Professor Steven G. Calabresi's Opening Statement: Does the Incompatibility Clause Apply to the President?

Seth Barrett Tillman

Abstract

This article is part of a four-part Professor Steven G. Calabresi-Tillman exchange on PENNumbra, and a three-part Professor Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash-Tillman exchange on the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy (only available in individualized reprints, and on LexisNexis) and on DJCLPP Sidebar (available on Westlaw, orthcoming on LexisNexis).

Both sets of articles deal with Senate-Presidential incompatibility under Article I, Section 6, Clause 2 – the Ineligibility Clause (a/k/a the Emoluments Clause) and the Incompatibility Clause.

The Professor Steven G. Calabresi-Tillman appears at: Seth Barrett Tillman & Steven G. Calabresi, Debate, The Great Divorce: The Current Understanding of Separation of Powers and the Original Meaning of the Incompatibility Clause, 157 U. PA. L. REV. PENNUMBRA 134 (2008), http://www.pennumbra.com/debates/pdfs/GreatDivorce.pdf.

Tillman’s opening appears on SSRN (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1292359), and on BEPRESS (http://works.bepress.com/seth_barrett_tillman/98/).

Professor Steven G. Calabresi’s response appears on SSRN (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1294671).

Tillman’s reply appears on SSRN (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1292334), and on BEPRESS (http://works.bepress.com/seth_barrett_tillman/91/).

Professor Steven G. Calabresi’s rebuttal appears on SSRN (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1294671).

This article is Professor Calabresi's response to my opening statement.

The related Professor Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash-Tillman series appears at:

Tillman’s opening appears on SSRN (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1099355), and on BEPRESS (http://works.bepress.com/seth_barrett_tillman/63/).

Professor Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash’s response appears on BEPRESS (http://works.bepress.com/sai_prakash/4/), and at http://tinyurl.com/5kyrsa.

Tillman’s reply is yet to be drafted and posted.

The Prakash-Tillman exchange appears below under "Related Files". Professor Calabresi's opening statement in the Calabresi-Tillman exchange can be reached through the links below at "Suggested Citation".

[September 14, 2009]