Ralph A. Rossum, Ph.D.
Salvatori Professor Emeritus of American Constitutionalism
Department
Government
Areas of Expertise
American Constitutionalism
American Founding
Constitutional Law
Crime and Criminal Justice
Indian Gaming Issues
Redistricting
Supreme Court
Voting Rights
Teaching Interests
Constitutional Law, The American Founding, Federalism, Federal Indian Law, Criminal Procedure
Research Interests
Currently working on "Samuel Alito and Judicial Minimalism: An Appellate Court Judge on the Supreme Court."
Education
B.A., Concordia College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Awards and Affiliations
Phi Beta Kappa
Who's Who in America, annual editions, 1988-present
Who’s Who in the World, 2007-present
Research and Publications
The Supreme Court and Tribal Gaming: California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, University Press of Kansas, 2011
Antonin Scalia’s Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition, paperback edition with a new afterword, 2016; and Federalism, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment, Lexington Press, 2001.