Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz

Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz (born November 28, 1970) is an American Constitutional law scholar and Broadway producer. He writes and teaches in the fields of constitutional law, statutory interpretation, and federal jurisdiction.

Before returning to the legal academy, Rosenkranz clerked for Justice Kennedy and served as an attorney-advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel. He regularly contributes legal commentary for news media, including Fox News, PBS, C-Span, and other media organizations.^[1]

Early life

Family

Rosenkranz is the son of Robert Rosenkranz and Margaret "Peggy" Hill. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale University and is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Margaret Hill is a graduate of Fordham Law School^[2] Rosenkranz's sister, Stephanie Rosenkranz Hessler, is also a legal scholar and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.^[3]

Education

He attended Phillips Academy, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Yale University in 1992. He, then, received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1999.^[4] Rosenkranz earned honors in every course, demonstrating his course work was significantly superior to the average level of performance at the School.^[5] While at YLS, he was also an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics.^[6][7]

Federal government

Judiciary

After graduating, he clerked for Frank H. Easterbrook on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals from 1999–2000 and for Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2001 term.^[8]

He has presented oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court.^[9] He has filed numerous briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court, and one of his Supreme Court briefs was featured in the National Law Journal (arguing that Missouri v. Holland was wrongly decided in Bond v. United States (2013)).^[10] Eight years before Bond v. United States (2013) Rosenkranz wrote an article in the Harvard Law Review, Executing the Treaty Power,^[11] arguing that Missouri v. Holland was wrongly decided.

Executive Branch

He was an attorney-advisor at the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice from 2002–2004.^[12] He was a member of the Justice Advisory Committee of Republican presidential candidate John McCain during the United States presidential election, 2008.^[13]

Congressional testimony

Rosenkranz regularly testifies before the United States Congress as a legal expert. He testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearing on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.^[14] He testified before the House Judiciary Committee, regarding the President of the United States' duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."^[15]

Academia

Appointments

Rosenkranz joined the faculty at Georgetown University Law Center in 2004.^[16] Rosenkranz is also a Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute,^[17] Co-Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Federalist Society,^[18] and an Associate Fellow of Pierson College at Yale University.^[19]

Rosenkranz has been a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution^[20] and a Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.^[21]

Scholarship

Rosenkranz has written two articles for the Harvard Law Review and three articles for the Stanford Law Review. The Subjects of the Constitution, was published in the Stanford Law Review in May 2010, and it is the single most downloaded article about constitutional interpretation, judicial review, and/or federal courts in the history of Social Science Research Network.^[22]

Broadway producer

Rosenkranz has produced several Broadway productions, including David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, David Mamet's Race, and Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. In 2011, he was nominated for a Tony Award for the Best Revival of a Play in Arcadia.^[23] His mother is Broadway producer, Peggy Hill.^[24]

Contributions to scholarly journals

• Intellectual Diversity in the Legal Academy, 37 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 137-143 (2014).
• The Objects of the Constitution, 63 Stanford Law Review 1005-1069 (2011).
• The Subjects of the Constitution, 62 Stanford Law Review 1209-1292 (2010).
• An American Amendment, 32 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 475-482 (2009).
• Condorcet and the Constitution: A Response to the Law of Other States, 59 Stanford Law Review 1281-1308 (2007).
• Executing the Treaty Power, 118 Harvard Law Review 1867-1938 (2005).
• Federal Rules of Statutory Interpretation, 115 Harvard Law Review. 2085-2157 (2002).

Congressional testimony

• The President of the United States’ Constitutional Duty To Faithfully Execute the Laws: Hearing Before the House Judiciary Committee, 113th Congress, Dec. 3, 2013 (Statement of Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz) (CIS-No.: Pending).
• Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, To Be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 111th Congress, July 16, 2009 (Statement of Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz) (CIS-No.: 2011-S521-1).
• Impact of the Presidential Signing Statement on the Department of Defense's Implementation of the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Oversight & Investigations of the House Armed Services Committee., 110th Congress, Mar. 11, 2008 (Statement of Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz) (CIS-No.: 2009-H201-37).
• Presidential Signing Statements Under the Bush Administration: Hearing Before the House Judiciary Committee, 110th Congress, Jan. 31, 2007 (Statement of Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz) (CIS No.: 2007-H521-18).
• Presidential Signing Statements: Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 109th Congress, June 27, 2006 (Statement of Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz) (CIS No.: 2007-H521-18).
• House Resolution on the Appropriate Role of Foreign Judgements in the Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on the Constitution, House Judiciary Committee, 109th Congress, July 19, 2005 (Statement of Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz) (CIS-No.: 2005-H521-48).

References

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN