Faculty Profile
Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Professor of Law and Harry T. Ice Faculty Fellow
In the News
Background
- Recorder, Ethics 2000 Committee of the Indiana State Bar Association
- Commissioner, Bloomington Human Rights Commission
- Chair, Indiana University Latino Faculty and Staff Council
- Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center
Biography
Professor Fuentes-Rohwer's scholarship focuses on the intersection of race and democratic theory, as reflected in the law of democracy in general and the Voting Rights Act in particular. Fuentes-Rohwer is interested in the way that institutions - and especially courts - are asked to craft and implement the ground rules of American politics. His dissertation, entitled The Rise of a Concept: Judicial Independence in the American National Context, 1787-1833, examines the way that the concept of judicial independent gained traction soon after the U.S. Constitution came into being as a necessary counterpoint to the rise of political parties. His most recent work focuses on the political and constitutional status of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico under American rule.
Selected Works
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The Future of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the Hands of a Conservative Court, DUKE JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & PUBLIC POLICY (Forthcoming 2010).
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Leaving the Thicket at Last? (with Laura Jane Durfee), 2009 MICHIGAN STATE LAW REVIEW 417 (2009).
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Understanding the Paradoxical Case of the Voting Rights Act, 36 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 697 (2009).
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Back to the Beginning: An Essay on the Court, the Law of Democracy, and Trust, 43 WAKE FOREST LAW REVIEW 1045 (2008)
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Bringing Democracy to Puerto Rico: A Rejoinder, HARVARD LATINO LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2008)
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Citizenship in the Age of Empire, INDIANA LAW JOURNAL (forthcoming 2008)
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Racial Bloc Voting and Direct Democracy, CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2008) (with Guy Charles)
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The Politics of Preclearance, 13 Michigan Journal of Race and Law 513 (2007) (with Guy Charles)
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Legislative Findings, Congressional Powers, and the Future of the Voting Rights Act, 82 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 100 (2007)
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On the Renewal of Section 5 of the VRA: Why Congress Failed Voters of Color, in MAKING EVERY VOTE COUNT: FEDERAL ELECTION LEGISLATION IN THE STATES (Andrew Rachlin ed.) (Princeton University 2006) (with Guy Charles)
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Rethinking Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, in THE FUTURE OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT (Epstein et al., eds., 2006) (with Guy Charles)
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Reconsidering the Law of Democracy: Political Questions, Prudence and the Judicial Role, 47 WILLIAM AND MARY LAW REVIEW 1899 (2006).
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Preclearance, Discrimination, and the Department of Justice: The Case of South Carolina, 57 South Carolina Law Review 827 (with Guy Charles) (2006)
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