The Yale Law Journal

Mila Versteeg

Forum

De-judicialization Strategies

Mila Versteeg & Emily Zackin

Constitutions have long been understood to empower courts. We argue, however, that constitutions can also be used to de-judicialize politics. We focus on the de-judicialization strategy of adding detailed provisions to U.S. state constitutions, and demonstrate that it has been employed throughout U.…