Christopher E. Smith, J.D., Ph.D.
Author/Commentator
Articles-Selected Examples
"What I Learned About Stop-and-Frisk from Watching My Black Son"
The Atlantic online
“Underrepresentation and Exclusion from Influence on the U.S. Supreme Court: Senior Associate Justices and the Opinion-Assignment Power.”
Journal of Gender, Race & Justice
“Blue Lives Matter Versus Black Lives Matter: Beneficial Social Policies as the Path Away from Punitive Rhetoric and Harm.”
Vermont Law Review
https://lawreview.vermontlaw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/03-Smith.pdf
“Twenty-First Century Supreme Court Retirees: Assessing the Propriety of Post-Retirement Activities.”
University of Illinois-Chicago Law Review
https://repository.law.uic.edu/lawreview/vol54/iss4/1/
“What If? Human Experience and Supreme Court Decision Making on Criminal Justice.”
Marquette Law Review
https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/mulr/vol99/iss3/9/
“The U.S. Supreme Court and the Nation’s Post-Ferguson Controversies.”
University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review
https://repository.law.miami.edu/umrsjlr/vol6/iss1/5/
“Justice Clarence Thomas and Incommunicado Detention: Justifications and Risks.”
Valparaiso Law Review
https://scholar.valpo.edu/vulr/vol39/iss4/1/
“The Malleability of Constitutional Doctrine and Its Ironic Impact on Prisoners’ Rights.”
Boston University Public Interest Law Journal
https://www.bu.edu/pilj/files/2024/04/Smith_vol11.pdf
COMPLETE LIST OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Articles and Book Chapters (organized by topic) Total: 134 articles and book chapters
I. U.S. Supreme Court & Constitutional Law: 29 articles and book chapters
(excluding articles on criminal punishment or individual Supreme Court justices)
II. Individual Supreme Court Justices: 25 articles and book chapters
(excluding those listed among criminal punishment articles)
John Paul Stevens: 5 articles and book chapters
Clarence Thomas: 5 articles and book chapters
Antonin Scalia: 6 articles and book chapters
Other Individual Justices: 9 articles
III. Law and Criminal Punishment: 33 articles and book chapters
IV. Government, Politics, and Public Policy: 6 articles
V. Courts: 16 articles and book chapters
VI. Other Criminal Justice and Criminal Procedure: 3 articles
VII. Annual Reviews of U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Justice Decisions: 22 articles
U.S. Supreme Court and Constitutional Law (excluding focus on punishment or individual justices)
“Underrepresentation and Exclusion from Influence on the U.S. Supreme Court: Senior Associate Justices and the Opinion-Assignment Power.”
Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 27 (2024): 383-422. (with C. F. Jacobs)
“Twenty-First Century Supreme Court Retirees: Assessing the Propriety of Post-Retirement Activities.”
University of Illinois/Chicago Law Review 54 (2021): 829-866.
“The U.S. Supreme Court and the Nation’s Post-Ferguson Controversies.”
University of Miami Race and Social Justice Law Review 6 (2016): 53-83.
“What If? Human Experience and Supreme Court Decision Making
on Criminal Justice.” Marquette Law Review 99 (2016): 813-839.
“The Roberts Court and Criminal Justice: An Empirical Assessment.”
American Journal of Criminal Justice 40 (2015): 416-440. (with M. M. McCall and M. A. McCall)
“Introduction: The Rehnquist Court,” in The Rehnquist Court & Criminal Justice,
eds. Smith, DeJong & McCall. Lexington Books (2011), 1-15. (with M. A. McCall)
“The Supreme Court and Criminal Justice: Did the Burger and Rehnquist Courts Undo the Legacy of the Warren Court?”
Insights on Law and Society 8 (Fall 2007): 4-6, 17.
“Decision-Making Trends of the Rehnquist Court Era: Civil Rights and Liberties Cases.”
Judicature 89 (2005): 161-167, 184-185. (with T. R. Hensley)
“The Bill of Rights after September 11th: Principles or Pragmatism?”
Duquesne Law Review 42 (2004): 259-291.
“The Rehnquist Court and Criminal Justice: An Empirical Assessment.”
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 19 (2003): 161-181.
“Technological Innovation and Constitutional Rights in Criminal Justice.”
Southern Illinois University Law Journal 27 (2002): 103-127. (with M. M. McCall)
“Equal Protection, Gender, and Justice at the Dawn of a New Century.”
