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David Alistair Yalof
Associate Professor
Constitutional law, Judicial politics, the Presidency, American Government



Educational background:

David Alistair Yalof specializes in constitutional law, judicial politics and executive branch politics. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University in 1997, a J.D., from the University of Virginia Law School in 1991, and a B.A. with honors, from the University of Virginia in 1988.

Complete curriculum vita: Click on "David Yalof Fastlane" above



Most Recent Publications
    BOOKS:
     
      • The First Amendment and the Media in the Court of Public Opinion, with Kenneth Dautrich.  (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
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      • Pursuit of Justices: Presidential Politics and the Selection of Supreme Court Nominees, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999).Winner of the APSA's Richard E. Neustadt Prize for the Best Book on the Presidency published in 1999.

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    ARTICLES:

      • "Fundamental Rights, Political Justice, and the War on Terrorism," with Joel Grossman, Current Politics and Economics of Europe, Vol. 11, No. 4 (2002), pp. 295-309.
      • "Assessing the Cross-Institutional Dialogue: Congressional Responses to Federal Circuit Decisions," with Stefanie A. Lindquist, Judicature, Vol. 85, No. 2 (Sept.-Oct. 2001), pp. 60-68.

      • "The Impact of Presidential Appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court: Cohesive and Divisive Voting within Presidential Blocs," with Stefanie A. Lindquist and John A. Clark, Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 4 (December 2000), pp. 795-814.