Law professor @WisconsinLaw; faculty co-director, State Democracy Research Initiative (@UWLawDemocracy).
Madison, WI
Joined September 2012
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The deadline to submit an abstract for our Scholarship Roundtable on State and Local Governance is one month away! To learn more, visit go.wisc.edu/rx53ph
Call for papers for a Scholarship Roundtable on State and Local Governance taking place on 4/10/26 in Ann Arbor! Details here: go.wisc.edu/rx53ph
ALT Call for Papers flyer featuring a photo of a capitol building and the following information: Roundtable on State and Local Governance April 10, 2026 University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Abstracts due Nov 15, 2025 Final submissions due in late March for more information, go to go.wisc.edu/rx53ph Commentators: Sara Bronin, George Washington University Law School Sheila Foster, Columbia Law School & Columbia University Climate School Sharon Jacobs, University of California Berkeley School of Law Alexandra Klass, University of Michigan Law School Nina Mendelson, University of Michigan Law School Miriam Seifter, University of Wisconsin Law School Ganesh Sitaraman, Vanderbilt University Law School Christopher Walker, University of Michigan Law School Rob Yablon, University of Wisconsin Law School State Democracy Research Initiative, University of WI Law School
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We’re hiring! SDRI is searching for a Legal Director and a Senior Staff Attorney or Staff Attorney. Read more about these positions and apply here:
Legal Director posting: go.wisc.edu/d0fq8t
Senior Staff Attorney/Staff Attorney posting: go.wisc.edu/37e3w9
New casebook! State Constitutional Law: Cases and Principles, by Jessica Bulman-Pozen (@ColumbiaLaw) and me, will be published by Foundation Press this spring and ready for fall classes! We’re happy to chat with anyone who’s thinking of teaching the class.
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ICYMI: Submissions for the 10th Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable are due Feb. 28. It's a terrific workshop!! Please tell your junior #adlaw colleagues about it. Details @YaleJREG: yalejreg.com/nc/call-for-pap…
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🚨50 Constitutions Update🚨
Our latest update to 50constitutions.org adds tracking constitutional change features to 9 states!
These tools allow users to explore a state's full amendment history.
(Additional states coming in 2025!)
The @WisLRev issue on public law in the states is live! Great essays by @kateandrias, @oldfatherc, @kmtani, Lisa Washington, @chris_j_walker & @neena_menon_, Hon. Melissa Hart & Jake Mazeitis, Diego Zambrano & @neelguha, and @robyablon & @derekclinger.
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Join panelists @BillyCorriher, @BrynaGodar and Al Smith for the "Understanding Judicial Ethics Enforcement" virtual panel Nov. 21, moderated by @UWLawDemocracy's @MiriamSeifter. This panel is approved for 1 Wisconsin Ethics CLE credit. Register at bit.ly/48KpAB4.
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The 2024-25 Dean's Office Speaker Series welcomes leading scholars to UW Law to share their work on a wide range of topics. We look forward to hosting @monicacbell, @profmikegilbert, @khickmanjd, @BrianLeiter and @chris_j_walker for what are certain to be incredible discussions.
Just under a month left to submit an abstract for the Federalism Scholarship Roundtable — deadline is Nov. 15!
📢Call for papers for a Federalism Scholarship Roundtable, organized by @UWLawDemocracy and Professors @WilliamBaude, @BridgetFahey, and Alison LaCroix and taking place at @UChicagoLaw, 4/25/25 in Chicago! Details here: go.wisc.edu/y06t3p
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🚨Today is publication day for my book, "Aligning Election Law"!
The book argues that promoting alignment between governmental outputs and popular preferences should be an overarching goal of election law.
You can buy the book at the link below.
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Happy to share that my article "Balancing Interests in the Separation of Powers" is now out in @UChiLRev
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Thanks to the editors for their terrific editorial assistance and to innumerable colleagues for generous comments. Remaining flaws are mine!
Volume 91.5 is now live, featuring two Articles by @Maceyjoshua and @Shalev_Roisman, and three Comments by Laura Hu, Samuel P. LeRoy, and Helen Zhao! Read now at: lawreview.uchicago.edu.
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📚 Join us for a conversation with David Pozen on his new book “The Constitution of the War on Drugs," featuring comments from Jennifer Laurin.
Monday, October 7
11:45am to 1:00pm Austin time
Sheffield Room @UTexasLaw
Livestream on Zoom. Register here: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
A timely paper on the timeliness of election litigation! ⬇️
Check out this timely new article on election litigation from SDRI’s @RobYablon & @DerekClinger: Purcell Principles for State Courts. It finds that state courts have a more nuanced approach to pre-election remedies than SCOTUS. Forthcoming @WisLRev: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
📣 Fellowship opportunity! We’re so excited about our 50 Constitutions project and this collaboration with UVA’s Karsh Center. Please apply or share!
We at @UWLawDemocracy are thrilled to have support and collaboration from the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy at UVA Law School (@KarshUVALaw) on our 50 Constitutions project. Applications for a research fellowship hosted at UVA Law are now live!
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Register for the 2024 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium, hosted Sept. 20 by @UWLawDean and Professors @MiriamSeifter and @RobYablon, featuring nationally-renowned constitutional and election law scholars. Learn more: bit.ly/46QyXNR.
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Yesterday, SDRI’s @MiriamSeifter & @RobYablon submitted an amicus brief with other scholars in a Washington Supreme Court voting rights case. It contends that the WA Constitution requires close judicial scrutiny of WA’s signature matching law. statedemocracy.law.wisc.edu/…
The Ohio Supreme Court’s ballot language decision on the proposed redistricting amendment is out: supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/do…. My colleague @DerekClinger with more ⬇️
Always fun to cover recent scholarship for @StateCourtRpt — here’s the latest roundup, highlighting new work from @StephenESachs, @ProfNickStephan, @danieljhemel, @IJSanders, @mollyxbrady, @yeargain, @wuc3, @AnthonyMKreis, and a whole bunch more!
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Over at @IReadJotwell, I review a terrific new article on "The Judicial Administrative Power" by @JonPetkun & Joseph Schottenfeld, which is forthcoming in the @GWLawReview: /1 adlaw.jotwell.com/toward-a-c…