Biography:
B.S., Mississippi State University
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Nuclear Engineering)
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Technology & Policy)
J.D., Georgetown University
LL.M., Georgetown University
Professor Turnipseed has written in the areas of Article I constitutional law, eminent domain, sexuality and the law, spousal property rights upon death, trust fiduciary law, transfer taxation, and the separation of church and state. He teaches courses in eminent domain, estate planning, wills and trusts, estate and gift taxation, first-year property, and nuclear engineering. Professor Turnipseed has a courtesy appointment in the L. C. Smith College of Engineering at Syracuse University.
Professor Turnipseed has an LL.M in Tax, cum laude, and a J.D. from Georgetown University and two graduate degrees from MIT in Nuclear Engineering and Technology and Policy where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow. Professor Turnipseed received a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering, summa cum laude, from Mississippi State University where he was a Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholar and has been designated as a Distinguished Engineering Fellow. He has been named a member of the Board of Advisors for the College of Engineering.
Publications:
All the President's Signatures: The Constitutional Quibble with the Autopen (It's Not What You Think It Is), Slate, August 24, 2011
The President and the Autopen: It Is Unconstitutional for Someone or Something to Sign a Bill Outside of the President's Presence, 17 Fl. J. Tech. Law and Policy ___ (2012).
Community Property v. the Elective Share, Louisiana Law Review (forthcoming).
Adult Adoption of Lovers and Spouses to Help Ensure Their Inheritance: Fair or Foul? Book chapter in The Public Nature of Private Property, part of a book series sponsored by the Association for Law, Property & Society, Inc.
Is Voting in Church's (or Anywhere Else) Unconstitutional?: The Polling Place Priming Effect, 91 B.U. L. Rev. 561 (2011).
Scalia's Ship of Revulsion Has Sailed: Will Lawrence Protect Adults Who Adopt Lovers to Help Ensure Their Inheritance From Incest Prosecution? , 32 Hamline L. Rev. 95 (Winter 2009).
How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Days: Deathbed Marriages in America, Kentucky Law Journal, 96 K.L.J. 275 (March 2008).
2007 Annual Survey of New York Law- Estates and Trusts, 57
Syracuse L. Rev. 1135 (2007). [19 pages]Why Shouldn’t I Be Allowed to Leave My Property to Whomever I Choose At My Death? (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving the French), Brandeis Law Journal at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, 44 B.L.J. 737 (2006).
Supreme Shocker! Anna Nicole Goes to High Court, New York Daily News, February 23, 2006.
Charitable Trusts Benefit Donors and College of Law, Syracuse Law Honor Roll of Donors, August 2005.
Back to the Future: Is Total Return Investing Old Fashioned? American Law Institute - American Bar Association, Representing Estate and Trust Beneficiaries and Fiduciaries, July 2, 2004.
Practitioner's Corner: Final Regulations on Trust Accounting Income Adjust to Modern Trust Practice, Federal Tax Weekly, January 4, 2004.
Tools for Better Balancing the Interests of Income Benenficiaries and Remainderment, Tax Management Memorandum, Vol. 44, No. 13, June 30, 2003, and Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal, Vol. 28, No. 5, September 11, 2003.
Fleeing the Firm Doesn't Have to Mean Leaving the Law, Legal Times, May 17, 1999.
New Charitable Remainder Trust Regulations, The Tax Advisor, 3-99 T.T.A. 151, March 1999.
Who's Minding the Army's Stores? Legal Times, p.29, March 17, 1997.
Media Appearances:
Justice: Is it unconstitutional for presidents to sign bills by autopen? Think Progress, August 25, 2011.
Does signing a bill into law with an autopen present constitutional problems? Professor Terry Turnipseed explains how it might. Above The Law, August 24, 2011.
Nobody should be signing bills for the president, not even when the president orders them to do so, Stubborn Facts, August 24, 2011.
It’s not the Autopen, it’s the Proxy Presence Requirement, TheConstitutional.org, August 23, 2011.
It’s not the Autopen, it’s the Proxy Presence Requirement, Constitutional Law Prof Blog, August 22, 2011.
Autopen Signatures, Wills, Trusts & Estates Law Prof Blog, August 15, 2011.
