Dr. Eric T. Kasper

Books

Eric T. Kasper and Howard Schweber, eds., James Madison’s Constitution: A Double Security and a Parchment Barrier, University of Georgia Press (Forthcoming 2025).

Eric T. Kasper and Troy A. Kozma, The Supreme Court and the Philosopher: How John Stuart Mill Shaped U.S. Free Speech Protections, Northern Illinois University Press (2024).

Eric T. Kasper and Benjamin S. Schoening, eds., You Shook Me All Campaign Long: Music in the 2016 Presidential Election and Beyond, University of North Texas Press (2018).

Eric T. Kasper and Quentin D. Vieregge, The United States Constitution in Film: Part of Our National Culture, Lexington Books (2018).

Eric T. Kasper and Troy A. Kozma, Machiavelli Goes to the Movies: Understanding The Prince through Television and Film, Lexington Books (2015).

Eric T. Kasper, Impartial Justice: The Real Supreme Court Cases that Define the Constitutional Right to a Neutral and Detached Decisionmaker, Lexington Books (2013).

Benjamin S. Schoening and Eric T. Kasper, Don’t Stop Thinking About the Music: The Politics of Songs and Musicians in Presidential Campaigns, Lexington Books (2012).

Eric T. Kasper, To Secure the Liberty of the People: James Madison’s Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court’s Interpretation, Northern Illinois University Press (2010).

Journal Articles

Eric T. Kasper, “Checkmate: Why the First Amendment Protects Prison Inmates’ Right to Play Correspondence Chess Using Algebraic Notation,” Marquette Sports Law Review 34 (2023): 1-58.

Eric T. Kasper and Troy A. Kozma, “First Free Speech, Then ‘Experiments in Living’: John Stuart Mill’s Influence over the U.S. Supreme Court on Constitutional Rights after the Freedom of Expression,” Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy 32 (2023): 1-66.

Eric T. Kasper, “Explicit Lyrics: The First Amendment Free Speech Rulings that Have Protected Against Music Censorship in the United States,” Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review 43 (2023): 173-246.

Eric T. Kasper, “Free Speech, Social Media, and Public Universities: How the First Amendment Limits University Sanctions for Online Expression and Empowers Students, Staff, and Faculty,” Mitchell Hamline Law Review 48 (2022): 407-66.

Eric T. Kasper, “No Essential Reason to Restrict the Freedom of Speech: Why It Is Time to Knock Out Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire and the Fighting Words Doctrine,” Texas Tech Law Review 53 (2021): 613-67.

Eric T. Kasper, “Theory and Practice: James Madison and the Constitutional Power to Appoint Supreme Court Justices,” Quinnipiac Law Review 38 (2020): 605-60.

Eric T. Kasper and Troy A. Kozma, “A Time for Choosing and a Time for Free Speech: Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky and the Constitutionality of Election Day Apparel Bans,” Albany Law Review 83 (2020): 527-67.

Eric T. Kasper and Troy A. Kozma, “Absolute Freedom of Opinion and Sentiment on All Subjects: John Stuart Mill’s Enduring (and Ever-Growing) Influence on the Supreme Court’s First Amendment Free Speech Jurisprudence,” University of Massachusetts Law Review 15 (2020): 2-53.

Eric T. Kasper, “Public Universities and the First Amendment: Controversial Speakers, Protests, and Free Speech Policies,” Capital University Law Review 47 (2019): 529-84.

Eric T. Kasper and Troy A. Kozma, “No Arts, No Letters, No Society, and Which Is Worst of All, Zombies: The Walking Dead and Hobbesian Politics,” The Journal of Popular Culture 52 (2019): 542-63.

Eric T. Kasper and Troy A. Kozma, “Did Five Supreme Court Justices Go ‘Completely Bonkers’?: Saul Goodman, Legal Advertising, and the First Amendment Since Bates v. State Bar of Arizona,” Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 37 (2019): 337-73.

Eric T. Kasper, “The Possibility of Rejection: The Framers’ Constitutional Design for Supreme Court Appointments,” Creighton Law Review 51 (2018): 539-576.

Eric T. Kasper, “Are Judges Politicians?: An Analysis of Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar and Its Constitutional Impact on Judicial Ethics Codes Across the U.S.,” Memphis Law Review 47 (2017): 1085-1121.

Eric T. Kasper and Benjamin S. Schoening, “‘I Won’t Back Down,’ or Will I?: The Law and Politics Surrounding Presidential Candidates’ Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Songs,” PS: Political Science & Politics 49 (2016): 53-58.

Eric T. Kasper, “The Influence of Magna Carta in Limiting Executive Power in the War on Terror,” Political Science Quarterly 126 (2011-12): 547-78.

Mary Hoeft and Eric T. Kasper, “Barron County Restorative Justice: The Role One Program Played in Reducing Juvenile Crime and Restoring Lives,” Protecting Children 24 (2009): 5-19.

Book Chapters

Eric T. Kasper and Howard Schweber, James Madison’s Relevance to the Constitution Today,” in James Madison’s Constitution: A Double Security and a Parchment Barrier, Eric T. Kasper and Howard Schweber, eds., Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press (Forthcoming 2025).

Eric T. Kasper, “From Subordinated to a Bedrock Principle: The Supreme Court on Free Speech During the Cold War,” in Red Reckoning: The Cold War and the Transformation of American Life, Mark Boulton and Tobias T. Gibson, eds., Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press (2023): 44-61.

Eric T. Kasper, “We the People Sing: Presidential Candidates’ Use of Music to Express Different Methods of Constitutional Interpretation,” in You Shook Me All Campaign Long: Music in the 2016 Presidential Election and Beyond, Eric T. Kasper and Benjamin S. Schoening, eds., Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press (2018): 153-83.

Eric T. Kasper and Benjamin S. Schoening, “Tippecanoe and Trump Too: A Brief History of Why Music Matters in Presidential Campaigns,” in You Shook Me All Campaign Long: Music in the 2016 Presidential Election and Beyond, Eric T. Kasper and Benjamin S. Schoening, eds., Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press (2018): 1-17.

Eric T. Kasper, “Keep Your Friends Close But Your Enemies Closer: Machiavelli and Michael Corleone,” in Homer Simpson Ponders Politics: Popular Culture as Political Theory, Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale, eds., Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky (2013): 45-59.