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'''Robert James Spitzer''' (born September 12, 1953) is an American [[Political science|political scientist]], commentator, and author. Spitzer is the author of numerous books, articles, essays, papers, and op-eds on many topics related to American politics. His areas of specialty include the [[Presidency of the United States|American presidency]] and [[gun politics]].<ref name=SUNYPoliSciPR111024>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=News Detail:SUNY Cortland |url=http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/political-science/news-detail.dot?id=c08cd8ec-f387-4307-8dcb-e8fccc937d27 |
'''Robert James Spitzer''' (born September 12, 1953) is an American [[Political science|political scientist]], commentator, and author. Spitzer is the author of numerous books, articles, essays, papers, and op-eds on many topics related to American politics. His areas of specialty include the [[Presidency of the United States|American presidency]] and [[gun politics]].<ref name=SUNYPoliSciPR111024>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=News Detail:SUNY Cortland |url=http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/political-science/news-detail.dot?id=c08cd8ec-f387-4307-8dcb-e8fccc937d27 |publisher=State University of New York College at Cortland |date=October 24, 2011 |accessdate=January 18, 2014 }}</ref><ref>http://cornellsun.com/blog/2008/04/23/foreign-countries-divergent-in-strictness-of-gun-control/?ModPagespeed=noscript</ref><ref>http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2011/01/suny_cortland_professor_advoca.html</ref><ref name=SpitzerPost-Standard140107>{{cite news |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |date=January 7, 2014 |title=New York's gun laws aren't so tough, historically speaking (Commentary) |url=http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/01/new_yorks_gun_laws_arent_so_tough_historically_speaking_commentary.html |newspaper=Post-Standard |location=Syracuse, New York |publisher=Syracuse Media Group |accessdate=January 13, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=SpitzerFacultyHighlight2>{{cite web |url=http://www2.cortland.edu/schools/arts-and-sciences/robert-j.-spitzer.dot |title=Robert J. Spitzer: SUNY Cortland |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=June 21, 2005 |website=cortland.edu |publisher=State University College of New York at Cortland |accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Spitzer is a distinguished service professor of the [[political science]] department at the [[State University of New York at Cortland|State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland]].<ref name=SpitzerPost-Standard140107 /><ref name=SpitzerCV2012>{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByoyLoSA8QKpZ3E2SW5FbEVxYXM/edit?pli=1 |title=Curriculum Vitae:Robert J. Spitzer |
Spitzer is a distinguished service professor of the [[political science]] department at the [[State University of New York at Cortland|State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland]].<ref name=SpitzerPost-Standard140107 /><ref name=SpitzerCV2012>{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByoyLoSA8QKpZ3E2SW5FbEVxYXM/edit?pli=1 |title=Curriculum Vitae:Robert J. Spitzer |date=March 2012 |website=docs.google.com |accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> He has taught at SUNY Cortland since 1979, and as a visiting professor at [[Cornell University]] since 1988. At Cortland, he has served as chair of the Political Science Department from 1983–1989, 2005–2006, and from 2008 to 2020. He served as a member of the New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution from 1986–1990. At Cortland, he teaches many courses in the political science department, including Introduction to American Politics, The American Presidency, the Legislative Process, and Gun Policy. |
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==Work== |
==Work== |
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Prior to 1988's ''The Presidential Veto'', there had been no analytical, book-length account of the subject in almost 100 years. Spitzer's work examines its history and concludes that the [[Presidential veto#United States|presidential veto]] has lost the revisionary power as the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founder's]] understood it at the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention.]] Melvin A. Kulbicki called the book an excellent text and a "well-written blend of theory and practical politics."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/301812/Reviews |title=The Presidential Veto, by R.J. Spitzer |last=Kulbicki |first=Melvin A. |year=1988 |website=library.villanova.edu |publisher=Villanova University |type=Review |accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> |
Prior to 1988's ''The Presidential Veto'', there had been no analytical, book-length account of the subject in almost 100 years. Spitzer's work examines its history and concludes that the [[Presidential veto#United States|presidential veto]] has lost the revisionary power as the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founder's]] understood it at the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention.]] Melvin A. Kulbicki called the book an excellent text and a "well-written blend of theory and practical politics."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/301812/Reviews |title=The Presidential Veto, by R.J. Spitzer |last=Kulbicki |first=Melvin A. |year=1988 |website=library.villanova.edu |publisher=Villanova University |type=Review |accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> |
