Allen Sumrall

Postdoc @UCILaw | political & constitutional development, separation of powers, judicial politics | PhD @UTGovernment | JD @UTexasLaw

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

Publication day! SO excited for my piece with @beau_baumann "Clarifying Judicial Aggrandizement" to finally be out in its final form with @PennLRev Online. https://t.co/sceUH5vwBv

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

@beau_baumann Other than his failure to define legitimacy, which makes it much easier to put all styles of criticisms in the same basket and paper over important nuance, my favorite was his point that the Court consistently varies between liberal and conservative over time.

[Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz]

💫New Paper Alert💫

CORRUPTION AND THE SUPREME COURT, forthcoming in the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities.

Abstract and link to paper below. It's short and punchy--as law review articles go, anyway. Comments very welcome! https://t.co/npzVaLs6Ni

[Yvonne Tew @y_tew]

Delighted that my article on “Strategic Judicial Empowerment” has finally been published in the latest edition of the American Journal of Comparative Law! Thanks to the many, many people who engaged on this in conversations, workshops, lectures etc.!

https://t.co/TqSzqf6Src

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

But in other news, stay tuned for some work I have on this topic in the coming months.

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

I so badly wish we could consistently distinguish between attacks on judicial legitimacy from attacks on an aggrandized judiciary. One can question the judiciary's place as the often-perceived final arbiter of political disputes without wishing people would ignore courts.

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

@Shalev_Roisman @UVALaw @lsolum I read your paper a few weeks ago. I enjoyed it!

[Richard M. Re @RichardMRe]

Re-upping in light of today’s NYT story.

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

@RichardMRe . . . combined with his disinclination from diverting from the (perceived!) status quo of how constitutional politics works AND his belief that the court is above it all and ought to draw lines.

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

@RichardMRe I think I follow. I *think* that falls into my definition of juridical aggrandizement, but I recognize how that seems similar even if it doesn’t. I agree that it’s characteristic of CJR. To me, the decision makes total sense as an example of Roberts’ views of the presidency . . .

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

@RichardMRe Can you elaborate? (I realize it’s Twitter so not great for that, but I’m curious!)

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

I was the discussant for Matt’s paper. It is very interesting, very well done, and spawns about a million more research questions. Somebody give Matt a job!

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

I’m on my way to my first APSA! I’ll be serving as a discussant and presenting a chapter of my dissertation on judicial power. I’m not on the job market this year since I’m employed 2025-26, but I’ll likely be on the law teaching market next year!

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

@joshchafetz I read his work in college but finally met him at @RichardMRe’s law and rhetoric conference in April. So sad.

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

I currently have bandwidth in the next few weeks to read and comment on some papers! If anyone was hoping for Beau’s feedback but will settle for my thoughts instead, let me know.

I’m trying to spend less time on here, but my email is always open!

[Beau J. Baumann 🍏 @beau_baumann]

(1) Thrilled to say that my piece, "Resurrecting the Trinity of Legislative Constitutionalism," is heading to @YaleLJournal. This piece shows that--contrary to decades of SOP scholarship--Congress had its own equivalent to the DOJ's OLC for 50 years. (link below)

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

@beau_baumann @YaleLJournal Congrats!!!

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

@beau_baumann I mean, it’s one thing to say the SOP is problematically juricentric. It’s quite another to say juristocracy is a normatively bad development in constitutional politics worldwide.

[Allen Sumrall @AllenSumrall]

Finished my PhD. Immediately went to Paris to watch the Olympics.