Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz

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 (1970-11-28) November 28, 1970
Parent(s)Robert Rosenkranz
Academic background
EducationYale University (BA, JD)
Academic work
DisciplineJurisprudence
InstitutionsGeorgetown Law
Cato Institute
Notable worksThe Subjects of the Constitution
WebsiteGeorgetown Law 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.[1] His work has been cited by Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.[2][3]

Early life

Family

Rosenkranz is the son of billionaire investor Robert Rosenkranz and Margaret "Peggy" Hill.[4] His sister, Stephanie Rosenkranz Hessler, is also a legal scholar and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.[5]

Education

Rosenkranz is a graduate of Phillips Academy, Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, English, 1992), and Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, 1999).[2] At law school, he was also an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics.[6][7]

Federal government

Judiciary

After graduating law school, Rosenkranz clerked for Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Frank H. Easterbrook and for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.[2]

Rosenkranz has filed numerous briefs with, and presented oral arguments before, the Supreme Court.[8] 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.[9] Eight years prior to Bond v. United States (2013) Rosenkranz had written a similar article in the Harvard Law Review, Executing the Treaty Power,[10] arguing that Missouri v. Holland had been wrongly decided.

Executive branch

From 2002-2004 Rosenkranz served as an attorney-advisor at the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice.[11] 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.[2]

Congressional testimony

Rosenkranz 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.[12][13] 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,[14] 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."[15]

Academia

Appointments

Rosenkranz joined the faculty at Georgetown University Law Center in 2004.[16] Rosenkranz is a Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute,[17] and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federalist Society.[18] He is also a co-founder of Heterodox Academy along with Jonathan Haidt, and serves on its executive committee.[19]

Rosenkranz has been a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution[20] and a Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.[2]

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.[21] His mother is Broadway producer, Peggy Hill.[22]

Contributions to scholarly journals

Congressional testimony
  • Settling the Question: Did Bank Settlement Agreements Subvert Congressional Appropriations Powers?: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Oversight & Investigations of the House Banking Committee, 114th Congress, May 19, 2016 (Statement of Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz) (CIS-No.: Pending).
  • Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Loretta Lynch to be Attorney General of the United States: Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 114th Congress, Jan. 29, 2015 (Statement of Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz) (CIS-No.: Pending).
  • 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
  1. http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/video/video-georgetown-law-professor-nicholas-rosenkranz-on-the-record/
  2. "Profile Nicholas Rosenkranz — Georgetown Law". www.law.georgetown.edu.
  3. "Sessions v. Dimaya" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. 17 April 2018.
  4. http://law.fordham.edu/financial-aid/8173.htm
  5. http://rosenkranzfdn.org/aboutus.html
  6. http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/upload/Rosenkranz%20CV%20May%202013.pdf
  7. "John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Public Policy - Yale Law School". www.law.yale.edu.
  8. "Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co". Oyez Project.
  9. http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/wp-content/uploads/bond_-_nlj_brief_of_week.pdf
  10. Rosenkranz, Nicholas Quinn (23 June 2005). "Executing the Treaty Power". SSRN 747724. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. http://www.fed-soc.org/publications/author/nicholas-quinn-rosenkranz
  12. 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)". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. "Attorney General Nomination - United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
  14. "Hearing entitled "Settling the Question: Did Bank Settlement Agreements Subvert Congressional Appropriations Powers?" - House Committee on Financial Services". financialservices.house.gov.
  15. "Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on presidential powers and the constitution on C-SPAN 2". 3 December 2013.
  16. "Profile Nicholas Rosenkranz — Georgetown Law". www.law.georgetown.edu.
  17. "Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz".
  18. https://www.fed-soc.org/publications/author/nicholas-quinn-rosenkranz
  19. https://heterodoxacademy.org/about-us/advisory-board/
  20. "Nicholas Rosenkranz".
  21. "Tony Awards: 2011 - Everything2.com". everything2.com.
  22. League, The Broadway. "Peggy Hill & Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz – Broadway Organization - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
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