Hot off the presses! I helped organize a symposium on the 150th anniversary of Minor v. Happersett, where the Supreme Court held that women were not enfranchised by the 14th Amendment. The case originated in St. Louis, so it was rewarding to shine a light on this overlooked piece of local history.

I filed an amicus brief in Callais, this fall's blockbuster voting rights case. I make three arguments. First, the Fifteenth Amendment is the constitutional provision that bans racial discrimination in voting. Second, Shaw should be overturned. Finally, Section 2 of the VRA is constitutional.

New paper! Along with my co-authors, Prof. Susan Appleton and Hannah Keidan, I have posted a short symposium foreword, "The Curiously Minor Role of Minor v. Happersett," on SSRN. Anyone interested in legal history, election law, or women's rights should check it out:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Black Friday delivery for law professors! Loved getting the reprints of my new Columbia Law Review essay, The Riddle of Race-Based Redistricting!

Great reading in advance of this Term's SCOTUS argument in Louisiana v. Callais. You can download it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I'm delighted to be faculty co-advisor for tomorrow's
Washington University Law Review symposium on the 150th anniversary of Minor v. Happersett, a St. Louis case in which the Supreme Court held that women were not enfranchised by the 14th Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause.

Come join us in St. Louis! WashU Law invites applications from entry-level or lateral candidates for tenure-track and tenured positions. We're searching for faculty in private law, corporate law, international/comparative law, and antitrust, as well as best athlete candidates.

Now on SSRN, my forthcoming Columbia Law Review essay, The Riddle of Race-Based Redistricting! It looks at the original understanding of racial gerrymandering and vote dilution under the 14th & 15th Amendments and defends the VRA's constitutionality.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I'm thrilled to announce that my next paper, The Riddle of Race-Based Redistricting, will be published in the Columbia Law Review! The paper reconciles vote dilution, racial gerrymandering, and Section 2 of the VRA by looking to the original meaning of the 14th and 15th Amendments.

Hot off the presses!! The Unabridged Fifteenth Amendment has been published in the Yale Law Journal! The Article is a 123-page exploration of the Fifteenth Amendment's drafting and ratification, shining a spotlight on the forgotten Reconstruction Amendment.

www.yalelawjournal.org/article/the-...

I'm a bit late to this year's law review submission season, but my latest article, the Riddle of Race-Based Redistricting, is finally off my plate. Fingers crossed!

I'll post it on @ssrn.bsky.social soon, but in the meantime, here's the abstract: