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Documents from 2019
Sign Them Up, Neal Devins
Smoke, Not Fire, Neal Devins
Social Meaning and School Vouchers, Neal Devins
State Regulation of Christian Schools, Neal Devins
State Regulation of Religious Education, Neal Devins
Talk Loudly and Carry a Small Stick: The Supreme Court and Enemy Combatants, Neal Devins
Tax Exemptions for Racially Discriminatory Private Schools: A Legislative Proposal, Neal Devins
Tempest in an Envelope: Reflections on the Bush White House's Failed Takeover of the U.S. Postal Service, Neal Devins
The 1965 Voting Rights Act: Some Wrongs Still Not Righted, Neal Devins
The Academic Expert Before Congress: Observations and Lessons from Bill Van Alstyne's Testimony, Neal Devins
The Bob Jones Case - Over to Congress, Neal Devins
The Civil Rights Commission Backslides, Neal Devins
The Civil Rights Hydra, Neal Devins
The Constitution Between Friends, Neal Devins
The Countermajoritarian Paradox, Neal Devins
The Democracy-Forcing Constitution, Neal Devins
The Democratic Constitution: Reflections on Abortion, Affirmative Action, and the Independent Counsel, Neal Devins
The D'Oh! of Popular Constiutitonalism, Neal Devins
The Erosion of Congressional Checks on Presidential Power, Neal Devins
The Interactive Constitution: An Essay on Clothing Emperors and Searching for Constitutional Truth, Neal Devins
The Judicial Safeguards of Federalism, Neal Devins
The Last Word Debate: How Social and Political Forces Shape Constitutional Values, Neal Devins
The Majoritarian Rehnquist Court?, Neal Devins
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same, Neal Devins
The Politicization and Polarization of the US Supreme Court, Neal Devins
The Possible Final Word on Employment Discrimination Relief, Neal Devins
The Rhetoric of Equality, Neal Devins
The Supreme Court and Private Schools: An Update, Neal Devins
The Trouble with Jaycees, Neal Devins
Through the Looking Glass: What Abortion Teaches Us About American Politics, Neal Devins
Tom Delay: Popular Constitutionalist?, Neal Devins
Tribute to John Donaldson, Neal Devins
Unitariness and Independence: Solicitor General Control over Independent Agency Litigation, Neal Devins
What Brown Teaches Us About the Rehnquist Court's Federalism Revival, Neal Devins
What Standards Apply When Freedoms Collide?, Neal Devins
Where's the Politics?: Introduction to Williams, Eastland, Days, and Rabkin, Neal Devins
Who Is Injured when Racially Discriminatory Private Schools are Tax-Exempt?, Neal Devins
Who's to Blame for Judicial Activism?, Neal Devins
Why Congress Did Not Think About the Constitution When Enacting the Affordable Care Act, Neal Devins
Why Congress Does Not Challenge Judicial Supremacy, Neal Devins
Your Money or Your Wife's?: Social Security Changes Considered, Neal Devins
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, Neal Devins
Split Definitive: How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court Into a Partisan Court, Neal Devins and Lawrence Baum
The Company They Keep: How Partisan Divisions Came to the Supreme Court, Neal E. Devins and Lawrence Baum
The Supreme Court, Social Psychology, and Group Formation, Neal Devins and William Federspiel
Judicial Exclusivity and Political Instability, Neal Devins and Louis Fisher
The Steel Seizure Case: One of a Kind?, Neal Devins and Louis Fisher
Don't Rush the Court, Neal Devins and Michael A. Fitts
The Triumph of Timing: Raines v. Byrd and the Modern Supreme Court's Attempt to Control Constitutional Confrontations, Neal Devins and Michael A. Fitts
Commentary on Marriage Grants: Article III & Same-Sex Marriage, Neal Devins and Tara Leigh Grove
Commentary on Marriage Grants: Article III & Same-Sex Marriage, Neal Devins and Tara Leigh Grove
Constitutional Dilemmas: Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Neal Devins and Tara Leigh Grove
Constitutional Dilemmas: Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Neal Devins and Tara Leigh Grove
The Injustice of the Death Penalty, Neal Devins and Roy Brasfield Herron
The Battle That Never Was: Congress, the White House, and Agency Litigation Authority, Neal Devins and Michael Herz
The Uneasy Case for Department of Justice Control of Federal Litigation, Neal Devins and Michael Herz
The Vanishing Common Law Judge, Neal Devins and David Klein
Not-So-Independent Agencies: Party Polarization and the Limits of Institutional Design, Neal Devins and David E. Lewis
