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Government & Politics
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I Dissent: Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases (Mark Tushnet ed., Beacon Books 2008).
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Weak Courts, Strong Rights: Judicial Review and Social Welfare Rights in Comparative Constitutional Law
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Weak Courts, Strong Rights: Judicial Review and Social Welfare Rights in Comparative Constitutional Law (Princeton Univ. Press 2008).
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Why the Constitution Matters
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Why the Constitution Matters (Yale Univ. Press 2010).
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The New Constitutional Order
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, The New Constitutional Order (Princeton Univ. Press 2003).
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Postmodernism and Democracy
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Postmodernism and Democracy, 7 Am. Literary Hist. 582 (1995) (reviewing Thomas L. Pangle, The Ennobling of Democracy: The Challenge of the Postmodern Era…
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Book Review: Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Book Review, 77 Historian 335 (2015) (reviewing Max Holland, Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat (2012)).
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Mark Tushnet, Symposium Introduction: Legislation and the Law of Politics, 46 Harv. J. on Legis. 211 (2009).
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Book Review: Governing with the Charter: Legislative and Judicial Activism and Framers’ Intent
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Book Review, 41 Can. J. Pol. Sci. 507 (2008)(reviewing James B. Kelly, Governing with the Charter: Legislative and Judicial Activism and Framers’ Intent…
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The Presidential Empire
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, The Presidential Empire, 62 Dissent 101 (2015).
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Administrative Law in the 1930s: The Supreme Court’s Accommodation of Progressive Legal Theory
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Administrative Law in the 1930s: The Supreme Court’s Accommodation of Progressive Legal Theory, 60 Duke L.J. 1565 (2011).
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Mark Tushnet, Reflections on Democratic Experimentalism in the Progressive Tradition, 9 Contemp. Pragmatism 255 (2012).
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Book Review: The People and Their Peace: Legal Culture and the Transformation of Inequality in the Post-Revolutionary South
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Book Review, 40 J. Interdisciplinary Hist. 618 (2010)(reviewing Laura P. Edwards, The People and Their Peace: Legal Culture and the Transformation of Inequality…
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Mark Tushnet, Justice Breyer and the Partial De-Doctrinalization of Free Speech Law, 128 Harv. L. Rev. 508 (2014).
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Harry Kalven and Kenneth Karst in the Supreme Court Review: Reflections after Fifty Years
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Harry Kalven and Kenneth Karst in the Supreme Court Review: Reflections after Fifty Years, 2010 Sup. Ct. Rev. 35.
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Mark Tushnet, Why Are There No Coalition Governments in the United States?: A Speculative Essay, 94 B.U. L. Rev. 961 (2014).
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Book Review: An Entrenched Legacy: How the New Deal Constitutional Revolution Continues to Shape the Role of the Supreme Court
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Book Review, 124 Pol. Sci. Q. 559 (2009)(reviewing Patrick M. Garry, An Entrenched Legacy: How the New Deal Constitutional Revolution Continues to Shape…
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Book Review: Terror, Security, and Money: Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Book Review, 127 Pol. Sci. Q. 483 (2012)(reviewing John Mueller & Mark G. Stewart, Terror, Security, and Money: Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and…
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Controlling Executive Power in the War on Terrorism
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Controlling Executive Power in the War on Terrorism, 188 Harv. L. Rev. 2673 (2005).
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Mark Tushnet, Interpreting the Right to Bear Arms — Gun Regulation and Constitutional Law, 358 New Eng. J. Med. 1424 (2008).
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Emergency Law as Administrative Law
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Emergency Law as Administrative Law, in Critical Debates on Counter-Terrorism Judicial Review 121 (Fergal F. Davis & Fiona DeLondras eds., 2014).
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Constitutional Interpretation Outside the Courts
July 14, 2026
Mark Tushnet, Constitutional Interpretation Outside the Courts, 37 J. Interdisc. Hist. 415 (2007) (reviewing David P. Currie, The Constitution of Congress (1997, 2001, 2005 &…