Instructors
Nikolas Bowie
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Preventing Female Genital Mutilation in the United States: The Legal Threat to Effective Action
January 30, 2023
I. Glenn Cohen, Nikolas Bowie, Megan Jones & Eli Y. Adashi, Preventing Female Genital Mutilation in the United States: The Legal Threat to Effective Action,…
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Improper Commands from President Trump’s Employees?
January 21, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, Improper Commands from President Trump’s Employees?, Take Care (Mar. 16, 2017).
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An Unconstitutional Threat to Sanctuary Cities
January 21, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, An Unconstitutional Threat to Sanctuary Cities, Take Care (Mar. 21, 2017).
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SCOTUS Warns Against Appointing “Unfit Characters”
January 21, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, SCOTUS Warns Against Appointing “Unfit Characters”, Take Care (Mar. 24, 2017).
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The First Amendment Belongs Only to Americans? Wrong
January 21, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, The First Amendment Belongs Only to Americans? Wrong, Take Care (Mar. 29, 2017).
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Jared Kushner’s New SWAT Team More Like Neighborhood Watch
January 21, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, Jared Kushner’s New SWAT Team More Like Neighborhood Watch, Take Care (Mar. 27, 2017).
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What Happened on United Is Terrible, But What’s Going to Happen Everywhere Is Worse
January 21, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, What Happened on United Is Terrible, But What’s Going to Happen Everywhere Is Worse, Take Care (Apr. 11, 2017).
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Trump Is Weakening His Only Defense of the Sanctuary Cities Order . . . by Enforcing It
January 21, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, Trump Is Weakening His Only Defense of the Sanctuary Cities Order . . . by Enforcing It, Take Care (Apr. 26, 2017).
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With Sanctuary Cities, the Apprentice is Now the Biggest Loser
January 21, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, With Sanctuary Cities, the Apprentice is Now the Biggest Loser, Take Care (Apr. 26, 2017).
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The Federal Statute on Sanctuary Cities Doesn’t Say What the Trump Administration Thinks It Says
January 21, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, The Federal Statute on Sanctuary Cities Doesn’t Say What the Trump Administration Thinks It Says, Take Care (Apr. 27, 2017).
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Writing Group: How Does Change Happen?
January 18, 2023
Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…
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State Constitutional Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam
Each student will be responsible for one in-class presentation and two 6-8 page papers. This survey… -
Constitutional Law 3
January 18, 2023
Exam Type: One-Day Take-Home This course provides an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the rights and liberties it defines. Topics include…
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State Constitutional Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam
Each student will be responsible for one in-class presentation and two 6-8 page papers. This survey… -
Constitutional Law 3
January 18, 2023
Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course provides an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the…
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Writing Group: Critical Legal History and the Constitution
January 18, 2023
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Writing Group: How Does Change Happen?
January 18, 2023
Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by September 17, 2021.…
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Local Government Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Any given place in the United States is governed by a diverse, overlapping, and conflicting set of governments, from…
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Constitutional Law 7
January 18, 2023
Exam Type: One-Day Take-Home This course provides an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the rights and liberties it defines. Topics include…
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Can President Trump Rewrite the Past?
January 10, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, Can President Trump Rewrite the Past?, Take Care (May 3, 2017).
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It Was Legal for the President to Fire Comey. That’s the Problem.
January 10, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, It Was Legal for the President to Fire Comey. That’s the Problem, Take Care (May 10, 2017).
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Ten Minutes of History on: The Constitutionality of Funding HBCUs
January 10, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, Ten Minutes of History on: The Constitutionality of Funding HBCUs, Take Care (May. 12, 2017).
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Nikolas Bowie, President Trump Shouldn’t Be Impeached If He Hasn’t Committed a Crime, Take Care (May 22, 2017).
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Sessions Retreats, but Doesn’t Surrender, on Sanctuary Cities
January 10, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, Sessions Retreats, but Doesn’t Surrender, on Sanctuary Cities, Take Care (May 23, 2017).