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Spitzer served as president of the Presidency Research Group of the [[American Political Science Association]] from 2001-2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/Renka/PRG/PRG_leadership_history.asp#PRG_Steering_Committee-2002-2003 |title=PRG Leadership History |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |
Spitzer served as president of the Presidency Research Group of the [[American Political Science Association]] from 2001-2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/Renka/PRG/PRG_leadership_history.asp#PRG_Steering_Committee-2002-2003 |title=PRG Leadership History |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=cstl-cla.semo.edu/Renka/ |publisher=Russell D. Renka |accessdate=18 January 2014}}</ref> |
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===Gun control=== |
===Gun control=== |
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Since the 1980s, Spitzer has written books, spoken at public gatherings, written articles for newspapers, and appeared on numerous radio and television shows about [[gun control]].<ref name="thedianerehmshow">{{cite interview |last=Spitzer |first=Robert |last2=Kucinich |first2=Jackie |last3=McCarthy |first3=Carolyn |last4=Menino |first4=Thomas |last5=Kois |first5=Dan |interviewer=[[Diane Rehm]] |title=An Update On Efforts To Prevent Gun Violence |url=http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-01-07/update-effortsto-prevent-gun-violence/transcript |type=interview transcript |work=[[The Diane Rehm Show]] |publisher=[[WAMU]] |location=Washington D.C. |date=January 7, 2013 |
Since the 1980s, Spitzer has written books, spoken at public gatherings, written articles for newspapers, and appeared on numerous radio and television shows about [[gun control]].<ref name="thedianerehmshow">{{cite interview |last=Spitzer |first=Robert |last2=Kucinich |first2=Jackie |last3=McCarthy |first3=Carolyn |last4=Menino |first4=Thomas |last5=Kois |first5=Dan |interviewer=[[Diane Rehm]] |title=An Update On Efforts To Prevent Gun Violence |url=http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-01-07/update-effortsto-prevent-gun-violence/transcript |type=interview transcript |work=[[The Diane Rehm Show]] |publisher=[[WAMU]] |location=Washington D.C. |date=January 7, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite news |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |date=February 27, 2011 |title=Campuses Just Say 'No' to Guns |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-spitzer/campuses_no_guns_b_828822.html |type=Blog |publisher=The Huffington Post }}</ref> His written work on the subject has appeared in the ''Washington Post''<ref name=Spitzer121221>{{cite news |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |date=December 21, 2012 |title=Five myths about gun control |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-gun-control/2012/12/21/6ffe0ae8-49fd-11e2-820e-17eefac2f939_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |type=Opinion |publisher=washingtonpost.com |accessdate=January 18, 2014 }}</ref> and the ''New York Daily News''.<ref name=Spitzer130117>{{cite news |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |date=January 17, 2013 |title=The President's need for speed |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/president-speed-article-1.1241395 |newspaper=New York Daily News |type=Opinion |publisher=nydailynews.com |accessdate=January 18, 2014 }}</ref> He has appeared on NPR's ''Fresh Air With Terry Gross''<ref name=NPR110127>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s).--> |date=January 27, 2011 |title=After Tucson Shootings, NRA Again Shows Its Strength |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/01/27/133247508/the-history-and-growing-influence-of-the-nra?&f=13&sc=tw&cc=freshair |type=Companion story to interview |publisher=NPR |accessdate=January 18, 2014 }}</ref> and on MSNBC's ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann''.<ref name=Olbermann110112>{{cite interview |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |interviewer=[[Keith Olbermann]] |title=Countdown: GOP leadership rejects gun-control legislation |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/3036677/vp/41050819#41050819 |type=Interview: Video |work=[[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]] |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |date=January 12, 2011 |accessdate=January 18, 2014 }}</ref> |
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After former president [[Jimmy Carter]] wrote an op-ed about [[Federal assault weapons ban|the 1994 assault weapons ban]],<ref name=CarterOpEdNYT>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Jimmy |date=April 26, 2009 |title=What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27Carter.html |newspaper=New York Times |type=Opinion |
