Allen Sumrall
@asumrall.bsky.social
Legal Scholar | political & constitutional development, separation of powers, judicial politics | PhD UT Austin | JD Texas Law
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Call for Papers for 15th Annual Fed Courts Junior Scholars conference is now up: law.ku.edu/junior-facul.... Lots of advanced notice, hope you will consider submitting!
Will work on distributing this to various listservs and blogs, but please share if you are able.
Will work on distributing this to various listservs and blogs, but please share if you are able.
15th Annual Junior Faculty Federal Courts Workshop
April 24, 2026| KU School of Law
law.ku.edu
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Call for Papers for 15th Annual Fed Courts Junior Scholars conference is now up: law.ku.edu/junior-facul.... Lots of advanced notice, hope you will consider submitting!
Will work on distributing this to various listservs and blogs, but please share if you are able.
Will work on distributing this to various listservs and blogs, but please share if you are able.
New from me! A short and sweet book review of a short and sweet book: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Sick Chicken Case: The US Supreme Court and the New Deal
Published in Congress & the Presidency (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New from me! A short and sweet book review of a short and sweet book: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Not if the President can fire them all whenever they like.
August 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Not if the President can fire them all whenever they like.
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NEW: 10th Cir declares that New Mexico’s 7 day waiting period for gun purchases violates the Second Amendment.
Evidence shows such laws have a marked effect on firearm suicides, saving untold lives, but no matter — Bruen means history is all that counts.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
Evidence shows such laws have a marked effect on firearm suicides, saving untold lives, but no matter — Bruen means history is all that counts.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
August 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW: 10th Cir declares that New Mexico’s 7 day waiting period for gun purchases violates the Second Amendment.
Evidence shows such laws have a marked effect on firearm suicides, saving untold lives, but no matter — Bruen means history is all that counts.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
Evidence shows such laws have a marked effect on firearm suicides, saving untold lives, but no matter — Bruen means history is all that counts.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
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Junior faculty and grad students in political science, history, law, and Native American Studies, come take a class with us at the New York Historical Society (and via Zoom) on Native Peoples, American Colonialism, and the U.S. Constitution.
To apply, Institute for Constitutional History: 1/2
To apply, Institute for Constitutional History: 1/2
August 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Junior faculty and grad students in political science, history, law, and Native American Studies, come take a class with us at the New York Historical Society (and via Zoom) on Native Peoples, American Colonialism, and the U.S. Constitution.
To apply, Institute for Constitutional History: 1/2
To apply, Institute for Constitutional History: 1/2
Interesting! Worth a read!
Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Politicians’ Theories of Voting Behavior - Volume 119 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
August 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Interesting! Worth a read!
Hey you! If you're a law school and you're hiring, you should probably just go ahead and hire Beau. He's thoughtful, thorough, and curious. He brings fresh approaches to core questions of American constitutional governance. He's a great coauthor, which suggests he'll be a great colleague, too.
August 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hey you! If you're a law school and you're hiring, you should probably just go ahead and hire Beau. He's thoughtful, thorough, and curious. He brings fresh approaches to core questions of American constitutional governance. He's a great coauthor, which suggests he'll be a great colleague, too.
Something something the least dangerous branch
They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Potential Demolition of Section 2 of Voting Rights Act by Setting Argument October 15 in Louisiana Case, Possibly in Time to Affect 2026 Midterm Elections electionlawblog.org?p=151533
August 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Something something the least dangerous branch
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New Substack riffing on @joshchafetz.bsky.social’s excellent new article on Chadha. I highly recommend it.
Judges as Chaos Agents
A seismic shift is underway in the American legal academy.
open.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
New Substack riffing on @joshchafetz.bsky.social’s excellent new article on Chadha. I highly recommend it.
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They New York Times examined how much the Trump spending bill will impact New Mexico. Short answer: A lot and "few sectors of the state will be untouched"
In One of the Country’s Poorest States, Crippling Budget Cuts Loom
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
They New York Times examined how much the Trump spending bill will impact New Mexico. Short answer: A lot and "few sectors of the state will be untouched"
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I almost didn't believe it...
Do I have to teach Art. I Sec. 9 and Sec. 10 now now that they're removed from the congressional website?
constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
Do I have to teach Art. I Sec. 9 and Sec. 10 now now that they're removed from the congressional website?
constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
August 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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The final version of my "Corruption and the Supreme Court" has been published in the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, and is available for download here: ssrn.com/abstract=497...
