Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz (born November 28, 1970) is an American constitutional law scholar, professor, and Broadway producer. He writes and teaches in the fields of constitutional law, statutory interpretation, and federal jurisdiction. He is the son of billionaire investor and philanthropist Robert Rosenkranz.
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 28, 1970[1] New York City, U.S. |
| Relatives | Robert Rosenkranz (father) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Yale University (BA, JD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Jurisprudence |
| Institutions | Georgetown Law Cato Institute |
| Notable works | The Subjects of the Constitution |
| Website | Official biography |
Rosenkranz clerked for Justice Anthony 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.[2] His work has been cited by Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.[3][4]
Early life
editRosenkranz is the son of billionaire investor Robert Rosenkranz and Margaret "Peggy" Hill.[5] His father is Jewish.[6] His sister, Stephanie Rosenkranz Hessler, is also a legal scholar and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.[7]
Rosenkranz is a graduate of Phillips Academy, Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, English, 1992), and Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, 1999).[3] At law school, he was also an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics.[8][9]
Federal government
editJudiciary
editAfter graduating law school, Rosenkranz clerked for Judge Frank H. Easterbrook of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and for Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States.[3]
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz was on a list the Trump White House sent to Schumer and Gillibrand in July that included three other names for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, where there were two vacancies: The other names were US District Judge Richard J. Sullivan; Matthew McGill, a partner at the law firm Gibson Dunn in Washington and Michael H. Park, a partner at the law firm Consovoy McCarthy Park in New York.[10]
Rosenkranz has filed numerous briefs with, and presented oral arguments before, the Supreme Court.[11] In 2013, the National Law Journal featured Rosenkranz's Supreme Court brief that argued that Missouri v. Holland was wrongly decided in Bond v. United States.[12] Eight years prior to Bond v. United States (2013) Rosenkranz had written a similar article in the Harvard Law Review, Executing the Treaty Power,[13] arguing that Missouri v. Holland had been wrongly decided.
Executive branch
editFrom 2002 to 2004 Rosenkranz served as an attorney-advisor at the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice.[14] In 2016 he served as Senior Advisor on Legal Policy and Constitutional Law for candidate Marco Rubio during Rubio's 2016 election campaign. He had previously been a member of 2008 presidential candidate John McCain's Justice Advisory Committee during the United States presidential election of 2008.[3]
Congressional testimony
editRosenkranz has testified before the United States Congress as a legal expert, including in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, and Loretta Lynch, Obama's nominee for Attorney General.[15][16] He also testified before the Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee, on the constitutionality of the United States Department of Justice's bank settlement agreements after the 2008 financial crisis,[17] and before the House Judiciary Committee on issues of a President of the United States' duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."[18]
Academia
editAppointments
editRosenkranz joined the faculty at Georgetown University Law Center in 2004.[19] Rosenkranz is a Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute,[20] and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federalist Society.[21] He is also a co-founder of Heterodox Academy along with Jonathan Haidt, and serves on its executive committee.[22]
Rosenkranz has been a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution[23] and a Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.[3]
Broadway producer
editRosenkranz 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.[24] His mother is Broadway producer, Peggy Hill.[25]
Contributions to scholarly journals
edit- Intellectual Diversity in the Legal Academy, 37 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 137–143 (2014). Intellectual Diversity in the Legal Academy
- The Objects of the Constitution, 63 Stanford Law Review 1005–1069 (2011). The Objects of the Constitution
- The Subjects of the Constitution, 62 Stanford Law Review 1209–1292 (2010). The Subjects of the Constitution
- An American Amendment, 32 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 475–482 (2009). An American Amendment
- Condorcet and the Constitution: A Response to the Law of Other States, 59 Stanford Law Review 1281–1308 (2007). Condorcet and the Constitution: A Response to the Law of Other States
- Executing the Treaty Power, 118 Harvard Law Review 1867–1938 (2005). Executing the Treaty Power
- Federal Rules of Statutory Interpretation, 115 Harvard Law Review. 2085–2157 (2002). Federal Rules of Statutory Interpretation
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Child to Mrs. Ginsberg". The New York Times. December 13, 1970. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ "VIDEO: Georgetown Law Professor Nicholas Rosenkranz 'On the Record' | Gretawire". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
- ^ a b c d e "Profile Nicholas Rosenkranz — Georgetown Law". www.law.georgetown.edu.
- ^ "Sessions v. Dimaya" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. 17 April 2018.
- ^ "MARGARET ( PEGGY) HILL SCHOLARSHIP - Fordham Law". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- ^ "Today's Debate is on Erotic Art in the Bathroom - Haaretz - In the News - Rosenkranz Foundation". www.rosenkranzfdn.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ "Rosenkranz Foundation". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Public Policy – Yale Law School". www.law.yale.edu.
- ^ "The White House Has Pitched A Nominee For Manhattan's Powerful US Attorney Opening". BuzzFeed News. 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co". Oyez Project.
- ^ Jamie Schuman (June 3, 2013). "Brief Argues that Precedent was Based on Research Error" (PDF). cato.org. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ Rosenkranz, Nicholas Quinn (23 June 2005). "Executing the Treaty Power". SSRN 747724.
- ^ "StackPath". www.fed-soc.org.
- ^ Quinn, Rosenkranz, Nicholas (15 April 2018). "The Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on the Judiciary, 111th Cong., July 16, 2009 (Statement of Professor Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Geo. U. L. Center)". Testimony Before Congress.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Attorney General Nomination – United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Hearing entitled "Settling the Question: Did Bank Settlement Agreements Subvert Congressional Appropriations Powers?" – House Committee on Financial Services". financialservices.house.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ^ "Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on presidential powers and the constitution on C-SPAN 2". 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Profile Nicholas Rosenkranz — Georgetown Law". www.law.georgetown.edu.
- ^ "Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz". Cato Institute.
- ^ "Publications » The Federalist Society". Archived from the original on 2011-11-06.
- ^ "Personnel | HeterodoxAcademy.org". Archived from the original on 2016-06-29.
- ^ "Nicholas Rosenkranz". Hoover Institution.
- ^ "Tony Awards: 2011". everything2.com.
- ^ League, The Broadway. "Peggy Hill & Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz – Broadway Organization". www.ibdb.com.