Auto-Signed Bills – Constitutional? State Bar of Michigan Blog, August 15, 2011.
Turnipseed on Presidential Signatures and the Autopen, Legal Theory Blog, August 12, 2011.
Turnipseed on Presidential Signatures and the Autopen, LawyerBlog, August 12, 2011.
Deathbed Billionaires Continue to Pursue Lustful Marriages While Heirs Wait and Worry, The Trust Advisor, June 18, 2011 (quoted).
Scripps Networks Gains Most in 2 Years After Trust Petition, Bloomberg News Service, June 17, 2011 (quoted).
Unholy Matrimony: How to Fight Back, Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2011 (quoted).
Kiss-immee of Death, Trust & Estates Magazine, April 20, 2011 (quoted).
In Auburn, Individual Rights Clash With the Greater Good,
Syracuse Post-Standard, April 5, 2010 (quoted).
WTVH (CBS TV) news interview regarding Auburn eminent domain issues, April 2, 2010.
Road Project at Standstill: 2 Property Owners Hold up Camillus' Land Acquisition, Syracuse Post-Standard, December 5, 2007(quoted).It's More Expensive Today for Cities to Have Proper Legal Representation, Syracuse Post-Standard, October 14, 2007, reprinted November 23, 2007 (quoted).
Excluded Heirs Put Spotlight on Updating Wills and Trusts, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, June 4, 2007 (quoted).Excluded Heirs in the Spotlight, The Minnesota Lawyer, May 21, 2007 (quoted).Atkins Estate Battle Offers Advisors Lessons, Craine's Investment News, May 14, 2007 (quoted).
Excluded Heirs in the Spotlight, The Daily Record of Rochester, May 8, 2007 (quoted).World May Know Today How Anna Nicole Died, Houston Chronicle, March 26, 2007 (quoted).Law: Teaching by Tabloid, Newsweek, p. 14, March 19, 2007 (quoted).Give and Save Through Your IRA, Syracuse Law Magazine, Winter 2007 (quoted).
Experts Skeptical About Anti-NYRI Bills, Utica Observer-Dispatch, February 6, 2007 (quoted).
Power Line Company Strikes Back: Lawsuit Takes Aim at Eminent Domain Law, Utica Observer-Dispatch, February 2, 2007 (quoted). WSTM (NBC TV) news interview regarding the eminent domain issues, October 5, 2006.
Anna Nicole Smith Case Sends Ripples Though Probate World, Lawyers USA, page 1, May 22, 2006 (quoted).
WSTM (NBC TV) live news interview regarding the
Marshall v. Marshall Supreme Court decision May 7, 2006.
Commented on May 1, 2006, Marshall v. Marshall Supreme Court decision.
SU Professor: U.S. Supreme Court Likely to Side With Ex-playmate, Syracuse Post-Standard, March 1, 2006 (quoted).
Anna Nicole Smith Gets Her Day in Supreme Court, Foxnews.com, March 1, 2006 (quoted).
Special Report With Brit Hume, Fox News Network, interview regarding
Marshall v. Marshall Supreme Court oral argument, February 28, 2006.
Invited to attend the Supreme Court oral argument in Marshall v. Marshall, the Anna Nicole Smith case, February 28, 2006.
WSYR interview previewing the
Marshall v. Marshall Supreme Court oral argument February 23, 2006.
Trust & Estates Law: Speakers Review Fiduciary Income Taxes, Lay Out the Basics, New York State Bar News, March/April 2006 (report on January 25, 2006, presentation before the New York Bar Association Annual Meeting).
WSTM (NBC TV) news story regarding the
Marshall v. Marshall Supreme Court oral argument February 28, 2006 (quoted).
WSYR interview on the U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of New England, December 5, 2005.
WSYR Interview on the Nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, October 31, 2005.
WBFL Interview on the Nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, October 4, 2005.
WAER Interview on the Nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, October 3, 2005.
WSYR Interview on the Nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, October 3, 2005.
WAER Presentation of September 22, 2005 Thursday Morning Roundtable on Eminent Domain Issues, September 26, 2005.
[WIndows Media Audio]Eminent domain issues discussed: Thursday Morning Roundtable Looks at U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Syracuse Post-Standard, September 23, 2005 (quoted).
WBFL Interview on Eminent Domain Issues, September 22, 2005.
