Jack Balkin

@jackbalkin

Con Law Prof and Director of Yale's Information Society Project and Abrams Institute for Free Expression

Branford, CT jackbalkin.yale.edu Joined September 2009

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Latest posts 5

Stuck in the Middle with You: The Constitution between Regimes. My latest on SSRN. This essay applies the analysis of my 2020 book, The Cycles of Constitutional Time, to the present day. Sad to say, things are not looking good.

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Jack Balkin @jackbalkin Aug 16

How technological change produces constitutional rot. My latest on SSRN:
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Jack Balkin @jackbalkin Jul 24

From Off the Wall to On the Wall: How Social Power Shapes Legal Reason. My latest, on SSRN, with discussions of Bush v. Gore, Obamacare, and the birthright citizenship case.
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Jack Balkin @jackbalkin Jul 19, 2025

How the Modalities Work: Constitutional Interpretation as Problem Solving

My latest, on SSRN.

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Jack Balkin @jackbalkin Jan 20, 2025

The Supreme Court Meets the Free Speech Triangle.

My latest article discusses Moody v. NetChoice. It's now available on SSRN.

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