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Brannon
Padgett Denning Employment The University of Tennessee School of Law, Visiting Professor, Summer 2008 (scheduled), Summer 2007, Summer 2006, Summer 2005. Taught constitutional law. The Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Associate Professor, 2003-2007; Professor, 2007-present. Teaching constitutional law, legal ethics, first amendment, and topics in constitutional law. Tenure awarded Spring, 2005. Director of Faculty Development since August, 2005. Full Professor since 2007.
Southern
Illinois University School of Law,
Assistant Professor, 1999-2003. Yale
Law School, Research
Associate & Senior Fellow, 1997-1998. Baker,
Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, P.C., Associate, 1995-1997. Awards 2008 Harvey S. Jackson Excellence in Teaching Award (upper-level courses). Member, American Law Institute (elected 2006). 2006 Probate and Property Magazine, Excellence in Writing Award for Best Cutting Edge Article B Real Property (for Retail Store Size-cap Ordinances: Legitimate Land Use Regulations or Unconstitutional Economic Protectionism? 20 Probate & Property 8 (July/Aug. 2006)). Nominee, 2006 Harvey S. Jackson Excellence in Teaching Award (upper-level courses). Graduation Hooder 2006, 2007, 2008 (faculty selected by vote of the third-year class to hood them at graduation). 2003 Senior Class Award, Southern Illinois University School of Law (awarded annually to honor professor chosen by the third year class). Education Yale Law School, LL.M., 1999 The
University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of
the Coif, 1995
Honors The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1992
Honors Courses Taught Constitutional Law I, Constitutional Law II, Topics in Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Foreign Affairs and the Constitution, Gun Control and Gun Rights, Professional Responsibility, Introduction to Legislative and Administrative Process, Legislation, and Illinois Constitutional Law. Publications Books and Chapters Gun Control and Gun Rights: A Reader and Guide (with David B. Kopel and Andrew J. McClurg) (New York University Press, 2002). Annual Supplement to Bittker on the Regulation of Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Aspen Law & Business) (2001-present). Bittker on the Regulation of Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Aspen Law & Business 1999) (collaborator with Boris I. Bittker) (cited in 1 Laurence H. Tribe, American Constitutional Law ' 6-2, at 1029 n.1 (Foundation Press, 2000) and Ronald D. Rotunda & John E. Nowak, Treatise on Constitutional Law: Sum and Substance '' 5.10 n.1, 11.8 n.9 (3rd ed., West Group, 2000 Supp.)). Gun Litigation and the Constitution, in Suing the Firearms Industry: A Legal Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts (Tim Lytton ed., U. Mich. Press, 2005) (solicited contribution). Articles (* denotes peer-reviewed journal) The New Doctrinalism in Constitutional Scholarship and Heller v. District of Columbia, 75 Tenn. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2008). Reconstructing the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine, 50 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2008). Frederick v. Morse and the Regulation of Student Cyberspeech, 35 Hastings Const. L.Q. __ (forthcoming 2008) (with Molly C. Taylor). Is the Dormant Commerce Clause Expendable? A Response to Edward Zelinsky, 77 Miss. L.J. 623 (2007). Gonzales v. Carhart: An Alternate Opinion, 2006-2007 CATO Sup. Ct. Rev. 167 (solicited contribution).* DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno, State Investment Incentives, and the Future of the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine, 2005-2006 Cato Sup. Ct. Rev. 173 (solicited contribution).* Confederation-Era Discrimination Against Interstate Commerce and the Legitimacy of the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine, 94 Ky. L.J. 37 (2005-2006). Retail Store Size-Capping Ordinances and the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine, 37 Urb. Law. 907 (2005) (with Rachel M. Lary).* American Insurance Ass'n v. Garamendi and Executive Preemption in Foreign Affairs (with Michael D. Ramsey), 46 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 825 (2004). Why the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV Cannot Replace the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine, 88 Minn. L. Rev. 384 (2003) (cited in Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies ' 5.5 n.8 (Aspen, 3d ed. 2006)). The Maine Rx Prescription Drug Program and the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine: The Case of the Missing Link[age], 19 Am. J. L. & Med. 7 (2003). Constitutional Incidents: Interpretation in Real Time, 70 Tenn. L. Rev. 281 (2003) (with Glenn H. Reynolds). Smokey and the Bandit in Cyberspace: the Dormant Commerce Clause, the Twenty-first Amendment, and State Regulation of Internet Alcohol Sales, 19 Const. Commentary 297 (2002).