| Defining dicta M Abramowicz, M Stearns Stan. L. Rev. 57, 953, 2004 | 351 | 2004 |
| Standing back from the forest: Justiciability and social choice ML Stearns Calif. L. Rev. 83, 1309, 1995 | 257 | 1995 |
| The misguided renaissance of social choice ML Stearns Yale LJ 103, 1219, 1993 | 236 | 1993 |
| Constitutional process: A social choice analysis of Supreme Court decision making ML Stearns University of Michigan Press, 2002 | 155 | 2002 |
| Standing and social choice: Historical evidence ML Stearns U. Pa. L. Rev. 144, 309, 1995 | 150 | 1995 |
| The public choice case against the item veto ML Stearns Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 49, 385, 1992 | 102 | 1992 |
| Beautiful Mend: A Game Theoretical Analysis of the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine, A. ML Stearns Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 45, 1, 2003 | 68 | 2003 |
| Beyond counting votes: the political economy of Bush v. Gore M Abramowicz, ML Stearns Vand. L. Rev. 54, 1849, 2001 | 66 | 2001 |
| Public choice concepts and applications in law ML Stearns, T Zywicki West Publishing, 2009 | 64 | 2009 |
| Standing at the crossroads: the Roberts court in historical perspective ML Stearns Notre Dame L. Rev. 83, 875, 2007 | 59 | 2007 |
| Should Justices Ever Switch Votes?: Miller v. Albright in Social Choice Perspective ML Stearns Supreme Court Economic Review 7, 87-156, 1999 | 55 | 1999 |
| Public Choice and Public Law ML Stearns Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing, 1997 | 39 | 1997 |
| From Lujan to Laidlaw: A Preliminary Model of Environmental Standing ML Stearns Duke Envtl. L. & Pol'y F. 11, 321, 2000 | 38 | 2000 |
| Obergefell, Fisher, and the Inversion of Tiers ML Stearns U. Pa. J. Const. L. 19, 1043, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
| Direct (Anti-) Democracy ML Stearns Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 80, 311, 2011 | 35 | 2011 |
| Maternal duties during pregnancy: Toward a conceptual framework ML Stearns New Eng. L. Rev. 21, 595, 1985 | 35 | 1985 |
| How outcome voting promotes principled issue identification: A reply to Professor John Rogers and others ML Stearns Vand. L. Rev. 49, 1045, 1996 | 32 | 1996 |
| The Case for Including Marks v. United States in the Canon of Constitutional Law ML Stearns Const. Comment. 17, 321, 2000 | 27 | 2000 |
| Restoring Positive Law and Economics: Introduction to Public Choice Theme Issue ML Stearns Geo. Mason L. Rev. 6, 709, 1997 | 27 | 1997 |
| Commerce Games and the Individual Mandate LM Henry, ML Stearns Geo. LJ 100, 1117, 2011 | 26 | 2011 |
