John F. Manning

Manning graduated from Harvard College in 1982 and lived in Thayer Hall during his freshman year. He then graduated from Harvard Law School in 1985.[2] Following law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Robert H. Bork at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia for the Supreme Court's 1988 term.[3] Manning also worked two stints at the Justice Department's prestigious Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and in the Solicitor General's office.[4]

Manning was brought to Harvard Law School by Dean Elena Kagan to help shore up Harvard Law School's expertise in public law; he is an expert in administrative law and a constitutional scholar of textualism.[5] Manning's hiring, along with that of Jack Goldsmith, and Adrian Vermeule, has "helped assuage complaints that Harvard marginalized conservative views."[5] Manning is also an expert on separation of powers issues.[6][7] On July 23, 2012, the Supreme Court appointed Manning amicus curiae, in Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center. He argued the case on December 4, 2012.[8]

On April 30, 2013, Manning was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[9]

On January 5, 2017, Martha Minow, then-dean at Harvard Law School, announced that she would be stepping down as dean at the end of the academic year.[10] On June 1, 2017, Manning was formally announced as the law school's next Dean, beginning on July 1, 2017.[11] Manning, a textualist legal scholar, whose selection drew criticism from some progressive and liberal groups,[12] has stated that his academic background "will not affect how he leads the Law School."[13]

Manning is the coauthor of two leading textbooks:

• Hart and Wechsler's The Federal Courts and the Federal System (6th ed. 2009) (with Richard H. Fallon, Jr., Daniel J. Meltzer, and David L. Shapiro).
• Legislation and Regulation (2010) (with Matthew C. Stephenson).

He has also written more than thirty law review articles. Some of his most-cited pieces are:

• Constitutional Structure and Judicial Deference to Agency Interpretations of Agency Rules, 96 Colum. L. Rev. 612 (1996).
• Textualism as a Nondelegation Doctrine, 97 Colum. L. Rev. 673 (1997).
• The Nondelegation Doctrine as a Canon of Avoidance, 2000 Sup. Ct. Rev. 223 (2000).
• Textualism and the Equity of the Statute, 101 Colum. L. Rev. 1 (2001).
• The Absurdity Doctrine, 116 Harv. L. Rev. 2387 (2003).
• The Eleventh Amendment and the Reading of Precise Constitutional Texts, 113 Yale L.J. 1663 (2004).
• Nonlegislative Rules, 72 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 893 (2004).
• Textualism and Legislative Intent, 91 Va. L. Rev. 419 (2005).
• What Divides Textualists from Purposivists?, 106 Colum. L. Rev. 70 (2006).
• Federalism and the Generality Problem in Constitutional Interpretation, 122 Harv. L. Rev. 2003 (2009).
• Competing Presumptions About Statutory Coherence, 74 Fordham L. Rev. 2009 (2006)
• Continuity and the Legislative Design, 79 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1863 (2004)

Cases argued in front of the Supreme Court:[14]

• Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center (2012)
• American Dredging Company v. Miller (1993)
• Security Services, Inc. v. Kmart Corporation (1993)
• Williamson v. United States (1993)
• Conroy v. Aniskoff (1992)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. (1992)
• Parke v. Raley (1992)
• Zafiro v. United States (1992)
• Barker v. Kansas (1991)

• Harvard Faculty Bio
• John F. Manning, videos at C-SPAN.
• Appearances at U.S. Supreme Court, Oyez.org