Wisconsin Women’s Law Journal 14 (1999): 123-154. (with C. DeJong)
"Turning Rights into Symbols: The U.S. Supreme Court and Criminal Justice."
Criminal Justice Policy Review 8 (1997): 99-117.
"Race-ing Into the Twenty-First Century: The Supreme Court and the (E)Quality of Justice."
University of Toledo Law Review 28 (1997): 279-300. (with J. D. Burrow)
"Law and Symbolism." Michigan State Law Review 1997: 935-953.
"Membership Change and Voting Change: An Analysis of the Rehnquist Court's 1986-1991 Terms."
Political Research Quarterly 48 (1995): 837-856. (with T. R. Hensley)
"Unfulfilled Aspirations: The Court-Packing Efforts of Presidents Reagan and Bush.”
Albany Law Review 57 (1994): 1111-1131. (with T. R. Hensley)
"Assessing the Conservatism of the Rehnquist Court."
Judicature 77 (1993): 83-89. (with T. R. Hensley)
"The New Supreme Court and the Politics of Racial Equality.”
The Western Journal of Black Studies 15 (1991): 8-15.
"Vigilance or Accommodation: The Changing Supreme Court and Religious Freedom.”
Syracuse Law Review 42 (1991): 893-944. (with L. Fry)
"The Supreme Court in Transition: Assessing the Legitimacy of the Leading Legal Institution.”
Kentucky Law Journal 79 (1990-91): 317-346.
"The Performance and Effectiveness of New Appointees to the Rehnquist Court.”
Ohio Northern University Law Review 20 (1993): 205-223. (with S. T. Read)
"The Rehnquist Court's Activism and the Risk of Injustice.”
Connecticut Law Review 26 (1993): 53-77. (with A. A. Jones)
"Clouds in the Crystal Ball: Presidential Expectations and the Unpredictable Behavior
of Supreme Court Appointees." Akron Law Review 27 (1993): 115-139. (with K. Beuger)
"The Supreme Court's Emerging Majority: Restraining the High Court or Transforming Its Role?"
Akron Law Review 24 (1990): 393-421.
"The Supreme Court and Ethnicity.” Oregon Law Review 69 (1990): 797-845.
"Jurisprudential Politics & the Manipulation of History.”
Western Journal of Black Studies 13 (1989): 156-161.
"'What If....': Critical Junctures on the Road to (In)Equality."
Thurgood Marshall Law Review 15 (1989-90): 1-25.
"Bright-Line Rules & the Supreme Court: The Tension Between Clarity in Legal Doctrine &
Justices' Policy Preferences." Ohio Northern University Law Review 16 (1989): 119-137.
Individual U.S. Supreme Court Justices (excluding focus on criminal punishment)
John Paul Stevens
“The Influence of Justice John Paul Stevens: The Opinion Assignments of the Senior Associate Justice.”
Santa Clara Law Review 51 (2011): 743-774. (with C. F. Jacobs)
“John Paul Stevens: A Liberal Leader and His Roles on the Court,” in The Rehnquist Court & Criminal Justice,
eds. Smith, DeJong & McCall. Lexington Books (2011), 123-142.
“Justice John Paul Stevens: Staunch Defender of Miranda Rights.”
DePaul Law Review 60 (2010): 99-140.
“An Empathetic Approach to Criminal Justice.” SCOTUS blog May 12, 2010.
[invited article in honor of Justice John Paul Stevens]
https://www.scotusblog.com/2010/05/an-empathetic-approach-to-criminal-justice/
“The Roles of Justice John Paul Stevens in Criminal Justice Cases.”
Suffolk University Law Review 39 (2006): 719-744.
Clarence Thomas
"Clarence Thomas: A Distinctive Justice." Seton Hall Law Review 28 (1997): 1-28.
"Doubting Thomas: Confirmation Veracity Meets Performance Reality.”
Seattle University Law Review 19 (1996): 455-496. (with J. A. Baugh)
"Bent on Original Intent," American Bar Association Journal 82 (Oct. 1996): 48-52.
"The First Term Performance of Justice Clarence Thomas."
Judicature 76 (1993): 172-178. (with S. P. Johnson)
"Politics and Plausibility: Searching for the Truth About Anita Hill and
Clarence Thomas.” Ohio Northern University Law Review 19 (1993): 697-757.