Corruption and the Supreme Court
Corruption is everywhere at the Supreme Court. The justices routinely rule on what is—and, more frequently, what is not—corrupt. Simultaneously, their off-the-b
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August 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The final version of my "Corruption and the Supreme Court" has been published in the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, and is available for download here: ssrn.com/abstract=497...
Happy FAR form submission day to all who celebrate!
(Not me--I started but won't be finishing mine. Inquire inside for details.)
(Not me--I started but won't be finishing mine. Inquire inside for details.)
August 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Happy FAR form submission day to all who celebrate!
(Not me--I started but won't be finishing mine. Inquire inside for details.)
(Not me--I started but won't be finishing mine. Inquire inside for details.)
I'm reading a draft of a @beaubaumann.bsky.social paper and I'm reminded that he needs to be hired quickly and purposefully.
August 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm reading a draft of a @beaubaumann.bsky.social paper and I'm reminded that he needs to be hired quickly and purposefully.
Remember when shadow docket orders weren't precedential?
this is my favorite bit - dcts should ignore existing law in future cases, and instead divine SCt's intent from its opinion-less orders
July 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Remember when shadow docket orders weren't precedential?
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Those "rogue judges" were acting under an express grant of authority provided by Congress—one explicitly permitted by Article II of the Constitution, which says Congress can give the judiciary power to appoint inferior officers.
July 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Those "rogue judges" were acting under an express grant of authority provided by Congress—one explicitly permitted by Article II of the Constitution, which says Congress can give the judiciary power to appoint inferior officers.
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I just posted a new paper on @ssrn.bsky.social, titled "The Chadha Presidency". Here's the link, and I'll post the abstract in the next post. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The <i>Chadha </i>Presidency
<p><span>Where is Congress? Why hasn’t it reined in some of the worst abuses of the Trump Administration? This Article argues that a significant part of the ans
papers.ssrn.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I just posted a new paper on @ssrn.bsky.social, titled "The Chadha Presidency". Here's the link, and I'll post the abstract in the next post. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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terrific, spot-on analysis of the Court's agenda in CASA
July 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
terrific, spot-on analysis of the Court's agenda in CASA
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July 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Re-sharing this piece I wrote last week on Trump v. CASA and universal injunctions.
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
Universal Injunctions and the Role of the Judiciary, by Allen C. Sumrall - Yale Journal on Regulation
In a startling but unsurprising decision, the Supreme Court last Friday dramatically shrank the ability of federal judges to issue universal injunctions. In Trump v. CASA, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, w...
www.yalejreg.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Re-sharing this piece I wrote last week on Trump v. CASA and universal injunctions.
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
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I wrote up some quick thoughts on last week’s Trump v. CASA decision on universal/nationwide injunctions.
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
Universal Injunctions and the Role of the Judiciary, by Allen C. Sumrall - Yale Journal on Regulation
In a startling but unsurprising decision, the Supreme Court last Friday dramatically shrank the ability of federal judges to issue universal injunctions. In Trump v. CASA, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, w...
www.yalejreg.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I wrote up some quick thoughts on last week’s Trump v. CASA decision on universal/nationwide injunctions.
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
I wrote up some quick thoughts on last week’s Trump v. CASA decision on universal/nationwide injunctions.
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
Universal Injunctions and the Role of the Judiciary, by Allen C. Sumrall - Yale Journal on Regulation
In a startling but unsurprising decision, the Supreme Court last Friday dramatically shrank the ability of federal judges to issue universal injunctions. In Trump v. CASA, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, w...
www.yalejreg.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I wrote up some quick thoughts on last week’s Trump v. CASA decision on universal/nationwide injunctions.
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
www.yalejreg.com/nc/universal...
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Really good @leedrutman.bsky.social piece on why the Republicans are comfortable passing such an unpopular bill. I hope his prediction is wrong, but his analysis is important anyway. leedrutman.substack.com/p/one-big-be...
July 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Really good @leedrutman.bsky.social piece on why the Republicans are comfortable passing such an unpopular bill. I hope his prediction is wrong, but his analysis is important anyway. leedrutman.substack.com/p/one-big-be...
July 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM