Research — Allen Sumrall

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Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications
“Incongruous Ideas of Impeachment: ‘Impeachable Offenses’ and the Constitutional Order.” Presidential Studies Quarterly 50, no. 4 (2020): 948-67.
Law Review Publications
Clarifying Judicial Aggrandizement, 172 U. Pa. L. Rev. Online (2024) (with Beau Baumann)
Nondelegation and Judicial Aggrandizement, 15 Elon L. Rev. 1 (2023).
Note, Epiphenomenal or Constructive?: The State Action Doctrine(s) and the Discursive Properties of Institutions, 98 Texas L. Rev. 1139 (2020).
Other Publications
Review of The Living Presidency: An Originalist Argument Against its Ever-Expanding Powers by Saikrishna Prakash. Law & Politics Book Review 30, no. 9 (2020): 135-140.

Other Writings
Trump’s Subpoena Stalling Highlight the Growing Hubris of America’s Judges (with Josh Chafetz). NBC News. (October 29, 2022).
“Yes, Again. And Now” (with Connor M. Ewing). The Constitutionalist. (January 7, 2021).
“The Case for Impeaching Trump (Again)” (with Connor M. Ewing). The Constitutionalist. (January 5, 2021).
“The Supreme Court is Aggrandizing Itself and the Presidency, in That Order.” A House Divided online. July 17, 2020.
“COVID-19 and the Decline of Loyal Opposition.” A House Divided online. April 2, 2020.
Works in Progress
Book Project: The Aggrandized Judiciary: Ideas in American Judicial Power
The Ideational Dimension of Judicial Power (under review)
Separation of Powers and the Judiciary Act of 1925 (invited symposium contribution to the Notre Dame Law Review)
I’m happy to consider sharing my working papers upon request. Email me!

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Allen Sumrall

asumrall[at]utexas.edu