Faculty Profile
Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Professor of Law
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
- "Bringing Democracy to Puerto Rico: A Rejoinder," HARVARD LATINO LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2008)
- "Citizenship in the Age of Empire," INDIANA LAW JOURNAL (forthcoming 2008)
- "Racial Bloc Voting and Direct Democracy," CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2008) (with Guy Charles)
- "The Politics of Preclearance," 13 Michigan Journal of Race and Law 513 (2007) (with Guy Charles)
- "Legislative Findings, Congressional Powers, and the Future of the Voting Rights Act," 82 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 100 (2007)
- "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)
- "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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Domesticating the Gerrymander: An Essay on Standards, Fair Representation, and the Necessary Question of Judicial Will, 15 CORNELL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY 423 (2005).
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In Defense of Deference (with Guy Charles), 21 CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY 133 (2004).
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Of Platonic Guardians, Trust, and Equality: A Comment on Hasen's Minimalist Approach to the Law of Elections, 31 JOURNAL OF LEGISLATION 25 (2004).
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A Principled Approach to the Quest for Racial Diversity on the Judiciary (with Kevin Johnson), 10 MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF RACE & LAW 5 (2004).
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Doing Our Politics in Court: Gerrymandering, "Fair Representation" an Exegesis into the Judicial Role, 78 NOTRE DAME LAW REVIEW 527 (2003).
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Baker's Promise, Equal Protection and the Modern Redistricting Revolution: A Plea for Rationality, 80 NORTH CAROLINA LAW REVIEW 1353 (2002).
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