7 Pages of Questions for Judge Roberts; Senator Charles Schumer Meets for Nearly an Hour with Bush Supreme Court Nominee, Syracuse Post-Standard, July 22, 2005 (quoted).
Voices; On Destiny and Eminent Domain, Syracuse Post-Standard, June 24, 2005 (quoted).
8 Questions for an Expert, Syracuse Post-Standard, June 5, 2005 (quoted).
Final Exam for Area Law Schools: Alumni Discuss How Well - or Poorly - Their Alma Maters Prepared Them for the Law, The Legal Times (September 4, 2000)(quoted).
Syracuse Post-Standard, December 5, 2007 (quoted).
Scholarly Presentations:
Is Voting in Churches Unconstitutional?, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference, Hilton Head, SC, July 25, 2011 (winner of “Call to Papers” award).
Community Property v. the Elective Share, Louisiana Law Review Symposium on Community Property, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, April 1, 2011.
Is Voting in Churches Unconstitutional?, Association of Law, Property and Society Conference, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, March 4-5, 2011.
Community Property v. the Elective Share, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference, Palm Beach, FL, August 30–September 5, 2010.
Keynote Address, Law Day, Onondaga County Bar Association, May 4, 2010.
Adult Adoption of Lovers and Spouses to Help Ensure Their Inheritance: Fair or Foul? Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities, Brown University, Providence, RI, March 19-20, 2010.
Adult Adoption of Lovers and Spouses to Help Ensure Their Inheritance: Fair or Foul? Association for Law, Property & Society, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, March 5-6, 2010.
How to Give Without Risking it All, Syracuse University College of Law Board of Advisors Retreat, Naples, FL, February 26-28, 2010.
Keynote Speaker (Pending Federal Tax Legislation and How Practitioners Can Prepare for Changes to Come), New York State Bar Association Trust and Estates Law Section Fall Meeting, Syracuse, NY, October 2, 2009.
Scalia's Ship of Revulsion Has Sailed: Will Lawrence Protect Adults Who Adopt Lovers to Help Ensure Their Inheritance From Incest Prosecution?, Syracuse University College of Law Colloquium Series, April 7, 2009.
Planned Charitable Giving with Underwater Assets, February 28, 2009, Syracuse University College of Law Board of Advisors Retreat, Boca Raton, FL.
Scalia's Ship of Revulsion Has Sailed: Will Lawrence Protect Adults Who Adopt Lovers to Help Ensure Their Inheritance From Incest Prosecution?, Property, Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism Conference, Washington, DC, November 14-15, 2008.
Planned Giving to Syracuse University, November 7, 2008, Syracuse University Board of Trustees, Syracuse, NY.
Supersized Planned Charitable Giving, January 20, 2007, Syracuse University College of Law Board of Advisors Retreat, Kiawah Island, SC.
Presentation to Syracuse University Family Issues Network group on elective share issues, December 1, 2006.
Will Your Wishes Be Granted? Preserving Your Estate For Your Heirs, Joseph I. Lubin House Monthly Conversations on the Law series sponsored by the Syracuse University College of Law, New York, NY, April 26, 2006.
Presentation at the New York Bar Association Annual Meeting entitled "A Primer on Fiduciary Income Taxes," New York, NY, January 25, 2006.
Presentation at the Syracuse University College of Law Board of Advisors Retreat entitled "Planned Charitable Giving: Leveraging Gifts to the College of Law," Kiawah Island, SC, January 21, 2006.
Syracuse Thursday Morning Roundtable Presentation "Private Property v. Public Interest: The Eminent Domain Debate," September 22, 2005.
Presentation at the Property, Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism conference, Washington, DC, November 5, 2004.
Back to the Future: Is Total Return Investing Old Fashioned?, July 2, 2004, American Law Institute – American Bar Association Conference on Representing Estate and Trust Beneficiaries and Fiduciaries, Boston, MA.
Tools for Better Balancing the Interests of Current and Remainder Beneficiaries, March 2003, Tax Management Advisory Committee Board Meeting, New York, NY.
Tools for Better Balancing the Interests of Current and Remainder Beneficiaries, December 16, 2002, District of Columbia Bar Association, Estates, Trusts and Probate Law Section.
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