After former president [[Jimmy Carter]] wrote an op-ed about [[Federal assault weapons ban|the 1994 assault weapons ban]],<ref name=CarterOpEdNYT>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Jimmy |date=April 26, 2009 |title=What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27Carter.html |newspaper=New York Times |type=Opinion |publisher=nytimes.com |accessdate=January 18, 2014 }}</ref> the ''New York Times'' asked its readers, "Where do you stand on assault weapons?" Spitzer replied that one approach to "breaking the political deadlock over gun control" would be to treat it like [[International Arms Control|international arms relations]] and "renounce disarmament but embrace arms control, especially for weapons of military origin."<ref name=SpitzerReply2NYTQ>{{cite news |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |date=May 1, 2009 |title=Re 'What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons?' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/opinion/l02guns.html |newspaper=New York Times |type=Opinion |publisher=nytimes.com |accessdate=January 18, 2014 }}</ref> |
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Prior to and since the [[United States Supreme Court]] rulings in ''[[District of Columbia v. Heller]]'' (2008) and ''[[McDonald v. Chicago]]'' (2010), Spitzer also argues that history and prior law do not support the [[Individualism|individualist]] interpretation of the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] reflected in these two recent court rulings.<ref name=SpitzerLostandFound>{{cite journal |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |date=October 11, 2013 | |
Prior to and since the [[United States Supreme Court]] rulings in ''[[District of Columbia v. Heller]]'' (2008) and ''[[McDonald v. Chicago]]'' (2010), Spitzer also argues that history and prior law do not support the [[Individualism|individualist]] interpretation of the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] reflected in these two recent court rulings.<ref name=SpitzerLostandFound>{{cite journal |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |date=October 11, 2013 |orig-year=2000 |title=Lost and Found: Researching the Second Amendment |url=http://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3294&context=cklawreview |format=PDF |journal=Chicago-Kent Law Review |publisher=Scholarly Commons |volume=76 |issue=1 |accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref> Since the cases were handed down, he wrote: "The ''Heller'' and ''McDonald'' rulings established, as a matter of law, an individual rights interpretation of the Second Amendment. But while judges can change the law, they cannot change history, and the historical record largely contradicts the bases for these two recent rulings."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/righting-the-gun-debate |title=Righting the Gun Debate |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |date=February 10, 2013 |website=lareviewofbooks.org |publisher=LA Review of Books |type=Essay |accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> |
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Spitzer is the author of five books on gun control: ''The Politics of Gun Control,''<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=287436 |title=The Politics of Gun Control |edition=6th |publisher=Paradigm |date=November 1, 2014 |accessdate=May 25, 2015 |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. }}</ref> ''The Right to Bear Arms,''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/subpages/reviews/spitzerarms.htm |title=The Right to Bear Arms, by Robert J. Spitzer |last=Hoffman |first=Daniel |year=2002 |website=gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/ |publisher=Department of Government & Politics, University of Maryland |type=Review |accessdate=January 18, 2014 |url-status=dead | |
Spitzer is the author of five books on gun control: ''The Politics of Gun Control,''<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=287436 |title=The Politics of Gun Control |edition=6th |publisher=Paradigm |date=November 1, 2014 |accessdate=May 25, 2015 |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. }}</ref> ''The Right to Bear Arms,''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/subpages/reviews/spitzerarms.htm |title=The Right to Bear Arms, by Robert J. Spitzer |last=Hoffman |first=Daniel |year=2002 |website=gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/ |publisher=Department of Government & Politics, University of Maryland |type=Review |accessdate=January 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230101059/http://www.gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/subpages/reviews/spitzerarms.htm |archive-date=December 30, 2013 }}</ref> ''Gun Control: A Documentary and Reference Guide,''<ref>{{cite book |last=Spitzer |first=Robert J. |date=March 20, 2009 |title=Gun Control: A Documentary and Reference Guide |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=978-0313345661 }}</ref> coauthor, along with Glenn H. Utter, of ''Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/8188 |title=BOOK REVIEW: Encyclopedia of Gun Control & Gun Rights, 2nd edition |last=Baus |first=Chad D. |date=February 24, 2012 |website=buckeyefirearms.org |publisher=Buckeye Firearms Association |accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> and ''Guns across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights''<ref name="global.oup.com">https://global.oup.com/academic/product/guns-across-america-9780190228583?cc=us&lang=en&</ref> |
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===Other work=== |
===Other work=== |
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In addition to the American presidency and gun politics, Spitzer has researched and written on many topics related to American politics and public policy, including the behavior of American institutions, national elections, the mass media, the Constitution, and New York State politics and policy. His [[monograph]] ''The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics'' was a close examination of the New York-based [[New York State Right to Life Party|Right to Life]] political party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8748701 |title=The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics, by Robert J. Spitzer |
