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.
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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-2000
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Book Chapter
Charles Alan Wright: Supreme Court Advocate
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Charles Alan Wright: Supreme Court Advocate, in A Tribute: Charles Alan Wright, The Man and the Scholar 27 (Austin: Jamail Center for Legal Research, 2000). -
Book Review
Go Geezers Go: Leaving the Bench
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Go Geezers Go: Leaving the Bench, 25 Law & Social Inquiry 1227 (2000) (essay reviewing Leaving the Bench: Supreme Court Justices at the End, by David N. Atkinson). -
Book Chapter
Broadcasting (Update 1)
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Broadcasting (Update 1), in 1 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution 247 (2nd ed.; Leonard W. Levy & Kenneth L. Karst eds; New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000). -
Book Chapter
Freedom of the Press (Update 1)
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Freedom of the Press (Update 1), in 3 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution 1144 (2nd ed.; Leonard W. Levy & Kenneth L. Karst eds; New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000).
year-1999
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Book Chapter
Fly, James Lawrence
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Fly, James Lawrence, in 8 American National Biography 152 (John A. Garraty & Mark C. Carnes eds.; New York: Oxford University Press, 1999). -
Book Chapter
Douglas, William O.
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Douglas, William O., in 6 American National Biography 810 (John A. Garraty & Mark C. Carnes eds.; New York: Oxford University Press, 1999). -
Article
Boiling Blood
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Boiling Blood [Symposium: Money, Politics, and Equality], 77 Texas Law Review 1667 (1999).
year-1998
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Article
The Second Amendment as Teaching Tool in Constitutional Law Classes
Lucas A. Powe Jr., The Second Amendment as Teaching Tool in Constitutional Law Classes, 48 Journal of Legal Education 591 (1998) (with Eugene Volokh, Robert J. Cottrol, Sanford Levinson & Glenn Harlan Reynolds).
year-1997
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Article
Guns, Words, and Constitutional Interpretation
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Guns, Words, and Constitutional Interpretation, 38 William & Mary Law Review 1311 (1997). -
Article
Situating Schauer
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Situating Schauer, 72 Notre Dame Law Review 1519 (1997).
year-1996
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Book Review
What Does Bo Know?
Lucas A. Powe Jr., What Does Bo Know?, 82 Virginia Law Review 1369 (1996) (reviewing Creating the National Pastime: Baseball Transforms Itself, 1903-1953, by G. Edward White).
year-1995
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Article
Converging First Amendment Principles for Converging Communications Media
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Converging First Amendment Principles for Converging Communications Media, 104 Yale Law Journal 1719 (1995) (with Thomas G. Krattenmaker). -
Article
Old People and Good Behavior
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Old People and Good Behavior, 12 Constitutional Commentary 195 (1995). [Reprinted in Constitutional Stupidities, Constitutional Tragedies (William N. Eskridge, Jr. & Sanford Levinson eds.; New York: New York University Press, 1998).] -
Book Chapter
The Free Speech Paradigm and Its Critics
Lucas A. Powe Jr., The Free Speech Paradigm and Its Critics, in Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Symposium of the Constitutional Law Resource Center 48 (Stanley Ingber ed.; Des Moines, IA: Drake University Law School, 1995).
year-1994
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Book
Regulating Broadcast Programming
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Regulating Broadcast Programming (Washington, D.C.: AEI Press, 1994) (with Thomas G. Krattenmaker). -
Article
Does Footnote Four Describe?
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Does Footnote Four Describe?, 11 Constitutional Commentary 197 (1994).
year-1992
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Book Review
The Supreme Court, Social Change, and Legal Scholarship
Lucas A. Powe Jr., The Supreme Court, Social Change, and Legal Scholarship, 44 Stanford Law Review 1615 (1992) (reviewing Images of a Free Press, by Lee C. Bollinger, and The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?, by Gerald N. Rosenberg). -
Article
The Court Between Hegemonies
Lucas A. Powe Jr., The Court Between Hegemonies, 49 Washington & Lee Law Review 31 (1992). -
Article
Mass Communications and the First Amendment: An Overview
Lucas A. Powe Jr., Mass Communications and the First Amendment: An Overview, Law & Contemporary Problems, Winter 1992, at 53.
year-1991
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Article
From Bork to Souter
Lucas A. Powe Jr., From Bork to Souter, 27 Willamette Law Review 781 (1991).