Professor Turnipseed has written in the areas of Article I constitutional law,
eminent domain, sexuality and the law, spousal property rights upon death, trust
fiduciary law, transfer taxation, and the separation of church and state. He teaches
courses in eminent domain, estate planning, wills and trusts, estate and gift taxation,
first-year property, and nuclear engineering. Professor Turnipseed has a courtesy
appointment in the L. C. Smith College of Engineering at Syracuse University. 

Professor Turnipseed has an LL.M in Tax, cum laude, and a J.D. from Georgetown University
and two graduate degrees from MIT in Nuclear Engineering and Technology and Policy where
he was a National Science Foundation Fellow. Professor Turnipseed received a bachelor’s
degree in Nuclear Engineering, summa cum laude, from Mississippi State University where
he was a Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholar and has been designated as a Distinguished
Engineering Fellow. He has been named a member of the Board of Advisors for the College
of Engineering. 

Elder Law

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How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Days: Deathbed Marriages in America, ExpressO (2007)

Should you be able to marry someone who has only days to live? If so,...

 

Domestic Relations

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SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP ENSURE THEIR INHERITANCE FROM INCEST PROSECUTION?, ExpressO (2008)

SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP...

 

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How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Days: Deathbed Marriages in America, ExpressO (2007)

Should you be able to marry someone who has only days to live? If so,...

 

Estate Planning and Probate

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SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP ENSURE THEIR INHERITANCE FROM INCEST PROSECUTION?, ExpressO (2008)

SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP...

 

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How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Days: Deathbed Marriages in America, ExpressO (2007)

Should you be able to marry someone who has only days to live? If so,...

 

Trusts

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SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP ENSURE THEIR INHERITANCE FROM INCEST PROSECUTION?, ExpressO (2008)

SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP...

 

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How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Days: Deathbed Marriages in America, ExpressO (2007)

Should you be able to marry someone who has only days to live? If so,...

 

Property-Personal and Real

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SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP ENSURE THEIR INHERITANCE FROM INCEST PROSECUTION?, ExpressO (2008)

SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP...

 

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How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Days: Deathbed Marriages in America, ExpressO (2007)

Should you be able to marry someone who has only days to live? If so,...

 

Constitutional Law

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The President and the Autopen: It Is Unconstitutional for Someone or Something to Sign a Bill Outside of the President's Presence, ExpressO (2011)

On May 26, 2011, only hours before three provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...

 

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SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP ENSURE THEIR INHERITANCE FROM INCEST PROSECUTION?, ExpressO (2008)

SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP...

 

Sexuality and the Law

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SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP ENSURE THEIR INHERITANCE FROM INCEST PROSECUTION?, ExpressO (2008)

SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP...

 

Law and Society

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SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP ENSURE THEIR INHERITANCE FROM INCEST PROSECUTION?, ExpressO (2008)

SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP...

 

Civil Rights

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SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP ENSURE THEIR INHERITANCE FROM INCEST PROSECUTION?, ExpressO (2008)

SCALIA’S SHIP OF REVULSION HAS SAILED: WILL LAWRENCE PROTECT ADULTS WHO ADOPT LOVERS TO HELP...

 

Legislation

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The President and the Autopen: It Is Unconstitutional for Someone or Something to Sign a Bill Outside of the President's Presence, ExpressO (2011)

On May 26, 2011, only hours before three provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...

 

Agency

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The President and the Autopen: It Is Unconstitutional for Someone or Something to Sign a Bill Outside of the President's Presence, ExpressO (2011)

On May 26, 2011, only hours before three provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...