Expertise

Constitutional Law, Political Theory, American Politics

Biography

James M. DeLise is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Intellectual Heritage Program and Political Science Department. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Temple University in 2014. His research focuses on the intersection of constitutional/public law, political theory, and American politics, and he is currently working on a monograph that addresses the history and politics of religious exemptions in the United States. His work has been published in Columbia Journal of Race and Law, Journal of Church and State, NYU Journal of Law and Liberty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rutgers Race and the Law Review, and Salon.

Selected Publications

• DeLise, James. 2024. “Creative Incoherence: 303 Creative and First-Amendment Exemptions to Antidiscrimination Law.” 
  Journal of Church and State 66 (4): 1-14. 
  https://academic.oup.com/jcs/article-abstract/66/4/245/7640729?utm_source=etoc&utm_campaign=jcs&utm_medium=email
• DeLise, James. 2021. “The Text Where It Happened: Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers, and Presidential Self-Pardons.” NYU Journal of Law and Liberty 14 (2): 331-401. https://www.nyujll.com/volume-14/blog-post-title-one-n275l-tsgjf
• DeLise, James.  2016. “Religious Exemptions to Neutral Laws of General Applicability and the Theory of Disparate-Impact Discrimination.” Columbia Journal of Race and Law 6 (2): 115-138.
  https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cjrl/article/view/2315 
• DeLise, James.  2021. “Alexander Hamilton on self-pardons: Do we have a president or a king?” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 12. https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2021/01/12/James-M-DeLise-Alexander-Hamilton-on-self-pardons-Do-we-have-a-president-or-a-king/stories/202101120022