In addition to the American presidency and gun politics, Spitzer has researched and written on many topics related to American politics and public policy, including the behavior of American institutions, national elections, the mass media, the Constitution, and New York State politics and policy. His [[monograph]] ''The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics'' was a close examination of the New York-based [[New York State Right to Life Party|Right to Life]] political party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8748701 |title=The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics, by Robert J. Spitzer |year=1988 |website=journals.cambridge.org |publisher=Cambridge University Press |type=Review |accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> His book ''Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Education and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/reviews/2008/09/saving-constitution-from-lawyers-how.html |title=Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Education and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning, by Robert J. Spitzer |last=Schmidt |first=Patrick |year=2008 |website=gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/reviews/ |type=Review |accessdate=January 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230143959/http://www.gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/reviews/2008/09/saving-constitution-from-lawyers-how.html |archive-date=December 30, 2013 }}</ref> argues that legal training serves the practice of law well, but, according to the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'', "presents a sharp critique of the 'wayward constitutional theorizing' published in law journals."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://harvardlawreview.org/media/pdf/recent_pubs0209.pdf |title=Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Education and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning, by Robert J. Spitzer |year=2008 |website=[[Harvard Law Review]] |type=Review |accessdate=January 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118040250/http://harvardlawreview.org/media/pdf/recent_pubs0209.pdf |archive-date=January 18, 2014 }}</ref> Pulitizer Prize winning historian [[Jack Rakove]] said of this book, "Nowhere is the gap between pretension and performance [in legal education] more evident than in the realm of constitutional law, and Robert Spitzer explains why."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Saving-Constitution-Lawyers-Training-Constitutional/dp/B008SMSWS4 |title=Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Education and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning, by Robert J. Spitzer |last=Rakove |first=Jack |year=2008 |website=amazon.com |type=Review |accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> Since 1997, Spitzer has been series editor for the book series on American [[Constitutionalism]] published by [[SUNY Press]].<ref name=SpitzerFacultyHighlight2 /> |
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==Personal life and education== |
==Personal life and education== |
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*2011 ''Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights'' (with Glenn Utter) |
*2011 ''Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights'' (with Glenn Utter) |
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*2015 ''Guns across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights''<ref name="global.oup.com"/> |
*2015 ''Guns across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights''<ref name="global.oup.com"/> |
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*2021 ''We the People: Essentials Edition'' (13th ed., co-author)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/political-science/faculty-staff-detail.dot?fsid=312710 |title=Faculty/Staff Detail: Robert Spitzer |
*2021 ''We the People: Essentials Edition'' (13th ed., co-author)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/political-science/faculty-staff-detail.dot?fsid=312710 |title=Faculty/Staff Detail: Robert Spitzer |website=cortland.edu |accessdate=January 13, 2014}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 17:26, 30 November 2020
Robert James Spitzer (born September 12, 1953) is an American political scientist, commentator, and author. Spitzer is the author of numerous books, articles, essays, papers, and op-eds on many topics related to American politics. His areas of specialty include the American presidency and gun politics.[1][2][3][4][5]
Career
Spitzer is a distinguished service professor of the political science department at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland.[4][6] He has taught at SUNY Cortland since 1979, and as a visiting professor at Cornell University since 1988. At Cortland, he has served as chair of the Political Science Department from 1983–1989, 2005–2006, and from 2008 to 2020. He served as a member of the New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution from 1986–1990. At Cortland, he teaches many courses in the political science department, including Introduction to American Politics, The American Presidency, the Legislative Process, and Gun Policy.
