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Neal E. Devins

Sandra Day O'Connor Professor of Law and Professor of Government

College of William and Mary

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Arts & Sciences

Government

Neal E. Devins is currently serving as an Arts & Sciences Sandra Day O'Connor Professor of Law and Professor of Government at College of William And Mary.

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Neal E. Devins

College of William and Mary

Sandra Day O'Connor Professor of Law and Professor of Government

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law jurisprudence constitutional law public law political science public policy legal theory legal process case law criminal justice political studies political analysis constitutions comparative law private law human rights democracy civil liberties governance politics legal studies legislative aspect supreme court party polarization journalism ideology health law political science research political theory political process procedural justice judicial review decision science strategic studies legal philosophy fiscal policy government budget civil defense freedom of speech motivated reasoning experimental investigation professional judgment epistemology rationality psychological science human decision process thinking skills experimental social psychology social science research unconscious bias reasoning about action social reasoning cognitive bias mitigation situational reasoning peer relationships conflict of laws fiscal issues public expenditures government spending government administration political power censorship applied social science terrorism financing legal compliance feminist perspectives judicial safeguards steel seizure case partisan court situation sense nongeneralizable cases american people item veto appropriations redux majoritarian rehnquist court divided government judicial behavior comparative public law judicial nominations

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The Judicial Voice on the Courts of Appeals. SSRN Electronic Journal (2025)

civil procedureconstitutional lawlawcriminal justicecase lawpublic lawprivate lawjurisprudencelegal processjudicial voice

Weaponizing En Banc. SSRN Electronic Journal (2021)

Neal DevinsAlli Orr Larsen

regulationstrategic studiessocial science researchcensorshipsocial network analysisapplied social scienceen bancsocial sciencescommunicationmass communicationsociology

State Constitutionalism in the Age of Party Polarization. 71 Rutgers L. Rev. (2019)

political analysisconstitutional lawconstitutionslawstate constitutionalismdemocracypolitical studiespolitical partiespolitical systemspolitical sciencepolitics

Split Definitive: How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court Into a Partisan Court. The Supreme Court Review (2017)

Neal DevinsLawrence Baum

american political thoughtsupreme courtpartisan courtpolitical processparty polarizationjurisprudencepolitical communicationpublic opinionpolitical sciencepolitical theoryjournalismpolitics

Why Congress Does Not Challenge Judicial Supremacy. William and Mary law review (2017)

Neal Devins

judicial supremacyconstitutional lawpublic lawlaw

Ideological Imbalance: Why Democrats Usually Pick Moderate-Liberal Justices and Republicans Usually Pick Conservative Ones. (2016)

Lawrence BaumNeal Devins

candidate selectionideological imbalancemoderate-liberal justicespolitical scienceideology

“Ideology” or “Situation Sense”? an Experimental Investigation of Motivated Reasoning and Professional Judgment. University of Pennsylvania Law Review (2016)

Dan M. KahanDavid HoffmanDanieli EvansNeal DevinsEugene LucciKatherine Cheng

political psychologyexperimental psychologylawdecision scienceexperimental investigationsituation sensemotivated reasoningjurisprudencepolitical scienceprofessional judgmentbehavioral sciencesideology

Rethinking Judicial Minimalism. 69 Vand. L. Rev. (2016)

constitutional lawlawcriminal justicephilosophycase lawphilosophy of lawpublic lawjurisprudencelegal theoryjudicial minimalism

Revolt of the Attorneys General. (2016)

Neal DevinsSaikrishna B. Prakash

civil procedureconstitutional lawlawpublic lawadministrative lawprivate lawjurisprudencelegal theoryattorneys generallegal studies

The Amicus Machine. 102 Va. L. Rev. (2016)

artificial intelligencecomputer sciencewearable computerintelligent automationintelligent systemsadvanced intelligent systemamicus machineautomationtechnologyintelligent robotmachine intelligenceintelligent computingintelligent robotic systems

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Neal E. Devins

Sandra Day O'Connor Professor of Law and Professor of Government

College of William and Mary

Affiliations

Arts & Sciences

Government

Neal E. Devins is currently serving as an Arts & Sciences Sandra Day O'Connor Professor of Law and Professor of Government at College of William And Mary.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Neal E. Devins

College of William and Mary

Sandra Day O'Connor Professor of Law and Professor of Government

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

The Judicial Voice on the Courts of Appeals. SSRN Electronic Journal (2025)

civil procedureconstitutional lawlawcriminal justicecase lawpublic lawprivate lawjurisprudencelegal processjudicial voice

Weaponizing En Banc. SSRN Electronic Journal (2021)

Neal DevinsAlli Orr Larsen

regulationstrategic studiessocial science researchcensorshipsocial network analysisapplied social scienceen bancsocial sciencescommunicationmass communicationsociology

State Constitutionalism in the Age of Party Polarization. 71 Rutgers L. Rev. (2019)

political analysisconstitutional lawconstitutionslawstate constitutionalismdemocracypolitical studiespolitical partiespolitical systemspolitical sciencepolitics

Split Definitive: How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court Into a Partisan Court. The Supreme Court Review (2017)

Neal DevinsLawrence Baum

american political thoughtsupreme courtpartisan courtpolitical processparty polarizationjurisprudencepolitical communicationpublic opinionpolitical sciencepolitical theoryjournalismpolitics

Why Congress Does Not Challenge Judicial Supremacy. William and Mary law review (2017)

Neal Devins

judicial supremacyconstitutional lawpublic lawlaw

Ideological Imbalance: Why Democrats Usually Pick Moderate-Liberal Justices and Republicans Usually Pick Conservative Ones. (2016)

Lawrence BaumNeal Devins

candidate selectionideological imbalancemoderate-liberal justicespolitical scienceideology

“Ideology” or “Situation Sense”? an Experimental Investigation of Motivated Reasoning and Professional Judgment. University of Pennsylvania Law Review (2016)

Dan M. KahanDavid HoffmanDanieli EvansNeal DevinsEugene LucciKatherine Cheng

Rethinking Judicial Minimalism. 69 Vand. L. Rev. (2016)

constitutional lawlawcriminal justicephilosophycase lawphilosophy of lawpublic lawjurisprudencelegal theoryjudicial minimalism

Revolt of the Attorneys General. (2016)

Neal DevinsSaikrishna B. Prakash

civil procedureconstitutional lawlawpublic lawadministrative lawprivate lawjurisprudencelegal theoryattorneys generallegal studies

The Amicus Machine. 102 Va. L. Rev. (2016)

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