Faculty Scholarship

Pandemics and the Constitution, 2022 U. Ill. L. Rev. 229 (2022) (co-author, with Toni M. Massaro and Marvin J. Slepian).

Compensatory Mitigation and Public Lands, 61 B.C. L. Rev. 1045 (2020).

Environmental Nihilism, 10 Ariz. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 106 (2019).

Contingent Delisting, 91 Colo. L. Rev. 649 (2020).

The Supreme Court Rejects a Narrow Reading of the Clean Water Act in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, ACS Blog (Apr. 24, 2020),

The Bureau of Land Management’s Infirm Compensatory Mitigation Policy, 30 Fordham Envtl. L. Rev. 1 (2019).

The Fundamentals of Administrative Law for Natural Resources Practice, Natural Resources Development and the Administrative State:  Navigating Federal Agency Regulation and Litigation 1-1 (2019).

Interior Proposes New FOIA Rule that Inhibits Government Transparency, Legal Planet Blog (Jan. 17, 2019), https://legal-planet.org/2019/01/17/guest-blogger-justin-pidot-interior-proposes-new-foia-rule-that-inhibits-government-transparency/.

Zinke’s Legacy of Legal Risk and Litigation for the Department of the Interior, ACS Blog (Jan. 3, 2019), https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/zinkes-legacy-of-legal-risk-and-litigation-for-the-department-of-the-interior/.

Opinion, EPA Broke Faith with the Victims of Hurricane Harvey, The Hill (Mar. 14, 2019), https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/434109-epa-broke-faith-with-the-victims-of-hurricane-harvey.

Public-Private Conservation Agreements and the Greater Sage-Grouse, 39 Pub. Land & Resources L. Rev. 161 (2018).

The Common Law of Liable Party CERCLA Claims, 70 Stanford L. Rev. 191 (2018) (co-author, with Dale Ratliff).

EPA Proposes to Undermine Public Health by Controlling Information, ACS Blog (May 1, 2018), https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/epa-proposes-to-undermine-public-health-by-controlling-information/.

The White House Threatens to Up End the Foundations of Environmental Decisionmaking, ACS Blog (July 12, 2018), https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/the-white-house-threatens-to-up-end-the-foundations-of-environmental-decisionmaking/.

The Dusky Gopher Frog Forges Consensus on the Supreme Court, ACS Blog (Nov. 29, 2018), https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/the-dusky-gopher-frog-forges-consensus-on-the-supreme-court/.

Opinion, Interior Department Will No Longer Require Industry to Offset Damage to Public Lands, The Hill (July 26, 2018), https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/399093-interior-department-will-no-longer-require-industry-to-offset.

Practicing Environmental Law (2017) (co-author, with Todd Aagaard & Dave Owen).

Two Years after Gold King Disaster, Trump Would Slash Funding for Abandoned Mines Cleanup, Legal Planet Blog (Aug. 8, 2017), https://legal-planet.org/2017/08/08/guest-blogger-justin-pidot-two-years-after-gold-king-disaster-trump-would-slash-funding-for-abandoned-mines-cleanup/.

The Congressional Review Act Run Amok:  Senate Poised to Block BLM Rule Protecting Taxpayers and the Environment, ACS Blog (Mar. 2, 2017), https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170807174201/https://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/the-congressional-review-act-run-amok-senate-poised-to-block-blm-rule-protecting-taxpayers.

Loyal Friend, Distinguished Scholar, and Devoted Conservationist:  The Legacy of Fred Cheever, 95 Denver L. Rev. 5 (2017) (co-author, with Susan Daggett).

Tie Votes and the 2016 Supreme Court Vacancy, 101 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 107 (2016).

Natural Baselines for Wildfire Takings Claims, 75 Md. L. Rev. 698 (2016).

Tie Votes in the Supreme Court, 101 Minn. L. Rev. 245 (2016).

Is the Coal Industry Too Big to Regulate? ACS Blog (Feb. 11, 2016), https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170805092338/https://acslaw.org/acsblog/is-the-coal-industry-too-big-to-regulate.

