discovery in 90 CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW 485-571 (2002).
62 Presidential Review as Constitutional Restoration in 51 DUKE LAW JOURNAL 901-961 (2001).
63 Popular Sovereignty and the Electoral College in 29 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 995-1004 (2001).
64 The Symbiosis of Constitutionalism and Technology in 25 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY 3-14 (2001).


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