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Nikolas Bowie, The Highest Court in Massachusetts Declares the Commonwealth a Sanctuary State, Take Care (Jul. 24, 2017).
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Can Trump Replace Rosenstein Without the Senate?
January 10, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, Can Trump Replace Rosenstein Without the Senate?, Take Care (Feb. 1, 2018).
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Nikolas Bowie, An Impeachable Offense Is a Criminal Offense: A Response to Tribe and Matz, Take Care (Jun. 20, 2018).
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The Recyclable Sentences of the Deregulatory First Amendment
January 10, 2023
Nikolas Bowie, The Recyclable Sentences of the Deregulatory First Amendment, Take Care, (July 5, 2018).
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Brief of Professor Nikolas Bowie as Amicus Curiae in Support of New York’s Opposition to ICE’s Motion to Dismiss
December 14, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Brief of Professor Nikolas Bowie as Amicus Curiae in Support of New York’s Opposition to ICE’s Motion to Dismiss, New York v. U.S.
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Will Puerto Rico Still Be Allowed to Govern Itself?
December 13, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Opinion, Will Puerto Rico Still Be Allowed to Govern Itself?, N.Y. Times, Oct. 14, 2019.
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Don’t Be Confused by Trump’s Defense. What He Is Accused of Are Crimes.
December 13, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Opionion, Don’t Be Confused by Trump’s Defense. What He Is Accused of Are Crimes, N.Y. Times, Jan. 27, 2020.
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Do We Have to Pay Businesses to Obey the Law?
December 13, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Opinion, Do We Have to Pay Businesses to Obey the Law?, N.Y. Times Mar. 20, 2021.
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The Imaginary Immigration Clause
October 19, 2022
Nikolas E. Bowie and Norah Rast, The Imaginary Immigration Clause, 120 Mich. L. Rev. 1419 (2022).
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Antidemocracy
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Antidemocracy, 135 Harv. L. Rev. 160 (2021).
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How the Supreme Court Dominates Our Democracy
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, How the Supreme Court Dominates Our Democracy, Wash. Post, Jul. 16, 2021.
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The challenges of teaching the Constitution in the age of Trump
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Opinion, The Challenges of Teaching the Constitution in the Age of Trump, Wash. Post, Jan. 18, 2021.
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The Constitutional Right of Self-Government
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, The Constitutional Right of Self-Government, 130 Yale L.J. 1652 (2021).
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Corporate Personhood v. Corporate Statehood
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Corporate Personhood v. Corporate Statehood, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 2009 (2019) (reviewing Adam Winkler, We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil…
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High Crimes Without Law
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, High Crimes Without Law, 132 Harv. L. Rev. F. 59 (2018).
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Why the Constitution Was Written Down
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Why the Constitution Was Written Down, 71 Stan. L. Rev. 1397 (2019).
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Corporate Democracy: How Corporations Justified Their Right to Speak in 1970s Boston
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Corporate Democracy: How Corporations Justified Their Right to Speak in 1970s Boston, 36 L. & Hist. Rev. 943 (2018).
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The Government Could Not Work Doctrine
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, The Government Could Not Work Doctrine, 105 Va. L. Rev. 1 (2019).
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Corporate Democracy: How Corporations Justified Their Right to Speak in 1970s Boston
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Corporate Democracy: The Origins of First Amendment Libertarianism in 1970s Boston, Am. Hist. Soc’y Ann. Meeting (Jan. 8, 2017).
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Nikolas Bowie, Note, Congress’s Power to Define the Privileges & Immunities of Citizenship, 128 Harv. L. Rev. 1206 (2015).
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Nikolas Bowie, Case Comment, Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health & Human Services, 126 Harv. L. Rev. 611 (2012).
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Poison Ivy: The Problem of Tax Exemption in a Deindustrializing City; Yale and New Haven, 1967–1973
October 19, 2022
Nikolas Bowie, Poison Ivy: The Problem of Tax Exemption in a Deindustrializing City; Yale and New Haven, 1967–1973, 3 Found. 61 (2009).