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Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz teaches constitutional law and federal jurisdiction, and he writes articles for the Harvard Law Review and the Stanford Law Review.

He is currently developing a new theory of constitutional interpretation and judicial review. The first installment, entitled The Subjects of the Constitution, was published in the Stanford Law Review in May of 2010, and it is already the single most downloaded article about constitutional interpretation, judicial review, and/or federal courts in the history of SSRN. The second installment, The Objects of the Constitution, was just published in May of 2011, also in the Stanford Law Review. And the comprehensive version is forthcoming as a book by Oxford University Press.

Rosenkranz has served and advised the federal government in a variety of capacities. He clerked for Judge Frank H. Easterbrook on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1999-2000) and for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy at the U.S. Supreme Court (October Term 2001). He served as an Attorney-Advisor at the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice (November 2002 - July 2004). He often testifies before Congress as a constitutional expert—most recently before the Senate Judiciary Committee, regarding the nomination of Justice Sotomayor. He has also filed briefs and presented oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Rosenkranz is a member of the New York Bar and the U.S. Supreme Court Bar.  He is an Associate Fellow of Pierson College at Yale University.  He is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute.  He also serves as co-chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Federalist Society, and as the faculty advisor to the Georgetown Chapter.


Education

  • B.A., J.D., Yale

Publications

Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2012? - Event Audio/Video
Co-sponsored by the Practice Groups, the Washington DC Lawyers Chapter, and the Faculty Division
September 27, 2012
Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations - Event Audio/Video
14th Annual Faculty Conference
January 6, 2012

Debates

Medellin v. Texas
Part II: Presidential & Congressional Power
April 1, 2008
Medellin v. Texas
Part I: Self-Execution
March 28, 2008

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