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Gaurav Mukherjee

@gauravmkjee.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law | education & housing in constitutions; democratic erosion | gauravmukherjee.com

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Quinn Yeargain@yeargain.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Hello! @adamsopko.bsky.social and I have been working on a proposal to charter an AALS Section on State Constitutional Law. We believe that such a section is long overdue and that it is urgent to foster scholarly community and support in a growing discipline. Links to support this effort below: ⬇️

Kat Macfarlane@katmacfarlane.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Self-Accommodation, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers...., is now published! It's part of a wonderful University of California Health Humanities Press collection, “Legal Determinants of Health: From Incarceration to Accessibility,” edited by Brian Dolan and Juliet McMullin.

Self-Accommodation

The reasonable accommodation mandate was intended to ensure access for people with disabilities. Yet some people with disabilities who are eligible for and in n

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Human Rights Watch@hrw.org · 11mo ago

Social protection is a human right. In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism. Read more:

Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise, warns UN expert

NEW YORK – The rolling back of protections for people living in poverty has created fertile ground for far-right movements across the world, warned the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human ...

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Maya Sen@mayasen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Pleased to share that the Kennedy School has been authorized to conduct a faculty search in American politics This is as an extraordinary opportunity for us - please share widely with your networks and consider applying academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15418

Professor of Public Policy (American Politics)

Harvard Kennedy School seeks a scholar of the highest distinction to appoint as a professor of public policy, focusing on American politics, elections, and policy. We particularly welcome applications...

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Quinn Yeargain@yeargain.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I’m pleased that my Georgia Law Review article is now out! I did a content analysis of every state constitutional amendment from 1960 to the present that altered any criminal procedure protection—which revealed how few states even *tried* to ratify the Warren Court’s criminal procedure holdings.

al procedure revolution, and just a few years into the Roberts Court’s full-throated embrace of originalist jurisprudence. Whether many of the protections we have come to know and recognize from the Warren Court—the exclusionary rule, Miranda warnings, and Gideon’s mandate— are subjected to re-evaluation under a “history and tradition”- style analysis and, if so, whether they survive that analysis, remains to be seen. At the same time, state courts and constitutions offer the same hope now as they did at the onset of judicial federalism in the 1970s. Attorneys for criminal defendants sought refuge in the states to vindicate their rights, and they rejuvenated state constitutions as independent sources of liberty that can extend beyond the bare minimums of federal protection. However, while these litigants produced changes in case law, those changes were not frequently accompanied by formal constitutional changes. Few state constitutions were amended to include the core criminal procedure requirements, and few changes were even seriously considered.
Gaurav Mukherjee@gauravmkjee.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to join a stellar group of scholars at New York Law School on Oct 10 to celebrate Mark Graber’s Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty. Panels w/ Jack Balkin, Sanford Levinson, Rebecca Zietlow, Henry Chambers & more. I’ll speak at 1:30 w/ M. Henry Ishitani & Heinz Klug. RSVP: nyls.edu/rjprsvp

(Book Event) Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform After the Civil War - New York Law School

Download PDF Invite. DATEFriday, October 10, 2025 TIME9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. ETOptional tour of Tribeca to follow the program. LOCATIONRoom W220New

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Gaurav Mukherjee@gauravmkjee.bsky.social · last yr.

How should we make sense of the dizzying varieties of constitutionalisms? In a new paper, Rosalind Dixon terms this phenomenon 'adjectival constitutionalism' and suggests four modes of operation: as topic, model, mode, and discourse. Link below

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Richard M Re@richardre.bsky.social · last yr.

Officially, this is a chat about enumerated powers. In practice, though, it’s a deep exploration of constitutional method and meaning.

RRichard Primus@richardprimus.bsky.social · last yr.

The Divided Argument podcast had me on to talk about my new book *The Oldest Constitutional Question: Enumeration and Federal Power.* Very much enjoyed the conversation. Listen here: www.dividedargument.com/episodes/bed... @dividedargument.bsky.social @williambaude.bsky.social‬ @epps.bsky.social‬

Gaurav Mukherjee@gauravmkjee.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks for the “recommended” tag, Larry! Excited to share my job-market paper, which uses the recent religious charter school case to show how faith-based entities secure public funds while sidestepping constitutional limits—a phenomenon I term “private disestablishment.”

Abstract for the article 'Private Disestablishment'
Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · last yr.

Mukherjee on Private Disestablishment, buff.ly/R795JcB - Gaurav Mukherjee (University of Connecticut - School of Law; New York University School of Law; University of Melbourne - Asian Law Centre) has posted Private Disestablishment (51 B.Y.U. Law Rev. ___ (2026)) on SSRN.

LPE NYC@lpenyc.bsky.social · last yr.

Our end of summer/back-to-school happy hour is next Thursday, Aug 28th (5:30 - 7:30) at Loreley Beer Garden (7 Rivington St). Come meet other NYers interested in LPE !!

A poster with cheersing beer mugs and the LPE NYC logo that say: Summer Happy Hour Loreley Beer Garden (7 Rivington St, New York, NY) Thursday, Aug 28 5:30-7:30pm Come join us in the outdoor patio for happy hour at this Lower East Side tavern featuring German brews, bratwurst, &schnitzel
Gaurav Mukherjee@gauravmkjee.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks for highlighting, Larry! This chapter argues that education law has privileged parental choice & religious freedom while sidelining equality. I argue for re-centering education as a right that secures both liberty & equality—the foundation of democratic citizenship.

Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · last yr.

Mukherjee on the Right to Education, buff.ly/0JzIfI1 - Gaurav Mukherjee (University of Connecticut Law; NYU Law; University of Melbourne - Asian Law Centre) has posted The Right to Education: Reconciling Liberty & Equality (Oxford Handbook on Economic and Social Rights) on SSRN.

Nicholas Handler@nicholashandler.bsky.social · last yr.

I've posted a draft of my next article, "The Administrative Law of McCarthyism," forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review, on SSRN. Comments and feedback are very welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Administrative Law of McCarthyism

<p>This Article recovers the largely overlooked legal and administrative history of the federal loyalty-security program, and argues that it played a formative

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Nicholas Handler@nicholashandler.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm excited that my next article, "The Administrative Law of McCarthyism," will be published in the Stanford Law Review. It explores how civil service law evolved in response to McCarthy era loyalty purges, and how courts drew on administrative law principles to fashion civil service protections.

Nick Pearce@iprnickp.bsky.social · last yr.

New piece on the UK welfare state by me & @gavin-kelly.bsky.social for a special edition of @oxrepjournal.bsky.social We examine the economic, political & demographic forces reshaping our welfare state. academic.oup.com/oxrep/articl...

The recent history and future prospects of the UK welfare state

Abstract. This article examines how the UK welfare state was significantly retrenched, reshaped, and selectively expanded in the era of austerity and Covid

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