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Diversity & Racial Justice Resources

General - Articles

The Savage Constitution
Gregory Ablavsky
63 Duke L.J. 999-1089 (2014)
Duke Law Journal            HeinOnline

'Racism,' Political Correctness, and Constitutional Law: A Law School Case Study
George Anastaplo
42 S. Dak. L. Rev. 108-64 (1997)
HeinOnline

Race and the Core Curriculum in Legal Education
Frances Lee Ansley
79 Cal. L. Rev. 1512-97 (1991)
HeinOnline

The Temptation and Fall of Original Understanding
Anthony E. Cook
39 Duke L.J. 1163 (1990)
Duke Law Journal            HeinOnline

Gender as a Core Value in Teaching Constitutional Law
Cheryl Hanna
36 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 513-24 (2011)
SSRN            HeinOnline

Afro-American Faith in the Civil Religion; Or, Yes, I Would Sign the Constitution
Randall Kennedy
29 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 163-68 (1987)
HeinOnline

Census - Articles

Projecting Diversity: The Methods, Results, Assumptions and Limitations of the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Projections
Howard Hogan et al.
117 W. Va. L. Rev. 1080 (2015)
HeinOnline

Latinos and the Census: Responding to the Race Question
Patricia Palacios Paredes
74 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 146 (2005)
HeinOnline

Legitimating Quarantine: Moral Contagions, the Commerce Clause, and the Limits of Gibbons v. Ogden
Michael Schoeppner
17 J. S. Legal Hist. 81 (2009)
HeinOnline

You Can't Take It With You: Constitutional Consequences of Interstate Gender-Identity Rulings
Marybeth Herald & Julie A. Greenberg
80 Wash. L. Rev. 819-885 (2005)
SSRN            HeinOnline

The Not-So-Strange Career of Interstate Jim Crow: Race, Transportation, and the Dormant Commerce Clause
Joseph R. Palmore
83 Va. L. Rev. 1773-1817 (1997)
HeinOnline            Lexis+

Federalism - Articles

Race, Religion, Gender, and Interstate Federalism: Some Notes from History
Akhil Reed Amar
16 Quinnipias L. Rev. 19 (1996)
HeinOnline            Lexis+

Race, Federalism, and Voting Rights
Guy-Uriel E. Charles & Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
2015 U. Chi. Legal F. 152 (2015)
HeinOnline

Individual Rights, Federalism, and the National Battle over Bathroom Access
Scott W. Gaylord & Thomas J. Maloney
95 N.C. L. Rev. 1734 (2017)
SSRN            HeinOnline

Race, Federalism, and Diplomacy: The Gentleman's Agreement a Century Later
Paul Finkelman
56 Osaka U. L. Rev. 1-30 (2009)
SSRN

Lynching, Federalism, and the Intersection of Race and Gender in the Progressive Era
Barbara Holden-Smith
8 Yale J.L. & Feminism 31 (1996)
HeinOnline

Federalism, Democracy, and the Challenge of Ferguson
Samuel P. Jordan
59 St. Louis U. L.J. 1116 (2015)
HeinOnline

Congressional Power to Regulate Sex Discrimination: The Effect of the Supreme Court's "New Federalism"
Calvin Massey
55 Me. L. Rev. 63 (2003)
HeinOnline

She the People: The Nineteenth Amendment, Sex Equality, Federalism, and the Family
Reva B. Siegel
115 Harv. L. Rev. 947 (2002)
SSRN            HeinOnline

Law and the Boundaries of Place and Race in Interracial Marriage: Interstate Comity, Racial Identity, and Miscegenation Laws in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, 1860s-1960s
Peter Wallenstein
32 Akron L. Rev. 557 (1999)
HeinOnline

Federalism & Same-Sex Marriage - Articles

State of the Union: the States' Interest in the Marital Status of Their Citizens
Brian Bix
55 U. Miami L. Rev. 1 (2000)
SSRN            HeinOnline

Competitive Federalism and the Legislative Incentives to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage
Jennifer Gerarda Brown
68 S. Cal. L. Rev. 745 (1995)
HeinOnline

Nine Questions about Same-Sex Marriage Conflicts
Stanley E. Cox
40 New Eng. L. Rev. 361-408 (2006)
HeinOnline            Lexis+            Westlaw Edge

