Essays, Scholarship & Public Thought
Constitutional Scholarship
Freedom and Its Limits
Freedom is not the absence of limits. Through the constitutional traditions of the United States and India, DeAndre examines how liberty, lawful restraint, proportionality, and constitutional morality work together to...
Freedom and Its Limits
Freedom is not the absence of limits. Through the constitutional traditions of the United States and India, DeAndre examines how liberty, lawful restraint, proportionality, and constitutional morality work together to...
Constitutional Morality and the Question of Ide...
A reflection on identity, dignity, liberty, and equality, examining how constitutional law in the United States and India encounters the lived experience of the individual.
Constitutional Morality and the Question of Ide...
A reflection on identity, dignity, liberty, and equality, examining how constitutional law in the United States and India encounters the lived experience of the individual.
Majorities and Minorities: The Real Test of Con...
A reflection on majority rule, minority rights, constitutional restraint, and why the real test of constitutional morality is protecting rights even when they belong to those outside the majority.
Majorities and Minorities: The Real Test of Con...
A reflection on majority rule, minority rights, constitutional restraint, and why the real test of constitutional morality is protecting rights even when they belong to those outside the majority.
A Constitution Is Not a Static Document
A reflection on why constitutions must be capable of change without losing their fundamental purpose, examining amendment, restraint, reform, and constitutional responsibility in the United States and India.
A Constitution Is Not a Static Document
A reflection on why constitutions must be capable of change without losing their fundamental purpose, examining amendment, restraint, reform, and constitutional responsibility in the United States and India.
The Right to Life Is Not a Slogan
What does the constitutional right to life actually protect? A reflection on life, liberty, due process, human dignity and the limits constitutional government places on arbitrary power in the United...
The Right to Life Is Not a Slogan
What does the constitutional right to life actually protect? A reflection on life, liberty, due process, human dignity and the limits constitutional government places on arbitrary power in the United...
Seventeen Days to Law: When Legislative Speed, ...
An examination of how India’s 2026 Trans Amendment became law in just 17 days, what the RTI record reveals, and why legislative transparency matters for every citizen.
Seventeen Days to Law: When Legislative Speed, ...
An examination of how India’s 2026 Trans Amendment became law in just 17 days, what the RTI record reveals, and why legislative transparency matters for every citizen.