Public Opinion and State Supreme Courts, Neal Devins and Nicole Mansker
Judicial Review and Nongeneralizable Cases, Neal Devins and Alan J. Meese
Judicial Vigilantism: Inherent Judicial Authority to Appoint Contempt Prosecutors in Young v. United States ex reI Vuitton Et Fils S.A., Neal Devins and Steven J. Mulroy
Fifty States, Fifty Attorneys General, and Fifty Approaches to the Duty To Defend, Neal Devins and Saikrishna B. Prakash
Reverse Advisory Opinions, Neal Devins and Saikrishna B. Prakash
Revolt of the Attorneys General, Neal Devins and Saikrishna B. Prakash
The Indefensible Duty to Defend, Neal Devins and Saikrishna B. Prakash
First Amendment Under Fire: Racial Justice and Hate Speech, Neal Devins, Wornie Reed, Susan Herman, and Alex Tsesis
Supreme Court Preview 2014-2015: Moot Court, Neal Devins, Michael Scodro, Andrew Pincus, Joan Biskupic, Garrett Epps, Irving Gornstein, Tara Leigh Grove, Allison Orr Larsen, Dahlia Lithwick, Erin E. Murphy, David Savage, and Richard Wolf
Supreme Court Preview 2014-2015: Moot Court, Neal Devins, Michael Scodro, Andrew Pincus, Joan Biskupic, Garrett Epps, Irving Gornstein, Tara Leigh Grove, Allison Orr Larsen, Dahlia Lithwick, Erin E. Murphy, David Savage, and Richard Wolf
Supreme Court Preview 2014-2015: Moot Court, Neal Devins, Michael Scodro, Andrew Pincus, Joan Biskupic, Garrett Epps, Irving Gornstein, Tara Leigh Grove, Allison Orr Larsen, Dahlia Lithwick, Erin E. Murphy, David Savage, and Richard Wolf
New Federalism in Education: The Meaning of the Chicago School Desegregation, Neal Devins and James B. Stedman
Plagiarism at Princeton: An Academic Judgment or a Discplinary Procedure, Neal Devins and Kent M. Weeks
Women in the Boardroom: Has the Time for Quotas Arrived?, Aaron Dhir and Sarah Kaplan
Disclosure as Delaware's New Frontier, Reza Dibadj
Disclosure as Delaware's New Frontier, Reza Dibadj
69. The role of kinship and siblings in young children’s placement preferences., Kelli Dickerson, Thomas D. Lyon, and Jodi A. Quas
A Computational Analysis of Oral Argument in the Supreme Court, Gregory M. Dickinson
Disregarding the Salomon Principle: An Empirical Analysis, 1855-2014, Alan J. Dignam and Peter B. Oh
The Mueller Investigation and Beyond, Michael R. Dimino, Ellen S. Podgor, Katrice Bridges Copeland, Ruthann Robson, Louis J. Virelli III, Andrew M. Wright, and Ellen C. Yaroshefsky
Accountability and Transparency in U.S. Courts, Scott Dodson
Beyond Bias in Diversity Jurisdiction, Scott Dodson
Brief of Scott Dodson as Amicus Curiae Supporting Neither Party, Scott Dodson
Plaintiff Personal Jurisdiction and Venue Transfer, Scott Dodson
The Irrelevance of Jurisdictionality in Fort Bend County v. Davis, Scott Dodson
The Irrelevance of Jurisdictionality in Fort Bend County v. Davis, Scott Dodson
Understanding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Samuel A. Donaldson
Appendix: Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State-Level Synthetic Control Analysis, John J. Donohue
Data and do files for JELS RTC paper, John J. Donohue
Laws Facilitating Gun Carrying and Homicide - Do files -- AJPH_code.do, John J. Donohue
Replication Files for JELS RTC paper, John J. Donohue
Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State-Level Synthetic Control Analysis, John J. Donohue
RTC Laws Increase Violent Crime: Moody and Marvell Have Missed the Target, John J. Donohue , Abhay Aneja, and Kyle D. Weber
Too Much, Too Soon? Obergefell as Applied Equality Practice, James M. Donovan and Alyssa Oakley Milby
When Torts Met Civil Procedure: A Curricular Coupling, Laura G. Dooley, Brigham A. Fordham, and Ann E. Woodley
Lifting the Veil on Iowa Piercing Jurisprudence and Suggestions for Reform, Matthew G. Dore
Court rulings involving individuals with dementia in Israel: A qualitative perspective, Israel Doron Prof., Benny Spanier Dr., and Werner Perla
A EXECUÇÃO FISCAL E O NOVO CÓDIGO DE PROCESSO CIVIL BRASILEIRO.pdf, Amilton Bispo dos Reis
William & Mary Law School Graduation Awards Ceremony (May 16, 2015), Davison M. Douglas, Patricia E. Roberts, James J. Thomas II, Jeffrey A. Breit, Ronald H. Rosenberg, Stacy E. Kern-Scheerer, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec, Laura A. Heymann, William Richardson, Warren M. Billings, Judith M. Barzilay, Christopher A. Abel, Laura R. Killinger, Allison Orr Larsen, Robert E. Kaplan, David Noll, Crystal S. Shin, Blake R. Christopher, and Scott A. Krystiniak