Antonin Scalia
“Justice Scalia and Criminal Justice: A Mixed Record with Conservative Impact,”
in The Legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia, eds. D. Schultz & H. Schweber, Lexington Books (2018), 67-92. (with C. F. Jacobs)
“Antonin Scalia: Outspoken and Influential Originalist,” in The Rehnquist Court & Criminal Justice,
eds. Smith, DeJong & McCall. Lexington Books (2011), 169-188. (with M.M. McCall)
“Justice Scalia’s Impact on Criminal Justice.”
University of Toledo Law Review 34 (2003): 535-557. (M. M. McCall)
"Justice Antonin Scalia and Criminal Justice Cases."
Kentucky Law Journal 81 (1992-93): 187-212.
"Justice Antonin Scalia and the Institutions of American Government.”
Wake Forest Law Review 25 (1990): 783-809.
"Jurist Irritant.” Akron Magazine 5 (1990): 42-44 (Fall issue).
Other Individual Supreme Court Justices
“Justice Anthony Kennedy as Senior Associate Justice: Influence and Impact.” University of Illinois/Chicago Law Review 52 (2019): 907-935. (with C. F. Jacobs)
“The Roles of Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Criminal Justice Cases.”
Capital University Law Review 45 (2017): 457-479. (with K. Petlakh)
“The First-Term Performance of Chief Justice John Roberts.”
Idaho Law Review 43 (2007): 625-642. (with T. R. Hensley and J. A. Baugh)
"The First-Term Performance of Justice Stephen Breyer."
Judicature 79 (1995): 74-79. (with J. A. Baugh and T. R. Hensley)
"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Preliminary Assessment.” University of Toledo Law Review
26 (1994): 1-34. (with J. A. Baugh, T. R. Hensley, and S. P. Johnson)
"The First-Term Performance of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Judicature 78 (1994): 74-80.
(with J. A. Baugh, T. R. Hensley, and S. P. Johnson)
"Supreme Court Surprise: Justice Anthony Kennedy's Move Toward Moderation."
Oklahoma Law Review 45 (1992): 459-476.
"Newcomer on the High Court: Justice David Souter and the Supreme Court's 1990 Term.”
South Dakota Law Review 37 (1992): 901-923. (with S. P. Johnson)
"Justice David Souter's First Term on the Supreme Court: The Impact of a New Justice.”
Judicature 75 (1992): 238-243. (with S. P. Johnson)
Law and Criminal Punishment
“Law of Corrections,” in Routledge Handbook of Corrections in the United States,
eds. H. Griffin & V. Woodward. Routledge (2018), 277-287.
“The 50-Year Journey: The U.S. Supreme Court and Prisoners’ Rights.”
ACJS Today [Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences] 40 (May 2015): 1, 5, 7-13.
“The Roberts Court and Wrongful Convictions.”
St. Louis University Public Law Review 32 (2013): 307-328. (with A. Sanford)
“Brown v. Plata, the Roberts Court, and the Future of Conservative Perspectives on Rights Behind Bars.”
Akron Law Review 46 (2013): 519-550
“Rights Behind Bars: The Distinctive Viewpoint of Justice Clarence Thomas.”
University of Detroit/Mercy Law Review 88 (2011): 830-872.
“The Changing Supreme Court and Prisoners’ Rights.”
Indiana Law Review 44 (2011): 853-888.
“Cruel and Unusual Punishment,” in Corrections, vol. 4 of Key Issues in Crime &
Punishment, eds. W. Chambliss. Sage (2011), 27-41.
“Legal Assistance for Prisoners,” in Corrections, vol. 4 of Key Issues in Crime &
Punishment, eds. W. Chambliss Sage (2011), 137-149.
“Justice John Paul Stevens and Capital Punishment.”
Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law 15 (2010): 205-260.
“Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Corrections Law.”
Hamline Law Review 32 (2009): 477-497.
“The Rehnquist Court and Corrections Law: An Empirical Assessment.”
Criminal Justice Studies 21 (2008): 179-191.
“Prisoners’ Rights and the Rehnquist Court Era.”
The Prison Journal 87 (2007): 457-476.
“Justice John Paul Stevens and Prisoners’ Rights.”
Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review 17 (2007): 83-107.
“The Prison Reform Litigation Era: Book-Length Studies and Lingering Research Issues.”
The Prison Journal 83 (2003): 337-358.
“Perceptions of the Consequences of the Prison Litigation Reform Act: A Comparison of State Attorneys General & Federal District Judges.”