* The Yale Law School Divisional Studies Program, 1954-1964: An Experiment in Legal Education, 52 J. Legal Educ. 365 (2002).* The Relevance of Constitutional Amendments: A Reply to David Strauss, 77 Tulane L. Rev. 247 (2002) (with John R. Vile). Reforming the New Confirmation Process: From Despise and Resent to Advice and Consent, 53 Admin. L. Rev. 1 (2001). Necromancing the Equal Rights Amendment, 17 Const. Commentary 593 (2000) (with John R. Vile).* Lower Court Interpretations of Lopez, or What If the Supreme Court Held a Constitutional Revolution and Nobody Came? (with Glenn H. Reynolds), 2000 Wis. L. Rev. 369 (cited in Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies ' 3.3 n.157 (Aspen, 3d ed. 2006); Ronald D. Rotunda & John E. Nowak, Treatise on Constitutional Law: Sum and Substance ' 4.8 n.0.15 (3rd ed., West Group, 2001 Supp.)). Uneasy Riders: The Case for a Truth-in-Legislation Amendment, 1999 Utah L. Rev. 957 (with Brooks R. Smith). The Constitutionality of State and Local Sanctions Against Foreign Countries: Affairs of State, States' Affairs, or a Sorry State of Affairs?, 26 Hastings Const. L.Q. 307 (1999) (with Jack H. McCall) (cited in Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies ' 5.2 n.80 (Aspen, 3d ed. 2006); 1 Laurence H. Tribe, American Constitutional Law ' 6-24, at 1152-53 n.9 & 1154 n.12 (Foundation Press, 2000) and Ronald D. Rotunda & John E. Nowak, Treatise on Constitutional Law: Sum and Substance ' 5.10 n.2.10 (3rd ed., West Group, 2000 Supp.)) Justice Thomas, the Import-Export Clause, and Camps Newfound/Owatonna v. Harrison, 70 Colo. L. Rev. 155 (1999) (cited in Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies ' 5.3 nn.16 & 44 (Aspen, 3d ed. 2006); 1 Laurence H. Tribe, American Constitutional Law ' 6-2, at 1034 n.28 (Foundation Press, 2000)). The Import-Export Clause, 68 Miss. L.J. 521 (1998) (with Boris I. Bittker). Article II, The Vacancies Act, and the Appointment of Acting Executive Branch Officials, 76 Wash. U. L.Q. 1039 (1998) (cited in Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies ' 4.2.1 n.2 (Aspen, 3d ed. 2006)). Gun Shy: The Second Amendment as an Underenforced Constitutional Norm, 21 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 719 (1998) (cited in Ronald D. Rotunda & John E. Nowak, Treatise on Constitutional Law: Sum and Substance ' 23.5 n.14 (3rd ed., West Group, 2000 Supp.)). Comfortably Penumbral, 77 B.U.L. Rev. 1089 (1997) (with Glenn Harlan Reynolds), excerpted in Constitutional Theory: Arguments and Perspectives 142-55 (2d ed., Michael J. Gerhardt et al., eds. 2000). Means to Amend: Theories of Constitutional Change, 65 Tenn. L. Rev. 155 (1997). It Takes a Militia: A Communitarian Case for Compulsory Arms Bearing, 5 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 185 (1996) (with Glenn Harlan Reynolds). Can the Simple Cite be Trusted? Lower Court Interpretations of United States v. Miller and the Second Amendment, 26 Cumb. L. Rev. 961 (1996). Symposia Contributions Dormant Commerce Clause Limits on the Regulation of Big Boxes and Chain Stores: An Update, 58 Case Western Res. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2008). In Defense of a “Thin” Second Amendment: Culture, the Constitution, and the Gun Control Debate, Alb. Gov’t L. Rev. (forthcoming 2008). Cuno and the Court: The Case for Minimalism, 4 Geo. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 33 (2006) (symposium on Cuno v. DaimlerChrysler). What Hath Raich Wrought? Five Takes, 9 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 915 (2005) (with Glenn H. Reynolds) (symposium on Gonzales v. Raich). Empirical Measurements of Judicial Performance: Thoughts on Choi and Gulati’s Tournament of Judges? 32 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 1123 (2005). Rulings and Resistance: The New Commerce Clause Jurisprudence Encounters the Lower Courts, 55 Ark. L. Rev. 1253 (2003) (symposium on the Commerce Clause) (with Glenn H. Reynolds). Telling Miller’s Tale: A Reply to David Yassky, 65 Law & Contemp. Prob. 113 (2002) (with Glenn H. Reynolds) (symposium on Bill of Rights) (cited in Silveira v. Lockyer, 2003 WL 21004622 (9th Cir. 2003) (Kozinski, C.J., dissenting from denial of motion for rehearing en banc)).