MICHAEL RAPPAPORT
PROFESSOR OF LAW

University of San Diego School of Law 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, California 92110 Phone: (619) 260-2329 Fax: (619) 260-7439 E-Mail: miker@sandiego.edu

Michael Rappaport is a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego. He teaches Administrative Law, Advanced Constitutional Law, Constitutional History, and Legislation.  He has previously taught Insurance Law, Environmental Law, and Banking Law.  His research interests include originalism, supermajority rules, the separation of powers, and federalism. Previously, Professor Rappaport worked as an attorney-advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice, and practiced with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C.  Some of his recent publications include "The Judicial Filibuster, the Median Senator, and the Countermajoritarian Difficulty" (coauthored) (Supreme Court Review), "The Original Meaning of the Recess Appointments Clause" (UCLA  Law Review), and "Symmetric Entrenchment: A Constitutional and Normative Theory" (co authored) (Virgina Law Review). Professor Rappaport received a JD and a DCL (law and political theory) from the Yale Law School, and served as a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal.