Steven Calabresi
Encyclopedia
Steven G. Calabresi is a professor of law at Northwestern University
School of Law
. He is also a visiting professor at Brown University
.
Calabresi co-founded the Federalist Society
when a student at Yale University
, and is an active conservative author and commentator.
Among others, he has collaborated with Supreme Court
Justice Antonin Scalia
, who wrote the foreword to Originalism: A Quarter-Century of Debate (2007), a book edited by Calabresi, and Christopher S. Yoo, with whom Calabresi wrote The Unitary Executive: Presidential Power from Washington to Bush (2008).
Calabresi is the nephew of Guido Calabresi, the U.S.
legal scholar, U.S. Appellate judge
, and former Dean of Yale Law School
.
Mayor Rudy Giuliani
in the 2008 presidential election
.
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
School of Law
Northwestern University School of Law
The Northwestern University School of Law is a private American law school in Chicago, Illinois. The law school was founded in 1859 as the Union College of Law of the Old University of Chicago. The first law school established in Chicago, it became jointly controlled by Northwestern University in...
. He is also a visiting professor at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
.
Calabresi co-founded the Federalist Society
Federalist Society
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, is an organization of conservatives seeking reform of the current American legal system in accordance with a textualist and/or originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution...
when a student at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, and is an active conservative author and commentator.
Among others, he has collaborated with Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
Justice Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...
, who wrote the foreword to Originalism: A Quarter-Century of Debate (2007), a book edited by Calabresi, and Christopher S. Yoo, with whom Calabresi wrote The Unitary Executive: Presidential Power from Washington to Bush (2008).
Calabresi is the nephew of Guido Calabresi, the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
legal scholar, U.S. Appellate judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
, and former Dean of Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
.
Politics
Calabresi supported former New YorkNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....
in the 2008 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
.
External links
- Steven Calabresi at Northwestern Law