* The Blue Slip: Enforcing the Norms of the Judicial Confirmation Process, 10 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 75 (2001) (symposium on confirmation process). Survey of Illinois Law: Constitutional Law, 25 So. Ill. L.J. 733 (2001) (invited contributor to annual Illinois law issue). Shorter Works American Insurance Ass’n v. Garamendi; C & A Carbone v. Clarkstown; Cooley v. Board of Wardens; Crosby v. National Foreign Relations Council; Davis v. Bandemer; Katzenbach v. McClung; Vieth v. Jubelirer; MLB v. SLJ; “Progressive Era Commerce Clause Cases”; “The Right to Keep and Bear Arms”; United States v. Lopez; and West Lynn Creamery v. Healy in Encyclopedia of Supreme Court of the United States (David Tanenhaus et al. eds.) (forthcoming 2009). The Year of the Gun: Second Amendment Rights and the Supreme Court, 86 Texas Law Review See Also 22 (2008). Debate, The Future of the Dormant Commerce Clause: Abolishing the Prohibition on Discriminatory Taxation, 155 PENNumbra 209 (2007), http://www.pennumbra.com/debates/debate.php?did=7 (with Edward A. Zelinsky). Retail Store Size-Capping Ordinances: Legitimate Land Use Regulations or Unconstitutional Economic Protectionism, 20 Probate & Property 8 (July/Aug. 2006) (winner of the 2006 Excellence in Writing Award for Best Cutting Edge Article in Real Property). Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council and Norfolk Southern v. Shanklin, in The Oxford Guide to the United States Supreme Court (Kermit Hall ed., 2d ed. 2005). The Import-Export Clause and Article I, ' 10, cl. 1" in The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (Edwin Meese, Matthew Spalding & David F. Forte, eds. 2005). The Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine: Prolegomenon to a Defense, 88 Minn. L. Rev. 1801 (2004) (reply to Jim Chen, A Vision Softly Creeping: Congressional Acquiescence and the Dormant Commerce Clause, 88 Minn. L. Rev. 1764 (2004)). Walter V. Schaefer in Great American Judges: An Encyclopedia (John R. Vile ed., 2003). International Decisions, American Insurance Ass’n v. Garamendi and Deutsch v. Turner Corp., 97 Am. J. Intl L. 950 (2003).* The Judicial Confirmation Process and the Blue Slip, 85 Judicature 218 (March-April 2002).* Charlton Heston, Wayne LaPierre, Firearms Litigation Clearinghouse, Potomac Institute, and Maryland v. United States, in Encyclopedia of Guns in American Society (Gregg Carter et al. eds, 2002). Where Do We Stand Now? Standing in Environmental and Resources Litigation, 17 Nat. Res. & Envir. 14 (2002) (with Stephen Gidiere). John Marshall, Luther Martin, Thurman Arnold, and Tapping Reeve, in Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia (John R. Vile ed., 2001). International Decisions, Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, 120 S. Ct. 2288 (2000), 94 Am. J. Int’l L. 750 (2000) (with Jack H. McCall).* Book Reviews Book Review, 99 L. Lib. J. 621 (2007)(book review of William Wiecek, XII Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States, The Birth of the Modern Constitution: The Supreme Court, 1941-1953 (2006)). Brother, Can You Paradigm? 23 Const. Commentary 81 (2006) (book review of Jed Rubenfeld, Revolution by Judiciary: The Structure of American Constitutional Law (2005)).* Judge Noonan’s J’Accuse . . . ! 34 Cumb. L. Rev. 477 (2004) (book review of John T. Noonan, Narrowing the Nation’s Power: The Supreme Court Sides with the States (2002)). Book Review, 96 L. Lib. J. 229 (2004) (review of Robert J. Cottrol, Raymond T. Diamond and Leland B. Ware, Brown v. Board of Education: Caste, Culture, and the Constitution (2003)).* Against (Constitutional) Settlement, 19 Const. Commentary 781 (2002) (book review of Louis Michael Seidman, Our Unsettled Constitution (2001)).* Book Review, 94 L. Lib. J. 141 (2002) (review of Richard C. Cortner, Civil Rights and Public Accommodations: The Heart of Atlanta Motel and McClung Cases).* Book Review, 93 L. Lib. J. 345 (2001) (review of William E. Nelson, Marbury v. Madison: The Origins and Legal of Judicial Review).