Alison L. LaCroix
Alison L. LaCroix, a former member of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, is Professor of Law and an associate member of the History Department at the University of Chicago and the author of the forthcoming The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms (Yale University Press, May 2024).
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Alison L. LaCroix on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more
Alison L. LaCroix on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more
Apr 30, 2024 Alison L. LaCroix explains why “originalist” methods of constitutional interpretation are deeply ahistorical, describes the zero-sum relationship between state and federal power in modern America, identifies possible historical analogues for the upcoming US presidential election, and more.
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Texas and the Perpetual Crisis of American Federalism
Texas and the Perpetual Crisis of American Federalism
Mar 26, 2024 Alison L. LaCroix highlights the constitutional threat posed by the state's attempt to impose its own immigration policy.
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James Madison v. Originalism
James Madison v. Originalism
Aug 26, 2022 Alison L. LaCroix shows that the dominant conservative method of constitutional interpretation is utterly ahistorical.
