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| The Limits of Backlash: Assessing the Political Response to Kelo I Somin Property Rights: Eminent Domain and Regulatory Takings Re-Examined, 101-148, 2009 | 374 | 2009 |
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| Political ignorance and the countermajoritarian difficulty: A new perspective on the central obsession of constitutional theory I Somin Iowa L. Rev. 89, 1287, 2003 | 231 | 2003 |
| Federalism vs. States' Rights: A Defense of Judicial Review in a Federal System JO McGinnis, I Somin Nw. UL Rev. 99, 89, 2004 | 174 | 2004 |
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| Knowledge about ignorance: New directions in the study of political information I Somin Critical Review 18 (1-3), 255-278, 2006 | 138 | 2006 |
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| Closing the Pandora's Box of Federalism: The Case for Judicial Restriction of Federal Subsidies to State Governments I Somin Geo. LJ 90, 461, 2001 | 122 | 2001 |
| The Grasping Hand: " Kelo v. City of New London" and the Limits of Eminent Domain I Somin University of Chicago Press, 2019 | 86 | 2019 |
| Gonzales v. Raich; Federalism as a Casualty of the War on Drugs I Somin Cornell JL & Pub. Pol'y 15, 507, 2005 | 75 | 2005 |
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| Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom I Somin | 62 | 2020 |
| The Judicial Reaction to Kelo I Somin Alb. Gov't L. Rev. 4, 1, 2011 | 61 | 2011 |
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| Making Federalism Great Again: How the Trump Administration's Attack on Sanctuary Cities Unintentionally Strengthened Judicial Protection for State Autonomy I Somin Tex. L. Rev. 97, 1247, 2018 | 56 | 2018 |
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David E BernsteinSchool of Law, George Mason UniversityVerified email at gmu.edu
