LAW REVIEW ARTICLES & CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

"Executive Branch Legalities," responding to Trevor W. Morrison, "Constitutional Alarmism," [124 Harv. L. Rev. 1688 (2011)], Harvard Law Review Forum (2012).

Available at http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/124/may11/forum_977.php.

(With Braman, Donald.) "Judicial Backlash or Just Backlash? Evidence from a National Experiment," 112 Columbia Law Review 731-799 (2012).

"Docket Control and Success of Constitutional Courts," in Comparative Constitutional Law. Edited by Tom Ginsburg and Rosalind Dixon. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2011.

"The Rise and Fall of Comparative Constitutional Law in the Postwar Era," 36 Yale Journal of International Law 1-53 (2011).

"Comparative Originalism," 88 Texas Law Review See Also 189-199 (2010).

Available at http://www.texaslrev.com/wp-content/uploads/Fontana-88-TLRSA-189.pdf.

"Obama and the American Civil Religion from the Political Left," (Symposium: Civil Religion in the United States and Europe) 41 The George Washington International Law Review 909-922 (2010).

"The Permanent and Presidential Transition Models of Political Party Policy Leadership," 103 Northwestern University Law Review 1993-2005 (2010).

"Government in Opposition," 119 Yale Law Journal 548-623 (2009).

"The Second American Revolution in the Separation of Powers" (Symposium: What, If Anything, Do We Know About Constitutional Design), 87 Texas Law Review 1409-1429 (2009).

"A Defense of the Supreme Court's Use of Foreign Law," 24 International Litigation Quarterly 8-14 (2008).

"Reforming the Administrative Procedure Act: Democracy Index Rulemaking." 74 Fordham Law Review 81-127 (2005)

"The Next Generation of Transnational/Domestic Constitutional Law Scholarship: A Reply to Professor Tushnet." 38 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 445-483 (2004).

(With Ackerman, Bruce.) "Thomas Jefferson Counts Himself Into the Presidency," 90 Virginia Law Review 551-643 (2004).

"A Case for the Twenty-first Century Constitutional Canon: Schneiderman v. United States." 35 Connecticut Law Review 35-90 (2002).

"Refined Comparativism in Constitutional Law." 49 UCLA Law Review 539-623 (2001).

BOOK REVIEWS

 Review of The First Amendment in Cross-Cultural Perspective, by Ronald J. Krotoszynski. 56 Am. J. Comp. L. 1085-1094 (2008).

"The Current Generation of Constitutional Law." Review of The New Constitutional Order, by Mark Tushnet. 93 Georgetown Law Journal 1061-1091 (2005).

 Review of Comparative Constitutional Law, by Vicki C. Jackson & Mark Tushnet. 25 Yale Journal of International Law 242-244 (2000).

 Review of Global Justice, by Ian Shapiro & Lea Brilmayer. 25 Yale Journal of International Law 557-560 (2000).

OTHER

(With Braman, Donald.) "The New Republic: Supreme Anxiety," The New Republic (Jan. 19, 2012).
Available at: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/19/145445550/the-new-republic-supreme-anxiety.

"In Defense of Dick Vitale," The New Republic Online (Mar. 13, 2012), http://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/101589/in-defense-dick-vitale.

"Obama Should Pack the (Lower) Courts," The New Republic Online (Mar. 13, 2012), http://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/101566/obama-symposium-judge-appointment-federal-court.

"Law School Confidential: How to Fix Legal Education," The New Republic Online (Nov. 20, 2012), http://www.newrepublic.com/book/review/failing-law-schools-how-to-fix-legal-education-brian-tamanaha-harvard-yale.

"Judging Obama's Second Term," The Huffington Post (Nov. 14, 2012), http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-fontana/obama-judicial-appointments-2nd-term_b_2131912.html

"Juding the Senate," The Huffington Post (Nov. 26, 2012), http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-fontana/judging-the-senate_b_2193627.html.

"Sonia Sotomayor: How She Became the Public Face of the Supreme Court's Liberal Wing," The New Republic Online (June 29, 2011), http://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/91013/sonia-sotomayor-supreme-court-liberal-voice.

"When Security Is Bad for Democracy: The Case for the Death of Congressional Safe Seats," The New Repulbic Online (Nov. 10, 2010).
Available at http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/79033/security-bad-democracy-congressional-seats.

"Kagan's Record on Executive Power," Politco (May 10, 2010, 3:40 PM).
Available at http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37014.html.

"The Postradical Legal Generation," The Chronicle Review, May 19, 2010.
Available at http://chronicle.com/article/The-Postradical-Legal-Gener/65623/.

(With Grossman, Seth.) "Elizabeth Warren," Slate (Apr. 7, 2010).

"Stephen Breyer's Making Democracy Work," Washington Post (Oc. 3, 2010), http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/01/AR2010100103520.html.

"Honduras and Constitutional Democracy," The New Republic Online (July 10, 2009).

"A New Kind of Adviser," The New Republic Online (May 5, 2009).

(With Schwartzman, Micah.) "Old World," The New Republic Online (July 17, 2009).

"Going Robe," The New Republic Online (Dec. 17, 2009).

"The Supreme Court Missing in Action," Dissent Magazine, p. 68-74 (Spring 2008).

"Appointing Prosecutors: Make It Less Political," National Law Journal, (April 30, 2007).

"Reevaluation ." The New Republic Online (May 4, 2007).

"Take Some of the Politics Out of U.S. Attorney Selection Process," National Law Journal (May 7, 2007).

(With Florence, Justin.) "Whose Prisoners Are They, Anyway?," Slate (Dec. 14, 2007).

"Tony Blair's Legacy," The New Republic Online (May 15, 2007).

"American Law Schools, Meet the World." 52 Chronicle of Higher Education (Chronicle Review), no. 38, p. B10 (May 26, 2006).

"Foreign Exchange." The New Republic Online (Mar. 3, 2005).

"Split Decision." The New Republic Online (Apr. 22, 2005).

"Putting Florida on the Primary Stage." The Tallahassee Democrat (Jan. 27, 2004).

"The New Crime Victims' Rights Act: Empowering Victims Without Harming Defendants' Rights." Findlaw (May 20, 2004). Available at: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/student/20040520_fontana.html

(With Bruce Ackerman). "How Jefferson Counted Himself In." 293 The Atlantic Monthly, no. 2, p. 84 (Mar. 1, 2004).

"Bush is Wrong to Oppose EU 'Statehood.' The Los Angeles Times p. 19B (Nov. 27, 2003).