Eric J. Segall
Ashe Family Chair Professor of Law- Education
J.D., Vanderbilt University
B.A., Emory University
- Specializations
Administrative Law
Civil Liberties
Constitutional Law
Legislation
- Biography
Eric J. Segall graduated from Emory University, Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, and from Vanderbilt Law School, where he was the research editor for the Law Review and member of Order of the Coif. He clerked for the Chief Judge Charles Moye Jr. for the Northern District of Georgia, and Albert J. Henderson of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. After his clerkships, Segall worked for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and the U.S. Department of Justice, before joining the Georgia State faculty in 1991.
Segall teaches federal courts and constitutional law I and II. He is the author of the books Originalism as Faith and Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is not a Court and its Justices are not Judges. His articles on constitutional law have appeared in, among others, the Harvard Law Review Forum, the Stanford Law Review On Line, the UCLA Law Review, the George Washington Law Review, the Washington University Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, the Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, and Constitutional Commentary among many others.
Segall’s op-eds and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the LA Times, The Atlantic, SLATE, Vox, Salon, and the Daily Beast, among others. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and France 24 and all four of Atlanta's local television stations. He has also appeared on numerous local and national radio shows.
- Publications
Books
Eric J. Segall, Originalism as Faith (2018).
Eric J. Segall, Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court Is Not a Court and Its Justices Are Not Judges (2012).
Articles
Eric J. Segall, Recency Bias and the Supreme Court: the Problem is the Institution, Not the People Who Sit On It, 52 Hofstra L. Rev. 617 (2024).
Eric J. Segall, Social Media Platforms and Free Expression: An Introduction, 73 Mercer L. Rev. 459 (2022).
Eric J. Segall, Book Review, 40 J. Legal Med. 425 (2020) (reviewing Mary Ziegler, Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present (Cambridge University Press, 2020, pp.326)).
Eric J. Segall, The Concession That Dooms Originalism: A Response to Professor Lawrence Solum, 88 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. Arguendo 33 (2020).
Eric J. Segall, Originalism Off the Ground: A Response to Professors Baude and Sachs, 34 Const. Comment. 313 (2019).
Eric Segall, Stephen Griffin, Neil Kinkopf, & Ilya Somin, Panel 5: Federalism and Separation of Powers, 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1003 (2019).
Eric Segall, Introduction, 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. vii (2019).
Eric Segall et al., The Median Justice, 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1037 (2019).
Eric Segall, et al., Abortion and Gay Rights [Transcript], 35 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 871 (2019).
Eric J. Segall, A Non-Originalist Separation of Powers, 52 U. Rich. L. Rev. 591 (2018).
Eric J. Segall, The Law Review Follies, 50 Loy. U. Chi. L. J. 385 (2018)
Eric J. Segall, Putting the "Exercise" Back in Free Exercise, 106 Ky. L.J. 635 (2018).
Eric Segall, The Roberts Court and Democracy: A Review Essay on Judicial Review and Liberal Critique, 132 Pol. Sci. Q. 145 (2017).
Richard A. Posner & Eric J. Segall, Faux Originalism, 20 Green Bag 2d 109 (2016).
Eric J. Segall, Invisible Justices: How Our Highest Court Hides from the American People, 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 787 (2016).
Robert Barnes, Dahlia Lithwick, Adam Liptak, Eric Segall, & Luke Donohue, 2016 Georgia State University Law Review Symposium & Miller Lecture Panel: Supreme Court Transparency in the Age of Social Media, 32 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 927 (2016).
Eric J. Segall, The Constitution Means What the Supreme Court Says It Means, 129 Harv. L. Rev. F. 176 (2016).
Eric J. Segall, Originalism as Faith, 102 Cornell L. Rev. Online 37 (2016).
Eric Segall, Supremely Elite: The Lack of Diversity On Our Nation's Highest Court, Hum. Rts., July 2015, at 18.
Eric J. Segall, Will the Real Justice Scalia Please Stand Up?, 50 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 101 (2015).
Eric Segall, Silence is Golden: Moments of Silence, Legislative Prayers, and the Establishment Clause, 108 N.W. L. Rev. Online 229 (2014).
Eric J. Segall, Grinding the Canons, 4 J.L. 274 (2014).
Eric J. Segall, Constitutional Change and the Supreme Court: The Article V Problem, 16 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 443 (2013).
Eric J. Segall, Ideology and the Supreme Court: A Conversation with Judge Richard Posner and Professor Eric Segall, 2013 Cardozo L. Rev. de novo 258 (2013).
Sherrilyn A. Ifill & Eric J. Segall, Judicial Recusal at the Court, 160 U. Pa. L. Rev. PENNumbra 331 (2012).
Eric J. Segall, The Court: A Talk With Judge Richard Posner, N.Y. Rev. Books, Sept. 29, 2011, at 47.
Eric J. Segall, Is the Roberts Court Really a Court?, 40 Stetson L. Rev. 701 (2011).
Eric J. Segall, The Internet as a Game Changer: Reevaluating the True Threats Doctrine, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 183 (2011).
Eric J. Segall, Mired in the Marsh: Legislative Prayers, Moments of Silence, and the Establishment Clause, 63 U. Miami L. Rev. 713 (2009).
