Lucas A. Powe Jr.
- Anne Green Regents Chair
- Professor
Lucas Powe Jr. is a leading historian of the Supreme Court and First Amendment scholar. Professor Powe, who was named one of the "Texas 10" most inspiring teachers at UT in 2019, teaches courses in constitutional law and sports law. He is also a professor of government and has been a visiting professor at several universities. Professor Power clerked for Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas before joining the Texas Law faculty.
Featured Work
A leading historian of the Supreme Court, Professor Powe clerked for Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas before joining the Texas faculty in 1971. His latest books are The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2020 (2nd ed. 2021) and America's Lone Star Constitution: How Supreme Court Cases from texas Shape the Nation (2018). Previously , reflecting a split career as a historian and a First Amendment scholar, especially of the electronic media, his three award-winning books were American Broadcasting and the First Amendment (California 1987), The Fourth Estate and the Constitution (California 1991), and The Warren Court and American Politics (Harvard 2000). Additionally he has co-authored Regulating Broadcast Programming (MIT 1994) and written scores of articles. Powe was also a principal commentator on the 2007 four-part PBS series "The Supreme Court." He is also a Professor of Government and has been a visiting professor at Berkeley, Connecticut, and Georgetown. In 2019 UT's Alumni magazine named him one of the "Texas Ten" - most inspiring teachers at UT.
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year-2021
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Book
The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2020
Lucas A. Powe Jr.. The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2020 ( Second Expanded Edition, University Press of Kansas, December 22, 2021).
year-2018
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Book
America’s Lone Star Constitution: How Supreme Court Cases from Texas Shape the Nation
Lucas A. Powe Jr.. America’s Lone Star Constitution: How Supreme Court Cases from Texas Shape the Nation ( University of California Press, April 1, 2018).
year-2017
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Article
(Re)Evaluating the Burger Court
Lucas A. Powe Jr.. “(Re)Evaluating the Burger Court.” In 52 Tulsa L. Rev., Page 587 (January 1, 2017).
year-2016
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Book Chapter
Fairness Doctrine in American Governance
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Stephen Schechter. “Fairness Doctrine in American Governance” -
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Constitutional Protections of the Media in American Governance
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Stephen Schechter. “Constitutional Protections of the Media in American Governance”
year-2015
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Article
Griswold and Its Surroundings: The 1963, ‘64, and ‘65 Terms
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Griswold and Its Surroundings: The 1963, ‘64, and ‘65 Terms, 64 American University Law Review 1443 (2015). -
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From the New Deal to the Reagan Revolution in The Oxford Handbook of the U.S. Constitution 91
Lucas A Powe Jr., From the New Deal to the Reagan Revolution, (Spring 2015).
year-2014
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Article
Intragenerational Constitutional Overruling
Lucas A. Powe Jr.. “Intragenerational Constitutional Overruling.” In 89 Notre Dame L. Rev., Page 2093 (2014).
year-2013
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Article
Two Great Leaders
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Two Great Leaders, 57 New York Law School Law Review 465 (2012-2013). -
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October Term 1963: “America’s Second Constitutional Convention
Lucas A. Powe Jr.. “October Term 1963: “America’s Second Constitutional Convention.” In 38 J. Sup. Ct. Hist., Page 194 (2013).
year-2011
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Article
Brandenburg: Then and Now
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Brandenburg: Then and Now [Symposium: Fifth Annual Criminal Law Symposium: Criminal Law and the First Amendment: Is (Should) Brandenburg (Be) Good Law in a Post-9/11 World?], 44 Texas Tech Law Review 69 (2011).
year-2010
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Article
The Court's Constitution
Lucas A. Powe Jr., The Court's Constitution [Symposium: Presidential Power in Historical Retrospective: Reflections on Calabresi and Yoo's The Unitary Executive], 12 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 529 (2010). -
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The Obscenity Bargain: Ralph Ginzburg for Fanny Hill
Lucas A. Powe Jr.. “The Obscenity Bargain: Ralph Ginzburg for Fanny Hill.” In 35 Journal of Supreme Court History, Page 166 (2010). -
Book Review
Icons
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Icons, 45 Tulsa Law Review 669 (2010) (reviewing American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, by Joan Biskupic, & Louis D. Brandeis: A Life, by Melvin I. Urofsky). View Article
year-2009
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Article
Sotomayer Reversal not a First
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Sotomayer Reversal not a First, CNN, June 29, 2009. <http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/powe.new.haven/index.html> -
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Red Lion and Pacifica: Are They Relics?
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Red Lion and Pacifica: Are They Relics?, 36 Pepperdine Law Review 445 (2009). -
Book
The Supreme Court and the American Elite 1789-2008
Lucas A. Powe Jr., The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2008 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009).
year-2008
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Book Chapter
Brown v. Board of Education (Brown II), 349 U.S. 294 (1955)
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Brown v. Board of Education (Brown II), 349 U.S. 294 (1955), in 1 Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States 215 (David S. Tanenhaus ed.; Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008). -
Book Chapter
William O. Douglas
Lucas A. Powe Jr., William O. Douglas, in 2 Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States 56 (David S. Tanenhaus ed.; Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008). -
Book Chapter
The Role of the Court
Lucas A. Powe Jr., The Role of the Court, in Security v. Liberty 165 (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2008).