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CONTACT
sp5mm@virginia.edu
(434) 243-8539
Room WB371

ASSISTANT
Lisa R. Lambert

SUBJECTS
Constitutional law, constitutional theory, presidential powers

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Publications


"When an Appointment Vests," Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-16.
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"The Indefensible Duty to Defend" (with Neal Devins), 112 Colum. L. Rev. (2012).
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"The Goldilocks Executive" (with Michael D. Ramsey), Tex. L. Rev. (2012).
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"The Great Suspender's Unconstitutional Suspension of the Great Writ," 3 Alb. Gov't L. Rev. 575 (2010).
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“The Causes of Progressive Stagnation,” 72 Ohio St. L.J. 1277 (2011).
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“Fragmented Features of the Constitution’s Unitary Executive,” 45 Willamette L. Rev. 701 (2009).
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“Why the Incompatibility Clause Applies to the Office of the President,” 4 Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Pol’y 143 (2009).
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"The Misunderstood Relationship between Originalism and Popular Sovereignty," 31 Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 485 (2008).
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"The Executive’s Duty to Disregard Unconstitutional Laws," 96 Geo. L. J. 1613 (2008).
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"The Separation and Overlap of War and Military Powers," 87 Tex. L. Rev. 299 (2008).
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"A Taxonomy of Presidential Powers, 88 B. U. L. Rev. 372 (2008).
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"Imperial and Imperiled: The Curious State of the Executive," 50 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1021 (2008).
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"Exhuming the Seemingly Moribund Declaration of War," 77 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 89 (2008).
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“Unleashing the Dogs of War: What the Constitution Means by ‘Declare War,’” 93 Cornell L. Rev. 45 (2007).
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"A Two Front War," 93 Cornell L. Rev. 197 (2007) (sur-reply to Robert Delahunty & John Yoo's Making War and Michael Ramsey's The President’s Power to Respond to Attacks ).
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"Why the President Must Veto Unconstitutional Bills," 16 W. & M. Bill of Rights J. 81 (2007).
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“Delegation Really Running Riot” (with Larry Alexander)," 93 Va. L. Rev. 1035 (2007).
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"More Democracy, Less Constitution," 55 Drake L. Rev. 899 (2007) (symposium issue on Sandford Levinson, Our Undemocratic Constitution (2006).
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“How to Remove a Federal Judge” (with Steve Smith), 116 Yale L.J. 72 (2006).
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“(Mis)Understanding ‘Good Behavior’ Tenure” (with Steve Smith), 116 Yale L.J. 139 (2006) (sur-reply to Professor Martin Redish’s response to How to Remove a Federal Judge).
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"Radicals in Tweed Jackets: Why Extreme Left-Wing Professors are Wrong for America,"106 Colum. L. Rev. 2207 (2006) (reviewing Cass Sunstein, Radicals in Robes: Why Extreme Right-Wing Courts are Wrong for America).
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“Removal and Tenure in Office,” 92 Va. L. Rev. 1779 (2006).
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“How the Constitution Makes Subtraction Easy,” 92 Va. L. Rev. 1871 (2006) (sur-reply to Professor John Harrison’s Addition by Subtraction).
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“New Light on the Decision of 1789,” 91 Cornell L. Rev. 1021 (2006).
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"The Constitutional Status of Customary International Law," 30 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y. 65 (2006).
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“Against Interpretive Supremacy” (with John Yoo), 103 Mich. L. Rev. 1539 (2005) (review of Larry Kramer’s The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review).
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“The Chief Prosecutor,” 73 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 521 (2005).
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“Regulating Presidential Power,” 91 Cornell L. Rev. 215 (2005) (review of Harold Krent’s Presidential Powers).
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“Foreign Affairs and the Jeffersonian Executive: A Defense,” 89 Minn. L. Rev. 1591 (2005).
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"Mother May I: Imposing Mandatory, Prospective Rules of Statutory Interpretation" (with Larry Alexander), 20 Const. Comm. 97 (2004).
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“‘Is that English You’re Speaking?’ Why Intention-Free Interpretation is an Impossibility” (with Larry Alexander), 41 U.S.D. L. Rev. 967 (2004) (50th anniversary issue).
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“Against Tribal Fungibility,” 89 Cornell L. Rev. 1069 (2004).
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"The Constitution as Suicide Pact," 79 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1299 (2004).
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“Mother May I: Mandatory, Prospective Rules of Statutory Interpretation,” (with Larry Alexander), 20 Const. Comm. 97 (2003).
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“Questions for the Critics of Judicial Review,” (with John Yoo), 72 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 354 (2003).
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“Reports of the Delegation Doctrine’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated,” (with Larry Alexander), 70 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1297 (2003).
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“Branches Behaving Badly: The Predictable and often Desirable Consequences of the Separation of Powers,” 12 Cornell J. L. & Pub. Pol. 543 (2003).
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“The Origins of Judicial Review” (with John Yoo), 70 U. Chi. L. Rev. 887 (2003).
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“Overcoming the Constitution,” 91 Geo. L.J. 407 (2003) (review of Richard Fallon’s Implementing the Constitution).
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“Our Three Commerce Clauses and the Presumption of Intrasentence Uniformity,” 55 Ark. L. Rev. 1149 (2003).
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“The Essential Meaning of Executive Power,” 2003 U. Ill. L. Rev. 701.
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“Are the Judicial Safeguards of Federalism the Ultimate Form of Conservative Judicial Activism?” 73 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1363 (2002).
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“The Executive Power over Foreign Affairs,” (with Michael Ramsey), 111 Yale L.J. 231 (2001).
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“The Puzzling Persistence of Process-Based Federalism Theories,” (with John Yoo), 79 Tex. L. Rev. 1459 (2001)
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“America’s Aristocracy,” 109 Yale L.J. 541 (1999) (review of Mark Tushnet’s Taking the Constitution Away from the Courts).
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“Our Dysfunctional Insider Trading Regime,” 99 Colum. L. Rev. 1491 (1999).
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“A Critical Comment on the Constitutionality of Executive Privilege,” 83 Minn. L. Rev. 1143 (1999).
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“Deviant Executive Lawmaking,” 67 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1 (1998).
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“A Comment on Congressional Enforcement,” 32 Ind. L. Rev. 193 (1998).
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“Unoriginalism's Law Without Meaning,” 15 Const. Comm. 329 (1998) (review of Jack Rakove's Original Meanings).
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”The President's Power To Execute the Laws,” (with Steven Calabresi), 104 Yale L.J. 541 (1994).
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”Field Office Federalism,” 79 Va. L. Rev. 1957 (1993).
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“Hail to the Chief Administrator: The Framers and the President's Administrative Powers,” 102 Yale L.J. 1991 (1993) (Note). Favorably cited in United States v. Printz, 117 S. Ct. 2365 (1997).
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Internet Publications

“Removing Federal Judges Without Impeachment” (with Steve Smith), 116 Yale L.J. Pocket Part 95 (2006).

“The Domestic War,” Yale L.J. Pocket Part (March 2006).

“Should the Attorney General be Independent?” Debate Club, Legal Affairs (Feb. 13, 2006) (debating William P. Marshall).

“When Can Congress Remove Judges?” Debate Club, Legal Affairs (Dec. 26, 2005) (debating Todd D. Peterson).