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Brannon P. Denning is the Starnes Professor of Law at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law. He teaches constitutional law and specializes in the U.S. Supreme Court, Commerce Clause, Second Amendment, and federalism. He served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2014-2020) and teaches summer constitutional law courses at the University of Tennessee and Cambridge University's Sidney Sussex College.
- LL.M., Yale Law School
- J.D., University of Tennessee School of Law (magna cum laude)
- B.A., University of the South (magna cum laude)
Denning's research focuses on constitutional law, including judicial and executive appointments, constitutional amendment processes, and foreign affairs. He has authored foundational works on the Commerce Clause, dormant commerce clause, and Second Amendment, with recent publications analyzing post-Heller and post-Dobbs jurisprudence. His scholarship is widely cited, including in a University of Chicago Law Review article naming him among the 20 most-cited young legal scholars.
Denning's recent articles examine Supreme Court decisions like Bruen and Dobbs, trends in dormant commerce clause doctrine, and constitutional interpretation methods. The 2023 book To Trust the People with Arms (co-authored with Robert J. Cottrol) received the 2025 Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize.
- Harvey S. Jackson Excellence in Teaching Award (2008)
- Lightfoot, Franklin & White Award for Faculty Scholarship (2012, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023)
- Thomas W. Woolley Scholarly Achievement Award (2022-2023)
- Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize (2025)
Denning contributes to legal education through casebooks like American Constitutional Law (7th ed., 2023) and the Glannon Guide to Constitutional Law (4th ed., 2025). He collaborates on scholarship with Yale and George Washington University academics and engages in university-wide initiatives at Samford.
