Ilya Somin
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Ilya Somin's Degrees
- Bachelors Political Science Johns Hopkins University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Ilya Somin is a law professor at George Mason University, B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, a blogger for the Volokh Conspiracy, and a former co-editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review . His research focuses on constitutional law, property law, migration rights, and the study of popular political participation and its implications for constitutional democracy.
Ilya Somin's Published Works
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Published Works
- Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter (2013) (187)
- Voter ignorance and the democratic ideal (1998) (158)
- Democracy and Political Ignorance (2020) (68)
- The Limits of Backlash: Assessing the Political Response to Kelo (2009) (61)
- DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL IGNORANCE (2010) (49)
- Knowledge about ignorance: New directions in the study of political information (2006) (40)
- FOOT VOTING, POLITICAL IGNORANCE, AND CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN (2010) (29)
- Political Ignorance and the Countermajoritarian Difficulty: A New Perspective on the 'Central Obsession' of Constitutional Theory (2003) (27)
- The Grasping Hand: "Kelo v. City of New London" and the Limits of Eminent Domain (2015) (26)
- Overcoming Poletown: County of Wayne v. Hathcock, Economic Development Takings, and the Future of Public Use (2005) (26)
- Federalism Vs. States' Rights: A Defense of Judicial Review in a Federal System (2004) (24)
- Should International Law Be Part of Our Law (2006) (20)
- Controlling the Grasping Hand: Economic Development Takings after Kelo (2007) (19)
- Systematically Biased Beliefs about Political Influence: Evidence from the Perceptions of Political Influence on Policy Outcomes Survey (2013) (16)
- Democracy and International Human Rights Law (2009) (14)
- Richard Posner's democratic pragmatism and the problem of ignorance (2004) (14)
- Is Post-Kelo Eminent Domain Reform Bad for the Poor? (2007) (13)
- Why Political Ignorance Undermines the Wisdom of the Many (2014) (13)
- Free to Move (2020) (12)
- Foot Voting, Federalism, and Political Freedom (2012) (11)
- Eminent Domain: A Comparative Perspective (2017) (10)
- Stillborn crusade : the tragic failure of Western intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1918-1920 (1997) (9)
- Introduction, Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom (2020) (9)
- The Tea Party Movement and Popular Constitutionalism (2011) (8)
- Tiebout Goes Global: International Migration As a Tool for Voting with Your Feet (2008) (8)
- The Ongoing Debate Over Political Ignorance: Reply to My Critics (2015) (7)
- A MANDATE FOR MANDATES: IS THE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE CASE A SLIPPERY SLOPE? (2012) (7)
- Do politicians pander? (2000) (7)
- The Green Costs of Kelo: Economic Development Takings and Environmental Protection (2006) (6)
- Voter Knowledge and Constitutional Change: Assessing the New Deal Experience (2003) (6)
- Federalism and Property Rights (2011) (6)
- Taking Stock of Comstock: The Necessary and Proper Clause and the Limits of Federal Power (2010) (5)
- Democracy and voter ignorance revisited: Rejoinder to Ciepley (2000) (5)
- 14. The Supreme Court of the United States: Promoting Centralization More Than State Autonomy (2017) (5)
- Gonzales V. Raich: Federalism as a Casualty of the War on Drugs (2006) (5)
- The promise and peril of epistocracy (2019) (5)
- Let There Be Blight: Blight Condemnations in New York after Goldstein and Kaur (2011) (5)
- Richard Posner's Democratic Pragmatism (2004) (5)
- Foot voting versus ballot box voting: why voting with your feet is crucial to political freedom (2018) (4)
- Making Federalism Great Again: How the Trump Administration's Attack on Sanctuary Cities Unintentionally Strengthened Judicial Protection for State Autonomy (2019) (4)
- Taking Property Rights Seriously? The Supreme Court and the 'Poor Relation' of Constitutional Law (2008) (3)
- Freedom Through Foot Voting (2021) (3)
- Federalism and the Roberts Court (2016) (3)
- The constitutionality of the individual mandate. (2011) (3)
- NFIB v. Sebelius and the Constitutional Debate over Federalism (2014) (3)
- Foot Voting, Decentralization, and Development (2018) (3)
