Submissions

We invite the submission of unsolicited manuscripts year round. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically to [email protected] and do not need to be anonymous.

Citations conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, supplemented by The Chicago Manual of Style. Anyone may submit, including students, professors, and practitioners.

See below for our policy regarding the use of AI in submitted materials.

Constitutional Commentary carefully considers all manuscripts that it receives. Given our space limitations, we must not only consider quality but also attempt to maintain a balance in subject matter. Consequently, we must sometimes reject articles of very high quality.

Authors should expect to hear back on their submissions within three months.

Policy Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence (September 2026)

Constitutional Commentary will not consider articles that substantially use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in creating the main substance of the submission.

Examples of prohibited uses include: core arguments or article structure generated by AI (with or without human edits) and entire articles or paragraphs originally drafted by AI (with or without human edits).

Constitutional Commentary prohibits in all submissions the unverified use of AI to research, quote, source, or analyze material or data. Such articles should not be submitted to Constitutional Commentary. If such prohibited and undisclosed AI use is suspected, Constitutional Commentary will reject the submission without explanation.

All submissions must include a concise disclosure of the scope of generative AI use by the author(s) and/or any research assistant(s) in the transmittal email, cover letter, or a separate Generative AI Disclosure by the author. Constitutional Commentary will not consider articles until it receives these AI disclosures.

If an article that uses AI is accepted for publication, authors should be prepared to disclose the AI model(s) used, and the general prompt(s) used and output(s) received. Constitutional Commentary reserves the right to withdraw offers of publication if undisclosed AI use is suspected.