Work
Views on American presidency
In 1983 Spitzer's first book, The Presidency and Public Policy, challenged the model for presidential success espoused by Richard E. Neustadt with a policy approach based on Theodore J. Lowi's "arenas of power." Spitzer argued that the type of policy proposed by a president, not personal political skill, shaped the president's success in Congress. Michael A. Genovese felt "a more explicit application" to Lyndon Johnson's and Ronald Reagan's early years would have improved Spitzer's study, but otherwise gave it a collegial thumbs-up.[7]
Prior to 1988's The Presidential Veto, there had been no analytical, book-length account of the subject in almost 100 years. Spitzer's work examines its history and concludes that the presidential veto has lost the revisionary power as the Founder's understood it at the Constitutional Convention. Melvin A. Kulbicki called the book an excellent text and a "well-written blend of theory and practical politics."[8]
Spitzer served as president of the Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science Association from 2001-2003.[9]
Gun control
Since the 1980s, Spitzer has written books, spoken at public gatherings, written articles for newspapers, and appeared on numerous radio and television shows about gun control.[10][11] His written work on the subject has appeared in the Washington Post[12] and the New York Daily News.[13] He has appeared on NPR's Fresh Air With Terry Gross[14] and on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann.[15]
After former president Jimmy Carter wrote an op-ed about the 1994 assault weapons ban,[16] the New York Times asked its readers, "Where do you stand on assault weapons?" Spitzer replied that one approach to "breaking the political deadlock over gun control" would be to treat it like international arms relations and "renounce disarmament but embrace arms control, especially for weapons of military origin."[17]
Prior to and since the United States Supreme Court rulings in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. Chicago (2010), Spitzer also argues that history and prior law do not support the individualist interpretation of the Second Amendment reflected in these two recent court rulings.[18] Since the cases were handed down, he wrote: "The Heller and McDonald rulings established, as a matter of law, an individual rights interpretation of the Second Amendment. But while judges can change the law, they cannot change history, and the historical record largely contradicts the bases for these two recent rulings."[19]
Spitzer is the author of five books on gun control: The Politics of Gun Control,[20] The Right to Bear Arms,[21] Gun Control: A Documentary and Reference Guide,[22] coauthor, along with Glenn H. Utter, of Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights[23] and Guns across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights[24]
Other work
In addition to the American presidency and gun politics, Spitzer has researched and written on many topics related to American politics and public policy, including the behavior of American institutions, national elections, the mass media, the Constitution, and New York State politics and policy. His monograph The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics was a close examination of the New York-based Right to Life political party.[25] His book Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Education and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning,[26] argues that legal training serves the practice of law well, but, according to the Harvard Law Review, "presents a sharp critique of the 'wayward constitutional theorizing' published in law journals."[27] Pulitizer Prize winning historian Jack Rakove said of this book, "Nowhere is the gap between pretension and performance [in legal education] more evident than in the realm of constitutional law, and Robert Spitzer explains why."[28] Since 1997, Spitzer has been series editor for the book series on American Constitutionalism published by SUNY Press.[5]
Personal life and education
Spitzer was born in Utica, New York in 1953.[29] He received his A.B. degree, summa cum laude, from SUNY Fredonia in 1975, his master's degree from Cornell University in 1978, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1980. According to Spitzer himself, he is a huge fan of this website and absolutely enjoys when his students use it in assignments, especially in his American Presidency class.