The Justice System Journal 23 (2002): 295-316. (with C. E. Nelson)
“Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Corrections Law.”
Corrections Compendium 31 (Sept/Oct 2006): 6-8, 41-42. (American Corrections Association)
“Justice Clarence Thomas and Incommunicado Detention: Justifications and Risks.”
Valparaiso University Law Review 39 (2005): 783-813. [with C. D. Lema]
“The Revitalization of the Eighth Amendment: A Warning for Corrections.”
Corrections Compendium 27 [8] (2002): 1-5, 29-31. (American Corrections Assn.) (with S. B. Dow)
“The Malleability of Constitutional Doctrine and Its Ironic Impact on Prisoners’ Rights.”
Boston University Public Interest Law Journal 11 (2001): 73-96.
“The Governance of Corrections: Implications of the Changing Interface of Courts and Corrections,”
in Boundary Changes in Criminal Justice Organizations, Vol. 2, CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2000. National Institute of Justice (2000), 113-166.
“White House Scandals and the Presidential Pardon Power: Persistent Risks and Prospects for Reform.”
New England Law Review 33 (1999): 907-930. (with S. P. Johnson)
"Judges' Views on Habeas Corpus: A Comparison of State and Federal Judges."
Oklahoma City University Law Review 22 (1997): 1125-1142. (with D. L. Burke)
"Judicial Reform of Habeas Corpus: The Advocates' Lament."
Cleveland State Law Review 44 (1996): 47-65.
"Federal Habeas Corpus Reform: The State's Perspective.”
The Justice System Journal 18 (1995): 1-11.
"Judicial Policy Making and Habeas Corpus Reform."
Criminal Justice Policy Review 7 (1995): 91-114.
"The Constitution and Criminal Punishment: The Emerging Visions of Justices Scalia and Thomas.”
Drake Law Review 43 (1995): 593-613.
"Black Muslims and the Development of Prisoners' Rights."
Journal of Black Studies 24 (1993): 131-146.
"Presidential Pardons and Accountability in the Executive Branch."
Wayne Law Review 35 (1989): 1113-1131. (with S. P. Johnson)
"United States Magistrates and the Processing of Prisoner Litigation.”
Federal Probation 52 (Dec. 1988): 13-18.
"Examining the Boundaries of Bounds: Prison Law Libraries and Access to the Courts.”
Howard Law Journal 30 (1987): 27-44.
"Improving the Use of Prison Law Libraries: A Modest Proposal."
Law Library Journal 79 (1987): 227-240. (American Assn of Law Libraries publication)
"Legal Education in Prisons: Special Problems and Opportunities for Correctional Education.” The Journal of Correctional Education 38 (1987): 132-136.
“Federal Judges' Role in Prisoner Litigation: What's Necessary? What's Proper?"
Judicature 70 (1986): 144-150.
Government, Politics, and Public Policy
“Blue Lives Matter Versus Black Lives Matter: Beneficial Social Policies as the Path Away from Punitive Rhetoric and Harm.” Vermont Law Review 44 (2020): 463-491.
“Organizational Support and the Electoral Prospects of Progressive Congressional Candidates: An Inside View From 2018.” New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 42 (2020): 218-232.
“Gun Policy: Politics and Pathways of Action.” Violence and Gender 7 (2020): 40-46.
“Party Affiliation and Support for Capital Punishment: An Assessment of Lawmakers from
Canada and the United States.”
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 22 (1998): 225-234. (with M. D. Reisig and L. Pellegrini)
"The Forms of Judicial Policy Making: Civil Liability and Criminal Justice Policy.”
Justice System Journal 19 (1997): 341-354. (with J. Hurst)
"The Use of Research in Local Policy Making: A Case Study of Corporal Punishment in
Public Education.” Educational Policy 10 (1996): 502-517.
Courts
“Richard Alan Enslen” in Great American Judges, ed. J. Vile. ABC-CLIO (2003), 239-246.
“Burdens of the Bench: State Supreme Courts’ Non-Judicial Tasks.” Judicature 84 (2001): 304-309. (with H. Feldman)
"The Peremptory Challenge in the Eyes of the Trial Judge.” Judicature 79 (1996): 185-189. (with R. Ochoa)
"Imagery, Politics, and Jury Reform.” Akron Law Review 28 (1994): 77-95.
"Judicial Lobbying and Court Reform: U.S. Magistrate Judges and the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990.”
University of Arkansas-Little Rock Law Journal 14 (1992): 163-198.
