Sandra Day O'Connor Professor of Law and Professor of Government
Areas of Specialization
Civil Rights Law; Law and Politics; Constitutional Law
Representative Professional Activities and Achievements
Joined the faculty in 1987. Served as Assistant General Counsel for the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights and Project Director for the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies.
Author of Shaping Constitutional Values: The Supreme Court, Elected Government and the Abortion Dispute and articles in the Chicago, Columbia, Stanford, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California, William & Mary, and Yale law reviews. Co-author of Political Dynamics of Constitutional Law, The Democratic Constitution, and The Company They Keep: How Partisan Divisions Came to the Supreme Court. Editor of the book series, Constitutional Conflicts, published by Duke U. Press.
Podcasts
Uncertainty Following the Reversal of Roe v. Wade, June Grasso, Mary Ziegler, and Neal Devins
(Bloomberg Law (June 30, 2022))Partisan Shift in En Banc Appeals Courts Since Trump, June Grasso and Neal Devins
(Bloomberg Law (March 23, 2021))Supreme Court Deals Biden Two Blows in One Week, June Grasso and Neal Devins
(Bloomberg Law (August 27, 2021))Justices Will Decide Trump Bid to Keep Taxes Secret, June Grasso and Neal Devins
(Bloomberg Law (December 17, 2019))Is Judicial Independence Under Attack?, Jesse Rutledge and Neal Devins
(Court Talk (December 17, 2018))Partisan Divisions on the Supreme Court, June Grasso and Neal Devins
(Bloomberg Law (November 26, 2018))Take Care Now: Stare Decisis and the President’s Duty to Defend Acts of Congress, Dean Rueter, Curt A. Levey, and Neal Devins
(The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies Teleforum (October 10, 2014))Symposium Articles
The Political Dynamics of Constitutional Law, Neal Devins
Why You Cannot Find a Swing Justice When You Really Need One, Neal Devins
Why Congress Does Not Challenge Judicial Supremacy, Neal Devins
Signing Statements and Divided Government, Neal Devins
Social Meaning and School Vouchers, Neal Devins
Reflections on Coercing Privacy, Neal Devins
Videos
Faculty on Topic: Roe v. Wade, Allison Orr Larsen and Neal Devins
First Amendment Under Fire: Racial Justice and Hate Speech, Neal Devins, Wornie Reed, Susan Herman, and Alex Tsesis
Supreme Court Preview 2014-2015: Moot Court (recording), Neal Devins, Michael Scodro, Andrew Pincus, Joan Biskupic, Garrett Epps, Irving Gornstein, Tara Leigh Grove, Allison Orr Larsen, Dahlia Lithwick, Erin E. Murphy, David Savage, and Richard Wolf
Constitutional Dilemmas: Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Neal Devins and Tara Leigh Grove
The Democratic Constitution: Reflections on Abortion, Affirmative Action, and the Independent Counsel, Neal Devins