A Symposium on Constitutional Interpretation

Texas A &M Law Review 13:2 (2026) is a symposium issue on constitutional interpretation with many contributions of interest to legal historians:

Constitutional Interpretation as Problem Solving: How the Modalities Work Jack M. Balkin

Originalist Arguments in Free Speech History Samantha Barbas

Race, Memory, and Authority in Constitutional Interpretation Henry L. Chambers, Jr.

Memory Warriors, Pluralists, and Abnegators in Constitutional Interpretation: An Essay on Jack Balkin's Pluralist Originalism in Memory and Authority Jed Handelsman Shugerman and Zachary Shugerman Handelsman

Balkin Amid Balkanization: Constitutional Construction, the Uses of History, and Interpretive Discretion in a Divided Country Neil S. Siegel

Memory and Authority of Failed Constitutional Amendments Julie C. Suk

Historical Methods of Constitutional Interpretation and Political Gradations Nelson Tebbe

Roger Taney, Memory Entrepreneur Anne Twitty

Hermeneutics in History John Fabian Witt

Remarks: Why Constitutional Argument Matters Philip Bobbitt

--Dan Ernst