Same Sex Marriage, Indian Tribes, and the Constitution
Matthew L. M. Fletcher
61 U. Miami L. Rev. 53-85 (2006)
SSRN            HeinOnline

Windor's Mad Genius: The Interlocking Gears of Rights and Structure
Heather K. Gerken
95 B.U. L. Rev. 615 (2015)
HeinOnline

'Til Congress Do Us Part: The Marriage Protection Act, Federal Court-Stripping, and Same-Sex Marriage
Spencer J. Jenkins
40 New Eng. L. Rev. 619-661 (2006)
HeinOnline            Lexis+            Westlaw Edge

Same-Sex Marriage and Federalism
Nancy J. Knauer
17 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 421 (2008)
SSRN            HeinOnline            Lexis+            Westlaw Edge

The Difference the Mini-DOMAs Make
Andrew Koppelman
38 Loy. U. Chi. L. J. 265-278 (2007)
HeinOnline            Lexis+            Westlaw Edge

Same-Sex Marriage, Identity Processes, and the Kulturkampf: Why Federalism is Not the Main Event
Marc R. Poirier
17 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 387 (2008)
SSRN            HeinOnline            Lexis+            Westlaw Edge

When Love, Comity, and Justice Conquer Borders: INS Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage
Cynthia M. Reed
28 Colum. Hum. Rts L. Rev. 97-134 (1996)
HeinOnline            Westlaw Edge

Interstate Pluralism: The Role of Federalism in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
Jeffrey L. Rensberger
2008 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 1703 (2007)
SSRN            HeinOnline

Comity of Errors: Foreign Same-Sex Marriages in New York
Gennaro Savastano
24 Touro L. Rev. 199-221 (2008)

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The Federal Marriage Amendment: To Protect the Sanctity of Marriage or Destroy Constitutional Democracy?
Joan E. Schaffner
54 Am. U. L. Rev. 1487 (2005)
SSRN            HeinOnline

Can the Island of Hawaii Bind the World? A Comment on Same-Sex Marriage and Federalism Values
Linda J. Silberman
16 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 191 (1996)
HeinOnline            Lexis+

Beyond Interstate Recognition in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
Gary J. Simson
40 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 313-383 (2006)
HeinOnline            Lexis+            Westlaw Edge

From Slavery to Same-Sex Marriage: Comity Versus Public Policy in Inter-jurisdictional Recognition of Controversial Domestic Relations
Lynn D. Wardle
2008 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 1885 (2007)
SSRN            HeinOnline

Are You Still My Mother?: Interstate Recognition of Adoptions by Gays and Lesbians
Rhonda Wasserman
58 Am. U. L. Rev. 1-83 (2008)
SSRN            HeinOnline            Lexis+            Westlaw Edge

Federalism and the Gay Family: Free Movement of Same-Sex Couples in the United States and the European Union
Adam Weiss
41 Colum. J. L. & Soc. Probs. 81 (2007)
HeinOnline

Fugitive Slave Clause - Articles

Classical Racialism, Justice Story, and Margaret Morgan's Journey from Freedom to Slavery: The Story of Prigg v. Pennsylvania
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr.
Article included in Race Law Stories, pg. 59-87:

Immigration & Citizenship - Articles

The President and Immigration Federalism
Pratheepan Gulasekaram & S. Karthick Ramakrishnan
68 Fla. L. Rev. 178 (2016)
SSRN            HeinOnline

The Plenary Power-Shaped Hole in the Core Constitutional Law Curriculum: Exclusion, Unequal Protection, and American National Identity
Janel Thamkul
96 Cal. L. Rev. 553 (2008)
HeinOnline

Refugee Resettlement Federalism
James Y. Xi
69 Stan. L. Rev. 1236 (2017)
HeinOnline

Birthright Citizenship, Immigration, and the U.S. Constitution: The Story of United States v. Wong Kim Ark
Erika Lee
Article included in Race Law Stories, pg. 90-109:

Indian Sovereignty - Articles

Same Sex Marriage, Indian Tribes, and the Constitution
Matthew L. M. Fletcher
61 U. Miami L. Rev. 53-85 (2006)
SSRN            HeinOnline

The Tribal Struggle for Indian Sovereignty: The Story of the Cherokee Cases
Rennard Strickland
Article included in Race Law Stories, pg. 35-57: