The Washington Post interviewed Professor Larry Rosenthal in an article entitled, “Obama, Democrats Not Ready to Play 14th Amendment Card with Debt Ceiling.” The article explored the possibility of President Obama simply declaring the debt ceiling unconstitutional to be done with it. Professor Rosenthal told the Washington Post he doubted that could work. “What the
Professor Rosenthal has published “The New Originalism Meets the Fourteenth Amendment: Original Public Meaning and the Problem of Incorporation” in the Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues as part of a symposium sponsored by the University of San Diego’s Institute for Constitutional Originalism on the debate over whether the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the first eight amendments
Professor Ronald Rotunda published an article in the Syracuse Law Review titled “Judicial Disqualification in the Aftermath of Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.” “What we do know from this case is that laws that require judges to recuse themselves when a party (or a lawyer to a party) contributes more than a certain amount
Professor Rosenthal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in McDonald v. City of Chicago, a case in which the Court will decide whether the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms applies to state and local governments. The brief argues that the
The Wall Street Journal published Professor Ronald Rotunda’s letter to the editor entitled, “Privileges, Immunities and Our Constitutional Rights.” The letter addresses a previously-published article regarding Privileges or Immunities Clause of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment. Professor Rotunda argues against the assertion that “if the court were to use the Privileged or Immunities Clause