* Op-Eds Pouring State Power Away, Nat’l L.J., Dec. 13, 2004. Time to Sober Up: The Constitution Does Let States Stop Cross-Border Alcohol Sales, Legal Times, Feb. 23, 2004. Conservative Court Could Be Dems’ Best Friend, FoxNews.Com, Nov. 27, 2002 (with Glenn H. Reynolds). States’ Rights and Foreign Policy, 79 Foreign Affairs 9 (Jan./Feb. 2000) (with Jack H. McCall). Works in Progress The Glannon Guide to Constitutional Law, Volume 1: Governmental Structure and Powers The Glannon Guide to Constitutional Law, Volume 2: Individual Rights and Liberties Becoming a Law Professor: A Candidate’s Guide (with Marcia McCormick, Jeff Lipshaw and Bradley Wendel) Why Protect Student Speech? (with Molly C. Taylor) Public Presentations “Reconstructing the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine,” American Enterprise Institute, April 24, 2008. Washington, D.C. “Reconstructing the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine,” University of Pennsylvania Constitutional Law Workshop, February 28, 2008. The University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Philadelphia, PA. “Dormant Commerce Clause Limits on Big Box and Formula Retail Store Regulation: An Update” at “Corporations and Their Communities,” February 24-25, 2008. Case Western Reserve School of Law, Cleveland, OH. “In Defense of a ‘Thin’ Second Amendment: Culture, the Constitution, and the Gun Control Debate” at “Firearms, Militias, and Safe Cities: Merging History, Constitutional Law, and Public Policy,” October 18-19, 2007. Albany Law School, Albany, NY. Faculty Workshop, “Morse v. Frederick and the Regulation of Student Cyberspeech,” October 10, 2007. Willamette University School of Law, Salem, OR. Summer Faculty Forum, “Morse v. Frederick and the Future of Student Speech,” July 11, 2007. The University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, TN. Summer Faculty Forum, The Indispensibility of the Anti-Discrimination Principle to the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine: A Response to Edward Zelinsky, June 28, 2006. The University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, TN. Panelist, Symposium on Cuno v. DaimlerChrysler, October 7, 2005, The University of Minnesota School of Law, Minneapolis, MN. Panelist, Town Hall Meeting: The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government and Its Impact on the Lives of Average Americans, August 25, 2005. Alabama Chapter, Alliance for Democracy and the Greater Birmingham Chapter of the National Organization for Women, Birmingham, AL. Summer Faculty Forum, The First Amendment and Public School Student Speech: A Problem and a Reappraisal, June 22, 2005. The University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, TN. Presenter, Recent Revisions to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, May 4, 2005. Shelby Co. (AL) Bar Association, Columbiana, AL. Panelist, State Tax Incentives for Business: Healthy Competition or Race to the Bottom? May 2, 2005. The American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. Panelist, Federalism Under the Influence: Booze, Dope, and the Commerce Clause, November 10, 2004. The American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. Young Scholars Presentation, "Confederation-Era Discrimination Against Interstate Commerce and the Legitimacy of the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine," August 3, 2004. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Kiawah Island, South Carolina. Presenter, Gun Litigation and the Constitution at Suing the Firearms Industry: A Legal Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts, November 6-7, 2003. Albany, New York. Sponsored by the Albany Law School. Panelist, Ballistic Fingerprinting, November 19, 2002. Sponsored by the Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Panelist, Federalism in the United States Constitution, at Cooperative versus Competitive Federalism: Analyzing and Comparing the U.S. and German Federal Systems. June 20-21, 2002. Denver, Colorado. Sponsored by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. Presenter, "Rulings and Resistance: The New Commerce Clause Jurisprudence Encounters the Lower Courts," at "The Commerce Clause: Past, Present, and Future." March 14-15, 2002. University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville. Panelist, "National Security and Civil Liberties: An Historical Perspective." November 27, 2001. Sponsored by the SIU Public Policy Institute and the Southern Illinois Chapter of the ACLU. "The Commerce Clause and the Lower Courts: What if the Supreme Court Held A Constitutional Revolution and Nobody Came?" October 30, 2001. University of Notre Dame Law School Federalist Society. "Studying Constitutional Incidents." October 12, 2000. St. Louis University School of Law Faculty Colloquium. Participant, "Has Congress Abdicated Its Power?" October 22, 1999. St. Louis University School of Law. Committee Service
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