Partial bibliography
- 1983 The Presidency and Public Policy
- 1987 The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics
- 1988 The Presidential Veto
- 1990 The Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution
- 1993 President and Congress
- 1993 Media and Public Policy
- 1995 The Politics of Gun Control (8th edition, 2021)
- 2000 Politics and Constitutionalism
- 2001 The Right to Bear Arms
- 2002 Essentials of American Politics
- 2005 The Presidency and the Constitution (with Michael Genovese)
- 2008 Saving the Constitution from Lawyers
- 2009 Gun Control: A Documentary and Reference Guide
- 2011 Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights (with Glenn Utter)
- 2015 Guns across America: Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights[24]
- 2021 We the People: Essentials Edition (13th ed., co-author)[30]
References
- ^ "News Detail:SUNY Cortland" (Press release). State University of New York College at Cortland. October 24, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ http://cornellsun.com/blog/2008/04/23/foreign-countries-divergent-in-strictness-of-gun-control/?ModPagespeed=noscript
- ^ http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2011/01/suny_cortland_professor_advoca.html
- ^ a b Spitzer, Robert J. (January 7, 2014). "New York's gun laws aren't so tough, historically speaking (Commentary)". Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse Media Group. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
- ^ a b "Robert J. Spitzer: SUNY Cortland". cortland.edu. State University College of New York at Cortland. June 21, 2005. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae:Robert J. Spitzer". docs.google.com. March 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ Genovese, Michael A. (1985). "The Presidency and Public Policy: The Four Arenas of Presidential Power, by R.J. Spitzer". digitalcommons.lmu.edu (Review). Loyola Marymount University. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ Kulbicki, Melvin A. (1988). "The Presidential Veto, by R.J. Spitzer". library.villanova.edu (Review). Villanova University. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ "PRG Leadership History". cstl-cla.semo.edu/Renka/. Russell D. Renka. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ Spitzer, Robert; Kucinich, Jackie; McCarthy, Carolyn; Menino, Thomas; Kois, Dan (January 7, 2013). "An Update On Efforts To Prevent Gun Violence". The Diane Rehm Show (interview transcript). Interviewed by Diane Rehm. Washington D.C.: WAMU.
- ^ Spitzer, Robert J. (February 27, 2011). "Campuses Just Say 'No' to Guns" (Blog). The Huffington Post.
- ^ Spitzer, Robert J. (December 21, 2012). "Five myths about gun control". Washington Post (Opinion). washingtonpost.com. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ Spitzer, Robert J. (January 17, 2013). "The President's need for speed". New York Daily News (Opinion). nydailynews.com. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ "After Tucson Shootings, NRA Again Shows Its Strength" (Companion story to interview). NPR. January 27, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ Spitzer, Robert J. (January 12, 2011). "Countdown: GOP leadership rejects gun-control legislation". Countdown with Keith Olbermann (Interview: Video). Interviewed by Keith Olbermann. MSNBC. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ Carter, Jimmy (April 26, 2009). "What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons?". New York Times (Opinion). nytimes.com. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ Spitzer, Robert J. (May 1, 2009). "Re 'What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons?'". New York Times (Opinion). nytimes.com. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ Spitzer, Robert J. (October 11, 2013) [2000]. "Lost and Found: Researching the Second Amendment" (PDF). Chicago-Kent Law Review. 76 (1). Scholarly Commons. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- ^ Spitzer, Robert J. (February 10, 2013). "Righting the Gun Debate". lareviewofbooks.org (Essay). LA Review of Books. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ Spitzer, Robert J. (November 1, 2014). The Politics of Gun Control (6th ed.). Paradigm. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ Hoffman, Daniel (2002). "The Right to Bear Arms, by Robert J. Spitzer". gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/ (Review). Department of Government & Politics, University of Maryland. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ Spitzer, Robert J. (March 20, 2009). Gun Control: A Documentary and Reference Guide. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0313345661.
- ^ Baus, Chad D. (February 24, 2012). "BOOK REVIEW: Encyclopedia of Gun Control & Gun Rights, 2nd edition". buckeyefirearms.org. Buckeye Firearms Association. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ a b https://global.oup.com/academic/product/guns-across-america-9780190228583?cc=us&lang=en&
- ^ "The Right to Life Movement and Third Party Politics, by Robert J. Spitzer". journals.cambridge.org (Review). Cambridge University Press. 1988. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ Schmidt, Patrick (2008). "Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Education and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning, by Robert J. Spitzer". gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/reviews/ (Review). Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
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- ^ Kay, Ernest (1987). International Who's Who in Education, Volume 3. International Biographical Centre. ISBN 9780900332876.
- ^ "Faculty/Staff Detail: Robert Spitzer". cortland.edu. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
External links
- Faculty/Staff Detail: Robert Spitzer Biography at State University of New York (SUNY) Cortland
- Presidents and Executive Politics section of the American Political Science Association