Wilson R. Huhn is a C. Blake McDowell, Jr., Professor and a Constitutional Law Research Fellow at The University of Akron School of Law. He currently teaches courses in constitutional law, advanced constitutional law, jurisprudence, and commercial paper. He received his B.A. at Yale University and J.D., cum laude, at Cornell University, where he was a member of the Cornell Law Review. Prior to joining the Akron Law faculty in 1984, Professor Huhn served as law clerk for the late Judge Leo A. Jackson in the 8th District Court of Appeals and as an associate at Squire, Sanders and Dempsey. Professor Huhn’s book THE FIVE TYPES OF LEGAL ARGUMENT (Carolina Academic Press, 2002, 2008) is required reading at a number of law schools nationally. His recent publications include Waterboarding Is Illegal WASH. U. L. REV. (Slip Opinions, May 10, 2008); Congress Has the Power to Enforce the Bill of Rights Against the Federal Govenment: Therefore FISA is Constitutional and the President's Terrorist Surveillance Program Is Illegal, 16 WM. & MARY BILL RTS J. 537 (2007); In Defense of the Roosevelt Court, 2 FLORIDA A. & M. U. L. REV. 1 (2007); The State Action Doctrine and the Principle of Democratic Choice, 34 HOFSTRA L. REV. 1379 (2006); and The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Sandra Day O’Connor: A Refusal to “Foreclose the Unanticipated”, 39 AKRON L. REV. 373-415 (2006). The graduating class selected Huhn Outstanding Professor of the Year in 1987, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2008, the Akron law alumni awarded him the Outstanding Publication prize in 2004 and 2006, and the law faculty named him the “Most Valuable Player” for his contributions to legal scholarship, 2001- 03. Huhn volunteers his time on community boards and serves as a coach for special needs athletic teams.
Articles
Waterboarding is Illegal, Slip Opinions: The online supplement to Washington University Law Review (2008)
In his 2007 confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee considering his nomination to be...
Congress Has the Power to Enforce the Bill of Rights Against the Federal Government: Therefore FISA is Constitutional and the President's Terrorist Surveillance Program is Illegal, William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal (2007)
The principal point of this Article is that Congress has plenary authority to enforce the...
Constitutional Jurisprudence of Sandra Day O'Connor: A Refusal to "Foreclose the Unanticipated", Akron Law Review (2006)
Earlier this year, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor retired from the Supreme Court of the United...
State Action Doctrine and the Principle of Democratic Choice, Hofstra Law Review (2006)
The state action doctrine is somewhat of a mystery to law students, legal scholars, lawyers,...
Books
Five Types of Legal Argument (2008)
The Five Types of Legal Argument succeeds both as a work of legal theory and...