- A Conspiracy Against Obamacare: The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case (2013) (3)
- Immigration, Freedom, and the Constitution (2017) (3)
- The Judicial Reaction to Kelo (2011) (3)
- Public Interest Criteria and Korea's Scrutiny System (2017) (3)
- Originalism and Political Ignorance (2012) (3)
- Resolving the Democratic Dilemma (1999) (3)
- Judicial Power & Civil Rights Reconsidered (2004) (3)
- The Impact of Judicial Review on American Federalism: Promoting Centralization More than State Autonomy (2013) (2)
- Vaccine Passports as a Constitutional Right (2021) (2)
- What If Kelo v. City of New London Had Gone the Other Way? (2012) (2)
- Can We Make the Constitution More Democratic (2007) (2)
- Economic Development Takings as Government Failure (2010) (2)
- The Individual Mandate and the Proper Meaning of 'Proper' (2012) (2)
- Democracy, Political Ignorance, and Constitutional Reform (2009) (2)
- Taking Dissenting by Deciding All the Way Down (2013) (2)
- Eminent Domain in the United States (2017) (2)
- A Mandate for Mandates: Is the Individual Health Insurance Mandate Case a Slippery Slope? (2011) (2)
- The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America (2015) (2)
- Just Compensation in Eminent Domain in Korea: From the Perspective of Fairness (2017) (2)
- Two Steps Forward for the 'Poor Relation' of Constitutional Law: Koontz, Arkansas Game & Fish, and the Future of the Takings Clause (2013) (2)
- 'Active Liberty' and Judicial Power: What Should Courts Do to Promote Democracy? (2006) (1)
- Pragmatism, democracy, and judicial review: Rejoinder to Posner (2004) (1)
- The First Decisions (2013) (1)
- A False Dawn for Federalism: Clear Statement Rules after Gonzales V. Raich (2006) (1)
- Federalism and Collective Action (2011) (1)
- The Mainstreaming of Libertarian Constitutionalism (2015) (1)
- Gender, the gay marriage fight's missing piece: USA Today (2015) (1)
- Democracy and Political Knowledge in Ancient Athens (2009) (1)
- Lessons from the Rise of Legal Conservatism (2009) (1)
- Stop the Beach Renourishment and the Problem of Judicial Takings (2011) (1)
- Foot Voting and the Future of Liberty (2019) (1)
- Overall Due Process in Takings in Korea (2017) (1)
- Amicus Brief in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) (1)
- Is political ignorance rational? 1 (2021) (1)
- ROUNDTABLE 1: PUBLIC IGNORANCE: RATIONAL, IRRATIONAL, OR INEVITABLE? (2008) (1)
- Trust and Political Ignorance (2020) (1)
- Foot-Voting Nation (2019) (1)
- Who Exercises the Eminent Domain Power in Korea? A Focus on Private Takings (2017) (1)
- How Foot Voting Enhances Political Freedom (2019) (1)
- Jury Ignorance and Political Ignorance (2013) (1)
- The Politics of Economic Development Takings (2008) (1)
- Book Reviews (2009) (1)
- Star Wars, Science Fiction and the Constitution (2016) (1)
- Direct Expropriation: Multi-Layered Legal Protection in Europe (2017) (0)
- SIMPLE SYNTHESIS OF Z‐(ANTI)PYRIDINE‐2 AND ‐4‐ALDOXIMES (1977) (0)
- Book Review: The Ideological Origins of American Federalism (2011) (0)
- Foot voting versus ballot box voting: why voting with your feet is crucial to political freedom (2018) (0)
- A Major Question of Power: The Vaccinate Mandate Cases and the Limits of Executive Authority (2022) (0)
- A Revival of Lochner (2015) (0)
- Panel III pt 3: Dissent & Democracy - Taking Dissenting by Deciding All the Way Down (2012) (0)
- The Normality of Knick: A Response to Sterk and Pollack (2021) (0)
- Obama's Constitutional Legacy (2017) (0)
- When Did It Become Unconstitutional for States to Ban Same Sex Marriage?: Constitutional Interpretation in the 21st Century (2013) (0)
- The Timing Game That Justices Play: Los Angeles Times (2003) (0)
- Originalism and Interracial Marriage (2014) (0)
- High Court Needs Fresh Blood Soon: Newsday (2003) (0)
- Political Ignorance 240 OPENING STATEMENT (2009) (0)
- Virginia v. Sebelius - Washington Legal Foundation Amicus Brief (2011) (0)
- Is Post-Kelo Reform Bad for the Poor? (2007) (0)
- Decision Time and Aftermath (2013) (0)
- Chapter 7. The Judicial Reaction (2015) (0)
- Rational Ignorance and Public Choice (2019) (0)
- Libertarianism and Federalism (2014) (0)
- Chapter 5. The Political Backlash (2015) (0)
- The Foot-Voting Constitution (2020) (0)
- Why Growing Government is a Greater Political Menace than Growing Inequality (2018) (0)
- Chapter 6. Why the Backlash Often Fell Short (2015) (0)
- Implications for International Law and Global Governance (2020) (0)
