Here are ten papers that I found particularly interesting, innovative, or valuable in 2025.
Originalism, the Administrative State, and the Clash of Political Theories by J. Joel Alicea
The Supreme Court Under Threat: Early Lessons in Judicial Self-Protection by Curtis Bradley & Neil Siegel
Managing Legal Concepts: Maintenance, Modulation, Modification by Andrew S. Gold & Henry E. Smith
Deepfake Torts: Emerging Tort Frameworks in U.S. Deepfake Regulation by Thomas Kadri & Sonja West
Keeping it Real in Constitutional Theory by Aileen Kavanagh
History’s Identity Crisis by Alli Orr Larsen
The Originalist Case Against the Insular Cases by Michael D. Ramsey
Presidential Removal as Article I, Not Article II by Jed H. Shugerman & Gary Lawson
Chevron’s Legacy by Mila Sohoni
Originalism’s General-Law Turn by Nina Varsava & Bill Watson