Eroding the Parcel, 39 Vt. L. Rev. 647 (2015).

Governance and Uncertainty, 37 Cardozo L. Rev. 113 (2015).

Environmental Settlements and Administrative Law, 39 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 191 (2015) (co-author, with Courtney R. McVean).

Symbolic, Cognitive and Structural Obstacles to Formulating Disaster Policy, Cassandra's Curse:  The Law and Foreseeable Future Disasters 33 (Austin Sara, Loyd Burton, & Lisa Grow Sun eds., 2015) (Studies in Law, Politics and Society Special Issue).

Constitutional Law, in The Year in Review 2014 Annual Report, ABA Environment, Energy, and Resources Law 320 (2015). (co-editor/author, with Michael Burger et al.).

The Exxon Mobil Investigation and Information Disclosure, ACS Blog (Nov. 13, 2015), https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170807160912/https://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/the-exxon-mobil-investigation-and-information-disclosure.

Michigan v. EPA:  The Latest in a Series of Anti-Agency Decisions, ACS Blog (Apr. 30, 2015), https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170805175148/https://acslaw.org/acsblog/michigan-v-epa-the-supreme-court-considers-hazardous-emissions-from-power-plants.

Proposed Bill Will Lead to More Animal Abuse, Not Less, Denver Post (Jan. 23, 2015) (co-author, with Justin Marceau et al.).

Forbidden Data:  Wyoming Just Criminalized Citizen Science, Slate (May 11, 2015).

Fees, Expenditures, and the Takings Clause, 41 Ecology L.Q. 131 (2014).

Oil and Gas and Floods, 48 U. Rich. L. Rev. 959 (2014).

Constitutional Law, in The Year in Review 2013 Annual Report, ABA Environment, Energy, and Resources Law 337 (2014). (co-editor/author, with Michael Burger et al.).

Supreme Court Rules CERCLA Does Not Preempt State Statutes of Repose, 46 Trends, no. 1, Sept.-Oct. 2014, at 9 (co-author, with Chelsea Thomas).

Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA:  Climate Litigation and Statutory Construction, ACS Blog (June 24, 2014), https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170805175321/https://acslaw.org/acsblog/utility-air-regulatory-group-v-epa-climate-litigation-and-statutory-construction.

Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA:  Reflections on the Argument, ACS Blog (Feb. 28, 2014), https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170809041135/https://acslaw.org/acsblog/utility-air-regulatory-group-v-epa-reflections-on-the-argument.

Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA:  Climate Change Returns to the Supreme Court, ACS Blog (Feb. 24, 2014), https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170810011626/https://acslaw.org/acsblog/utility-air-regulatory-group-v-epa-climate-change-returns-to-the-supreme-court.

Colorado’s New Revenge Porn Statute is Good Law and Sound Policy, Huffington Post (Aug. 1, 2014) (co-author, with Ian Farrell & Nancy Leong).

Deconstructing Disaster, 2013 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 213.

Ending Tax Revenue Standing, 91 Denver U. L. Rev. Online 1 (2013) (co-author, with Megan Moses).

Constitutional Law, in The Year in Review 2012 Annual Report, ABA Environment, Energy, and Resources Law 338 (2013). (co-editor/author, with Michael Burger et al.).

Preempting the Port of Los Angeles' Efforts to Improve Air Quality, 44 Trends, no. 6, July-Aug. 2013, at 17.

The Invisibility of Jurisdictional Procedure and Its Consequences, 64 Fla. L. Rev. 1405 (2012).

Jurisdictional Procedure, 54 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1 (2012).

The Gray Wolf Delisting Revisited, Legal Planet Blog (Aug. 16, 2011), https://legal-planet.org/2011/08/16/guest-blogger-justin-pidot-the-gray-wolf-delisting-revisited/.

Coastal Disaster Insurance in the Era of Global Warming:  The Case for Relying on the Private Market, Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute, Georgetown University Law Center (2007).

Global Warming in the Courts:  An Overview of Current Litigation and Common Legal Issues, Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute, Georgetown University Law Center (2006).