"From U.S. Magistrates to U.S. Magistrate Judges: Developments Affecting the Federal District Courts' Lower Tier of Judicial Officers.” Judicature 75 (1992): 210-215.
"Educating the Public About Courts and Law.” Judicature 75 (1991): 109-113.
"Polarization and Change in the Federal Courts: En Banc Decisions in the U.S. Courts of Appeals.”
Judicature 74 (1990): 133-137.
"Former United States Magistrates as District Judges: The Possibilities and
Consequences of Promotion Within the Federal Judiciary."
Judicature 73 (1990): 268-272.
"The Development of a Judicial Office: United States Magistrates and the Struggle for Status.”
The Journal of the Legal Profession 14 (1989): 175-197.
"Federal Judicial Salaries: A Critical Appraisal.”
Temple Law Review 62 (1989): 849-873.
"Alternative Dispute Resolution: Warnings from the Ivory Tower.”
Akron Bar Association Examiner 30 (Nov. 1989): 10-12.
"Assessing the Consequences of Judicial Innovation: U.S. Magistrates' Trials and Related Tribulations.”
Wake Forest Law Review 23 (1988): 455-490.
"Notes on Observational Research in the Judiciary." American Political Science Association's
Law & Courts Section Newsletter 6 (Fall 1988): 1-8.
"Merit Selection Committees and the Politics of Appointing United States Magistrates.”
The Justice System Journal 12 (1987): 210-231.
"Who Are the U.S. Magistrates?” Judicature 71 (1987): 143-150.
Other Criminal Justice and Criminal Procedure
“What I Learned About Stop-and-Frisk from Watching My Black Son.”
The Atlantic online, April 1, 2014. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/04/what-i-learned-about-stop-and-frisk-from-watching-my-black-son/359962/
"Teaching the Irrelevance of Law on Criminal Procedure.”
Journal of Criminal Justice Education 7 (1996): 45-58.
"Police Professionalism and the Rights of Criminal Defendants."
Criminal Law Bulletin 26 (1990): 155-166.
Annual Reviews of U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Justice Decisions
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015-2016 Term.”
Willamette Law Review 53 (2017): 185-237. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014-2015 Term.”
South Dakota Law Review 61 (2016): 242-279. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013-2014 Term.”
Hamline Law Review 38 (2015): 361-406. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2012-2013 Term.”
Charlotte Law Review 5 (2014): 35-78. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011-2012 Term.”
Florida Coastal Law Review 14 (2013): 239-284. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010-2011 Term.”
South Texas Law Review 53 (2011): 307-342. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2009-2010 Term.”
Cumberland Law Review 41 (2011): 227-282. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2008-2009 Term.”
Mississippi College Law Review 29 (2010): 1-47. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“The Roberts Court & Criminal Justice at the Dawn of the 2008 Term.”
Charleston Law Review 3 (2009): 265-287. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007-2008 Term.”
Southern University Law Review 36 (2008): 33-87. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the 2006-2007 U.S. Supreme Court Term.”
UMKC Law Review 76 (2008): 993-1043. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the 2005-2006 U.S. Supreme Court Term.”
Quinnipiac Law Review 25 (2007): 495-546. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the 2004-2005 U.S. Supreme Court Term.”
University of Memphis Law Review 36 (2006): 951-1011. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2003-2004 Term.”
New Mexico Law Review 35(2005): 123-160. (with M. A. McCall and M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2002-2003 Term.”
Capital University Law Review 32 (2004): 859-899. (with M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2001-2002 Term.”
Michigan State Law Review (2003):413-446. (with M. M. McCall)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2000-2001 Term.”
University of Detroit/Mercy Law Review 79 (2002) 189-227. (with S. B. Dow)
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1999-2000 Term.”
North Dakota Law Review 77(2001): 1-26.
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1998-99 Term.”
Widener Journal of Public Law (1999): 23-59.
“Criminal Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1997-98 Term.”
Southern Illinois University Law Journal 23 (1999): 443-467.
"Criminal Justice and the 1996-97 U.S. Supreme Court Term."
University of Dayton Law Review 23 (1997): 29-58.
"Criminal Justice and the 1995-96 U.S. Supreme Court Term."
University of Detroit/Mercy Law Review 74 (1996): 1-25.
Misc.: "The Law Review Option.” American Political Science Association's
Law & Courts Section Newsletter 10 (Summer 1993): 1-5.