Alan Mygatt-Tauber

Alan Mygatt-Tauber

Adjunct Professor

EDUCATION

  • BS, cum laude, Political Science, University of Oregon, June 2001
  • MA, Political Science, The University of South Carolina, May 2010
  • JD, cum laude, The George Washington University School of Law, May 2004

Biography

Alan Mygatt-Tauber currently serves as Counsel, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Northwest, in Silverdale, WA, where he practices in a variety of areas, including government contracts, ethics, personnel, and fiscal law.  He is also an appellate advocate and has filed numerous briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  He has written and advocated extensively on the application of the Constitution outside the United States.  His first book, Medellin v. Texas: International Justice, Federalism, and the Execution of Jose Medellin, was published in September 2022 by the University Press of Kansas. Professor Mygatt-Tauber has taught at the University of South Carolina, Penn State University, and Virginia Commonwealth University.  He received his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Oregon, his J.D. from the George Washington University School of Law, and an M.A. in Political Science from the University of South Carolina.

Publications

  • Medellin v. Texas: International Justice, Federalism, and the Execution of Jose Medellin, University Press of Kansas (Fall, 2022)
  • "Overruling the Insular Cases on Their Own Terms," 33 GMU Civil Rights Law Journal ____ (Forthcoming, 2023)
  • “Rethinking the Reasoning of Verdguo-Urquidez,” 8 Ind. J. of L. & Soc. Equality 240 (May 2020)
  • “The Constitution Abroad: A Structural Analysis,” 1 Cts. & Just. L. J. 127 (2019)
  • “The Empire Forgotten: The Application of the Bill of Rights to U.S. Territories,” 57 Case Western Reserve Law Review 147 (Fall, 2006)
  • “Ninety Miles From Freedom?: The Rights of the Guantanamo Bay Detainees,” 18 St. Thomas Law Review 77 (Fall, 2005)