- Is There a Federal Eminent Domain Power (2013) (0)
- Introduction, Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter, 2nd edition (2019) (0)
- Does Denying Property Owners Ownership Rights to Land Up to the Water Line Amount to a "Judicial Taking"? (2009) (0)
- Turning Federalism Right-Side Up (2012) (0)
- Postscript and Concluding Thoughts (2013) (0)
- Chapter 8. Should Blight and Economic Development Takings Be Reformed or Banned (2015) (0)
- City Unplanning (2015) (0)
- ROUNDTABLE 5: NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS (2008) (0)
- Problems and Keyhole Solutions (2020) (0)
- Distribution of Development Surplus in Takings (2017) (0)
- Introduction to Symposium on Post-Kelo Reform (2009) (0)
- Starr, Paul Entrenchment: Wealth, Power and the Constitution of Democratic Societies (2020) (0)
- Federalism & Separation of Powers Ramifications of Repealing the 17 th Amendment An Exchange Between (2011) (0)
- Democracy, Foot Voting, and the Case for Limiting Federal Power (2015) (0)
- Rethinking the Supreme Court’s Impact on Federalism and Centralization (2022) (0)
- Chapter 3. The Perils of Public Purpose (2015) (0)
- Putting Kelo in Perspective Commentary Essays (2016) (0)
- Knick v. Township of Scott: Ending a Catch-22 that Barred Takings Cases from Federal Court (2019) (0)
- America's Constitutional Test (2017) (0)
- Chapter 2. From Public Use to Public Purpose (2015) (0)
- A Floor, Not a Ceiling: Federalism and Remedies for Violations of Constitutional Rights in Danforth v. Minnesota (2008) (0)
- Federalism and Child Labor Revisited (2012) (0)
- Simple method for the preparation of Z-(anti)-pyridine-2- and -4-aldoximes (1976) (0)
- Chapter 4. The Kelo Decision (2015) (0)
- Takings, Disputes, and Resolutions in Korea: A Quantitative Review (2017) (0)
- Ilya Somin (2003) (0)
- Eminent Domain after Kelo (2010) (0)
- Panel 5: Federalism and Separation of Powers (2019) (0)
- Riddles, Mysteries, and Enigmas: Unanswered Questions of Communism's Collapse (1994) (0)
- The Case for Expanding the Anticanon of Constitutional Law (0)
- Commerce, Taxing, Spending, and Coercion after NFIB v. Sebelius (2014) (0)
- The Very Idea of Judicial Takings (2011) (0)
- How Judicial Review Can Help Empower People to Vote with Their Feet (2022) (0)
- The US Supreme Court and the Centralization of Federal Authority, by Michael A. Dichio (2019) (0)
- Nondelegation Limits on COVID Emergency Powers: Lessons from the Eviction Moratorium and Title 42 Cases (2022) (0)
- Foot Voting and Self-Determination (2020) (0)
- Section 8: Judicial Modesty (2018) (0)
- Freedom and Knowledge (2017) (0)
- THERMODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE Z‐(ANTI)‐1‐METHYLPYRIDINIUM 2‐ALDOXIMES (1980) (0)
- MOVING UP THE LADDER (2013) (0)
- Stillborn Crusade: The Tragic Failure of Western Intervention in the Former Soviet Union (1996) (0)
- Introduction, EMINENT DOMAIN: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (2017) (0)
- Team Libertarian Report: Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy (2022) (0)
- Libertarianism and science fiction (2011) (0)
- Putting Kelo in Perspective (2016) (0)
- How Foot Voting Outperforms Ballot Box Voting (2020) (0)
- Conclusion (2020) (0)
- Introduction (2020) (0)
- Introductory Keynote Address (2014) (0)
- Chapter 1. The Trouble in Fort Trumbull (2015) (0)
- Is Textualism Doomed (2010) (0)
- George Mason University SCHOOL of LAW Richard Posner ’ s Democratic Pragmatism (2004) (0)
- Foot Voting and International Migration (2020) (0)
- Nonlegal Arguments for Upholding the Individual Mandate (2012) (0)
- Foot Voting and Federalism (2020) (0)
- Migration and Self-Determination (2021) (0)
- Libertarianism and Originalism in The Classical Liberal Constitution (2014) (0)
- Immigration and the Economic Freedom of Natives (2022) (0)
- The Big Show (2013) (0)
- The Borkean Case Against Robert Bork's Case for Censorship (2008) (0)
- Supreme Court Economic Review, Volume 17 (2010) (0)
- Libertarianism and Judicial Deference (2013) (0)
- Foot Voting in the Private Sector (2020) (0)
- Overturning a Catch-22 in the Knick of Time: Knick v. Township of Scott and the Doctrine of Precedent (2020) (0)
- A Conspiracy Against Obamacare (2013) (0)
- Book Review: The State of Democratic Theory (2004) (0)
- Panel III Questions and Answers (2012) (0)
- The Law is Passed (2013) (0)
- The Borkean Dilemma: Robert Bork and the Tension between Originalism and Democracy (2013) (0)
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