Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Chris W. Bonneau is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, where he has been since 2002. His research is primarily in the areas of judicial selection (specifically, judicial elections) and judicial decisionmaking. Professor Bonneau’s work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and he has published numerous articles, including in the American Journal of Political Science and Journal of Politics. He is also the coauthor of three books: Strategic Behavior and Policy Choice on the U.S. Supreme Court (2005), In Defense of Judicial Elections (2009), and the award-winning Voters’ Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections (2015).
Professor Bonneau teaches undergraduate classes in constitutional law, judicial politics, and research methods, as well as graduate classes in judicial politics and research design.
Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Chris W. Bonneau is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, where he has been since 2002. His research is primarily in the areas of judicial selection (specifically, judicial elections) and judicial decisionmaking. Professor Bonneau’s work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and he has published numerous articles, including in the American Journal of Political Science and Journal of Politics. He is also the coauthor of three books: Strategic Behavior and Policy Choice on the U.S. Supreme Court (2005), In Defense of Judicial Elections (2009), and the award-winning Voters’ Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections (2015).
Professor Bonneau teaches undergraduate classes in constitutional law, judicial politics, and research methods, as well as graduate classes in judicial politics and research design.
Regional Deputy General Counsel, North America and Lead Counsel, Treasury, Willis Towers Watson
Regional Deputy General Counsel, North America and Lead Counsel, Treasury, Willis Towers Watson
Professor of Law, High Point School of Law
Scott Gaylord directs High Point Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic and serves as a Professor of Law, teaching Constitutional Law and related upper-level elective courses. The Appellate Clinic works with students to write and file briefs in significant court cases, including appeals before the United States Supreme Court.
Professor Gaylord is a prominent Constitutional Law scholar with an impressive background in both academia and legal practice. He has authored or co-authored 18 substantial law review articles, co-authored a Constitutional Law casebook, and has written more than 35 amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and federal circuit courts on prominent national cases involving religious liberty and free speech. He is a frequent speaker on constitutional law and First Amendment topics at law schools across the country and has regularly provided commentary on ongoing constitutional issues to national media outlets, including th eNew York Times, USA Today, the Diane Rehm Show, NPR, The National Constitution Center, and Bloomberg Law.
Professor Gaylord also started an appellate advocacy clinic at his former law school and currently serves on the North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, along with holding many other service and leadership roles. Prior to joining the academy in 2007, he practiced complex civil and commercial litigation with the Charlotte firm of Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, and he clerked for Judge Edith H. Jones on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Professor Gaylord earned his B.A. in philosophy and English, summa cum laude, from Colgate University, his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, where he also graduated summa cum laude.
Publius comes from the pen name Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay used when they wrote 85 publicly printed letters now known as the Federalist Papers. Hamilton chose “Publius” as a name that would represent friends of the newly proposed American republic - Publius Valeria Publicola was a Roman general who helped to found the Roman Republic. The Federalist Society continues the tradition of publishing things under the name Publius in celebration of our constitutional roots and recognition that author credit is not always necessary.
Judicial Selection in Nebraska
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is an organization of 40,000 lawyers,...
A Survey of Empirical Evidence Concerning Judicial Elections
Chris W. Bonneau
The election of state judges is a controversial topic. Consider, for example, this quote from...
A Survey of Empirical Evidence Concerning Judicial Elections
Chris W. Bonneau
The election of state judges is a controversial topic. Consider, for example, this quote from...
Guide to Judicial Selection in State High Courts
This paper outlines the composition of judicial nominating commissions in Missouri Plan and hybrid states.
A Report on Tennessee Attorney General Selection
Keith W. Randall, J. Ammon Smartt
Under the Tennessee Constitution, attorneys general are selected by the justices of the Supreme Court...
A Report on Tennessee Attorney General Selection
Keith W. Randall, J. Ammon Smartt
Under the Tennessee Constitution, attorneys general are selected by the justices of the Supreme Court...
The North Carolina Supreme Court in 2010: Is It Time for Reform?
Scott W. Gaylord
The calls to change to a Missouri Plan system in North Carolina have drawn attention...
Proposals for Changing Judicial Selection in Wisconsin
After three years in a row of vigorously contested state supreme court races, numerous proposals...
Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission Lawyers 1987-2007
Samson R. Elsbernd
The citizens of Kansas are currently engaged in a debate over their state courts. The...
Merit Selection and School Reform
Publius
Few areas of law are the source of more contentious litigation than education cases, particularly...