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Articles 

The Theoretical Foundations of Campaign Finance Regulation, in The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Eugene Mazo, ed., Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2024).

Effective Government and the Two Faces of Constitutionalism, in Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government? (Vicki C. Jackson & Yasmin Dawood, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2022).

Constitutionalism and Effective Government: Rights, Institutions, and Values (with Vicki C. Jackson) in Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government? (Vicki C. Jackson & Yasmin Dawood, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2022).

Constructing the Demos: Voter Qualification Law in Comparative Perspective, in Comparative Election Law (James A. Gardner, ed., Edward Elgar, 2022).

Combatting Foreign Election Interference in Elections: Canada's Electoral Ecosystem Approach to Disinformation and Cyber Threats, 20 Election Law Journal 10-31 (2021).

The Right to Vote and Freedom of Expression in Political Process Cases Under the Charter, 100 Supreme Court Law Review 2d 105-141 (2021).

Protecting Elections from Disinformation: A Multifaceted Public-Private Approach to Social Media and Democratic Speech, 16 The Ohio State Technology Law Journal 639-668 (2020).

Election Law Originalism: The Supreme Court's Elitist Theory of Democracy, 64 St. Louis University Law Journal 609-633 (2020).

Democratic Theory and Democratic Failure: A Contextual Approach in Democratic Failure NOMOS LXIII, Melissa Schwartzberg & Daniel Viehoff, eds. (New York University Press, 2020).

The Fragility of Constitutional Democracy, 77 Maryland Law Review 192 (2018).

Equal Participation and Campaign Finance: Comparative Perspectives, in Reforming Campaign Finance in America, Eugene Mazo & Timothy Kuhner, eds. 426-446 (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

Democratic Rights, in the Oxford Handbook of Constitutional Law, Peter Oliver, Patrick Macklem & Nathalie Des Rosiers, eds. (Oxford University Press, 2017).

The Process of Electoral Reform in Canada: Democratic and Constitutional Constraints, 76 Supreme Court Law Review 353-375 (2016).

The Senate Reference: Constitutional Change and Democracy, 60 McGill Law Journal 737-761 (2015).

Campaign Finance and American Democracy, 18 Annual Review of Political Science 1-20 (2015).

The Role of Courts and Judgments in Elections, The Informed Citizens' Guide to Elections. Special issue of the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law 457-468 (2015).

The Supreme Court of Canada and the Electoral Process, 8 Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law 373-385 (2014).

Democracy Divided: Campaign Finance Regulation and the Right to Vote, 89 NYU Law Review Online 17-27.

Democratic Dysfunction and Constitutional Design, 94 Boston University Law Review 913-937 (2014). 

Classifying Corruption, 9 Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy 102-132 (2014).

Democracy and Deference: The Role of Social Science Evidence in Election Law Cases, 32 National Journal of Constitutional Law 173-191 (2014).

Democracy and the Right to Vote: Rethinking Democratic Rights under the Charter, 51 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 251-295 (2013). 

Electoral Fairness and the Law of Democracy: A Structural Rights Approach to Judicial Review, 62 University of Toronto Law Journal 499-561 (2012). 

Democracy and the Problem of the Partisan State, NOMOS LIV: Loyalty (Sanford Levinson, Joel Parker, & Paul Woodruff, eds.) 257-291 (2013). 

Second-Best Deliberative Democracy and Election Law, 12 Election Law Journal 401-420 (2013). 

Democracy and the Freedom of Speech: Rethinking the Conflict Between Liberty and Equality, 26 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 293-311 (2013). 

Democracy and Dissent: Reconsidering the Judicial Review of the Political Sphere, 63 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 59-87 (2013). 

Judging the Law of Democracy, Review of Judging Democracy, by Christopher Manfredi & Mark Rush (Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2008) 8 Election Law Journal 141-146 (2009).

The Antidomination Model and the Judicial Oversight of Democracy, 96 Georgetown Law Journal 1411-1485 (2008).  

The New Inequality: Constitutional Democracy and the Problem of Wealth, 67 Maryland Law Review 123-149 (2007). 

Democracy, Power, and the Supreme Court: Campaign Finance Reform in Comparative Context, 4 ICON International Journal of Constitutional Law 269-293 (2006). 

Translated into Russian and published in 56 Sravnitelnoe Konstitutsionnoe Obozrenie (Comparative Constitutional Review) 167-176 (2006).

Reconsidering the Rule of Law: Reflections on Power, Politics, and Partisan Gerrymandering, 13 The Good Society 31-35 (2004).  

Minority Representation, the Supreme Court, and the Politics of Democracy, 28 Studies in Law, Politics, and Society 33-72 (2003). 

The Holy See at United Nations Conferences: State or Church? 96 Columbia Law Review 1835-1875 (1996).

  

Other Publications 

Is a Constitutional Amendment Required for Electoral Reform?, Policy Options (IRPP, June 2016).

Coercion and the Law, The New Rambler (October 15, 2015) (review of Frederick Schauer, The Force of Law (Harvard University Press, 2015)).

Judging the Law of Democracy, 8 Election Law Journal 141-146 (2009) (review of Christopher Manfredi & Mark Rush, Judging Democracy).

Reconsidering the Rule of Law: Reflections on Power, Politics, and Partisan Gerrymandering, 13 The Good Society 31-35 (2004).

Colegrove v. Green, The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties (David Schultz & John Vile, eds.) 199-200 (2005). 

Democracy and Civil Liberties, The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties (David Schultz & John Vile, eds.) 264-267 (2005). 

Fifteenth Amendment, The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties (David Schultz & John Vile, eds.) 370-372 (2005). 

Civil Rights, The Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (David Schultz, ed.) 60-63 (2003).

Dennis v. United States, The Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (David Schultz, ed.) 97-98 (2003).

Descriptive Representation, The Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (David Schultz, ed.) 116 (2003).

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (David Schultz, ed.) 134-135 (2003).

Reproductive Laws and Policies in the United States, Women of the World: Formal Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives, (New York: Center for Reproductive Rights, 1995).

Review of Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law, by Robert A. Kagan (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001) 22 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 327-329 (2003).