Essays
Rein in the Legislature,
Washington Post, Dec. 1, 2000, at A-35, anthologized in E.J. Dionne, Jr.
and William Kristol, Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary
(2001).
Forum: Two from Texas - too much?, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, Aug. 6, 2000, at E1 (URL: http://www.postgazette.com/forum/20000806edshane7.asp).
Sacking Football Prayer, Intellectual Capital.Com,, July 13-30, 2000.
In Whose Best Interest? Not the States',
Wash. Post, May 21, 2000, at B6.
Tobacco and Telephones: Does the Supreme Court Have a "Big Business Bloc?,
Intellectual Capital.Com,, Apr.27-May 4, 2000.
Primary School: The Constitution and Candidate Selection, Intellectual
Capital.Com,, Mar. 16- 23, 2000.
Eleventh Amendment Limits on the Private
Enforceability of State Hospitals' Federal Legal Obligations, Hospital
Law Newsletter, June, 2000, at 1-5.
Public Aid to Parochial Education: The Intractable Issues, Intellectual
Capital.Com,, Feb. 3-10, 2000).
GOP Intransigence and the Self-correcting Budget Process, Intellectual
Capital.Com,, Dec. 16- 23, 1999.
Living With Constitutional Complexity, Intellectual Capital.Com,, Nov.
18-25, 1999.
The Poisonous Politics of Judicial Selection, Intellectual Capital.Com,,
Oct. 21-28, 1999.
Clinton's Right: He Shouldn't Turn Over
the Clemency Records, Wash. Post, Sept. 26, 1999, at B1 (expanded version
of "Pardons Are Prerogative of the President Alone," and republished in
Wash. Post Nat'l Weekly Edition, Oct. 4, 1999, at 21).
Clinton's Clemency and the Framers' Wisdom, Intellectual Capital.Com,,
Sept. 23-30, 1999.
Pardons Are Prerogative of the President
Alone, L.A. Times, Sept. 22, 1999, at (republished in Newsday, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, et al.).
Litmus Tests Undermine Judicial Independence, Intellectual Capital.Com,,
Aug. 26-Sept. 2, 1999.
Judicial Activism, Conservative-Style, Intellectual Capital.Com,, July
22 - 29, 1999.
Requiem for the Independent Counsel Law, Intellectual Capital.Com,, June
24 - July 1, 1999 (reprinted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 27, 1999, at
E1).
Congress, the Constitution, and Columbine High School, Intellectual Capital.Com,,
May 28- June 3, 1999.
Kosovo and the Dangers of Unilateral Presidential Power, Intellectual Capital.Com,,
Apr. 29- May 6, 1999.
Thinking Structurally About the Constitution, Intellectual Capital.Com,,
Apr. 1-7, 1999.
Constitutional Lessons of the Clinton Impeachment, Intellectual Capital.Com,
Feb. 18-25, 1999.
A Detour Into Constitutional Absurdity,
N.Y. Times, Jan. 27, 1999, at A27 (reprinted in News & Observer (Raleigh
NC), Jan. 29, 1999, at A17).
Debasing the Impeachment Process, Newsday,
Jan. 27, 1999, at A41 (reprinted in The Record, Northern New Jersey, Jan.
29, 1999, at L09).
Where No Elected President Has Gone Before, Intellectual Capital.Com, Dec.
24, 1998 - Jan. 7, 1999.
Protect the Constitution; Don't Impeach,
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), Dec. 18, 1998, at 10A (with Leslea Haravon
Collins and Steve M. Collins).
Impeachment: An Introduction, Intellectual Capital.Com, Sept. 10-16, 1998.
Stop the Washington Free-for-All, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, September 7, 1998, at A-13.
There's no lack of lawyers, just a lack
of leaders, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 3, 1998, at A-11.
Introduction to Symposium: "The Adequacy
of Current Legal Paradigms to Meet Future Challenges," 57 U. Pitt. L.
Rev. 233-235 (1996).
Introduction to Symposium: "The Adequacy
of Current Legal Paradigms to Meet Future Challenges," 15 J. L. & Commerce
391-93 (1996).
Line-Item Veto's Political Web, Christian
Science Monitor, Apr. 19, 1996, at 20.
Why morality is the main political issue,
Des Moines Register, Feb. 4, 1988, at 5A. Nurturing the changes at Iowa
universities, Des Moines Register, Mar. 10, 1989, at 13A.
Is Bork "inconsistent" and "unprincipled?"
Des Moines Register, Sept. 15, 1987, at 7A.
Special prosecutor post will survive
legal test, Des Moines Register, Mar. 25, 1987, at 7A.
Who Controls the Books? The First Amendment
and Public School Censorship, Iowa Advocate, Spr./Sum. 1984, at 27-30.