Eric J. Segall, Lost in Space: Laurence Tribe’s Invisible Constitution, 103 Nw. Univ. L. Rev. Colloquy 434 (2009).
Eric J. Segall, In the Name of the Children: Government Regulation of Indecency on the Radio, Television and the Internet-Let’s Stop the Madness, 47 U. Louisville L. Rev. 697 (2009).
Eric J. Segall, Book Review, 58 J. Legal Educ. 463 (2008) (reviewing Jeffrey Toobin, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (2008)).
Eric J. Segall, The Taxing Law of Taxpayer Standing, 43 Tulsa L. Rev. 673 (2008).
Eric J. Segall, Justice O'Connor and the Rule of Law, 17 U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 107 (2006).
Eric J. Segall, Internet Indecency and Minors: The Case for Parental and School Responsibility not Congressional Regulation, 110 Penn St. L. Rev. 615 (2006).
Eric J. Segall, Why I Still Teach Marbury (and So Should You): A Response to Professor Levinson, 6 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 573 (2004).
Eric J. Segall, Article III as a Grant of Power: Protective Jurisdiction, Federalism and the Federal Courts, 54 Fla. L. Rev. 361 (2002).
Eric J. Segall, Twenty Questions (Or the Hardest Course in Law School), 18 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 497 (2001-2002).
Eric J. Segall, Book Review, The Black Holes of Constitutional Law, 17 Const. Comm. 425 (2000) (reviewing Laurence Tribe, American Constitutional Law 3rd, Vol. I (2000)).
Eric J. Segall, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137, 175, 16 Const. Comm. 569 (1999).
Eric J. Segall, A Century Lost: The End of the Originalism Debate, 15 Const. Comm. 411 (1998).
Eric J. Segall, Remnants of Belief: Contemporary Constitutional Issues, 44 UCLA L. Rev. 1467 (1997).
Eric J. Segall, The Skeptic’s Constitution, 44 UCLA L. Rev. 1467 (1996-1997).
Eric J. Segall, Book Review, Doctrinal Legal Scholarship and Religious Liberty: A Review of Jesse Choper’s Securing Religious Liberty, 5 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 71 (1996-1997).
Eric John Segall, The First Amendment in a Justice Rehnquist World, 44 DePaul L. Rev. 825 (1995).
Eric J. Segall, Justice Scalia, Critical Legal Studies, and the Rule of Law, 62 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 991 (1994).
Eric J. Segall, Standing Between the Court and the Commentators: A Necessity Rationale for Public Actions, 54 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 351 (1993).
Eric J. Segall, Parochial School Aid Revisited: The Lemon Test, the Endorsement Test and Religious Liberty, 28 San Diego L. Rev. 263 (1991).
John G. Malcolm & Eric J. Segall, The Arbitrability of Claims Arising Under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act: Should Wilko Be Extended?, 50 Alb. L. Rev. 725 (1986).
Popular Press
Eric J. Segall, Could the Senate Keep Moore Out If He Were Elected?, L.A. Times, Nov. 15, 2017, at 15.
Eric J. Segall, Color Blindness Isn't Necessary, L.A. Times, Dec. 6, 2015, at 26.
Eric J. Segall, The High Court's Supreme Secrecy, L.A. Times, Oct. 8, 2014, at 15.
Eric J. Segall, Don't Defend Georgia's Ban, Atlanta J.-Const., July 25, 2014, at A18.
Eric Segall, Supreme Court Puts Its Legitimacy At Risk, CNN (May 12, 2014), available at CNN.
Eric J. Segall, What are They Hiding?, L.A. Times, May 6, 2014, at 11.
Eric J. Segall, For Supreme Court, It's Not the Law, It's the Power of Five, L.A. Times, Jan. 19, 2014, at 24.
Eric Segall, Judge Posner and Judicial Humility, Huffington Post (Oct. 31, 2013).
Eric J. Segall, A Liberal Nightmare at the Supreme Court?, L.A. Times, Oct. 6, 2013, at 30.
Eric Segall, The Prop. 8 Ruling, in Lay Person's Terms, L.A. Times, June 27, 2013.
Eric Segall, Supreme Court Prayer Decision in Greece v. Galloway Should be Easy, Daily Beast, 2013.
Eric Segall, Same-Sex Marriage, Political Backlash and the Case for Going Slow, ACS Blog, 2013
Eric J. Segall, Beware a Gay Rights Backlash, L.A. Times, May 15, 2012.
Erwin Chemerinsky & Eric J. Segall, Lift the Blackout, L.A. Times, Mar. 22, 2012, at 15.
Eric J. Segall, An Ominous Silence on the Supreme Court, L.A. Times, Feb. 12, 2012, at A26.
Eric J. Segall, Health Mandate Shouldn't Be Court's Call, News-J. (Wilmington, Del.), Sept. 18, 2011.
Eric Segall, Supreme Court Myths Exploded, Atlanta J.-Const., Apr. 23, 2010, at A19.
Other
Eric Segall, Supreme Myths (2020), https://mediaspace.gsu.edu/channel/Supreme+Myths/170730121.
Eric Segall, Contributor, Dorf on Law, at http://www.dorfonlaw.org.