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Kennedy and the Tail of Minos, 69 Louisiana Law Review 593 (2009);

Judicializing Federative Power, 11 Texas Review of Law & Politics 283 (2007);

The Second Death of Capital Punishment, 58 Florida Law Review 639 (2006);

Rethinking the Presidential Veto, 42 Harvard Journal on Legislation 91 (2005)
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J. Richard Broughton

Visiting Professor
  • J. Richard Broughton LL.M., Georgetown University '00
  • J.D., Widener University '99
  • B.A., Hampden-Sydney College '95

J. Richard Broughton is a visiting professor for 2009-10, and teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Fourteenth Amendment.  He recently served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Wayne State University, where he was named both the First-year Professor of the Year and Upperclass Professor of the Year for 2008-09.  He also has taught on the law school faculties at Stetson University and Texas Wesleyan University (where he also won two teaching awards), and as a Lecturer in Government at Johns Hopkins University.

From 2005 to 2008, Professor Broughton served in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.  His work involved federal prosecutions of violent crime related to gang activity, drug trafficking, organized crime and racketeering.  He advised senior Justice Department leaders and federal prosecutors on issues of federal criminal and constitutional law arising in federal death penalty matters; assisted in federal capital prosecutions, appeals, and post-conviction litigation; helped to craft and review federal crime legislation; and assisted senior leaders in preparing for congressional hearings and oversight.  He received both the Meritorious Service Award and the Special Achievement Award from the Justice Department.

He also has served as Assistant Attorney General of Texas for Capital and Post-conviction Litigation, as a law clerk to the chief judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and as a law clerk for the House Judiciary Committee during the 106th Congress.

Professor Broughton’s scholarship focuses on American politics and institutions, and the intersection of politics, constitutionalism, and criminal justice.  His writing has appeared in law reviews and journals throughout the country, and has been cited in opinions from the United States Supreme Court and state appellate courts.  He also has provided legal commentary for numerous television and radio programs and newspapers.