Jeffrey Rosen (legal academic) explained

Jeffrey Rosen
Office:President and CEO of the National Constitution Center
Term Start:May 6, 2013
Predecessor:Vince Stango
Birth Date:13 February 1964
Education:Harvard University (BA)
Balliol College, Oxford (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Jeffrey Rosen (born February 13, 1964)[1] is an American legal scholar who serves as the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, in Philadelphia.

Education

Rosen attended the Dalton School, a private college preparatory school on New York City's Upper East Side, and graduated in 1982 as valedictorian. He then studied English literature and government at Harvard University, graduating in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude. He was subsequently a Marshall Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford, in philosophy, politics, and economics, from which he received a second bachelor's degree in 1988. He then attended the Yale Law School, where he served as a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1991.[2]

Career

After graduating from law school, Rosen served as law clerk to Chief Judge Abner Mikva of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Rosen was the commentator on legal affairs for The New Republic from 1992 to 2014. He then joined The Atlantic, as a contributing editor.[3] He was a staff writer at the New Yorker,[4] and he is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine.[5]

Rosen is a professor of law at the Law School of George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

In 2024, Rosen was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) of France.[6] [7]

Journalism

Rosen has written frequently about the U.S. Supreme Court. He has interviewed Chief Justice John Roberts,[8] Justice John Paul Stevens,[9] Justice Stephen Breyer,[10] Justice Elena Kagan,[11] Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,[12] Justice Neil Gorsuch[13] and Justice Anthony Kennedy.[14] Justice Ginsburg credited his early support for her Supreme Court candidacy as a factor in her nomination. "...she sent me a generous note, fanning my hopes of becoming a judicial Boswell. (You planted the idea, she wrote, I'll try hard to develop it.)"[15] His essay about Sonia Sotomayor, then a potential Supreme Court nominee,[16] provoked controversy for its use of anonymous sources in relaying criticisms of Sotomayor's record on the Second Circuit,[17] [18] however, other media outlets, including the New York Times, had relied upon similar sources.[19] [20] In an opinion piece published after Kagan's nomination hearings and before the Senate's vote on her confirmation, Rosen encouraged Kagan to look to the late Justice Louis Brandeis as a model "to develop a positive vision of progressive jurisprudence in an age of economic crisis, financial power and technological change."

In 2006, the legal historian David Garrow called him "the nation's most widely read and influential legal commentator."[21]

National Constitution Center

Congress chartered the Constitution Center "to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a non-partisan basis."[22] Rosen became president of the National Constitution Center in 2013.[23] He has articulated the goal of creating an environment in which Americans with different political perspectives may convene on all media platforms for constitutional education and debate.

During Rosen's tenure, with a $5.5 million grant from the Templeton Foundation, the NCC formed the Coalition of Freedom Advisory Board,[24] chaired by the heads of the conservative Federalist Society and liberal American Constitution Society, to oversee the creation of the "Interactive Constitution", which the College Board has made a centerpiece of the new AP history and government exams.[25] The Interactive Constitution project commissions scholars to write about every clause of the Constitution, discussing areas of agreement and disagreement between left and right.[26] It also allows users to explore the historic sources of the Bill of Rights and compare America's protected liberties to other constitutional systems throughout the world.[27] The Interactive Constitution received nearly five million unique visitors in its first year online.[28]

Rosen moderates the weekly podcast "We the People" for the National Constitution Center,[29] convening liberal and conservative scholars to discuss timely constitutional issues as well as constitutional debates. In 2014, the Constitution Center opened the George H. W. Bush Bill of Rights gallery, displaying rare copies of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and one of the twelve original copies of the Bill of Rights.[30] In 2015, the Center opened a constitution drafting lab, supported by Google,[31] that convenes constitution-drafters and students from around the world for constitution drafting exercises.[32]

Personal life

Rosen, the son of Estelle and Sidney Rosen, is married to Lauren Coyle Rosen, a cultural anthropologist, author, artist, and lawyer, who served on the faculty in anthropology at Princeton University.[33] [34] [35] Previously, he was married to Christine Rosen (formerly Stolba), a historian. Rosen is the brother of Joanna Rosen, a medical doctor, and the brother-in-law of Neal Katyal, former Acting Solicitor General of the United States.[36]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Library of Congress authority record, LCCN n 99281873 (accessed April 30, 2014)
  2. Web site: Rosen CV. George Washington University Law School . January 2018. 10 February 2019.
  3. Web site: Marx. Damon. Jeffrey Rosen Joining The Atlantic as Contributing Editor. AdWeek. 23 February 2015 . 29 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Jeffrey Rosen. Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. 29 March 2016.
  5. News: The Brain on the Stand . The New York Times . Jeffrey . Rosen . March 11, 2007 . May 6, 2010.
  6. Web site: Council of the Order of Arts and Letters . 2024-02-21 . www.culture.gouv.fr . en-GB.
  7. Web site: French Ambassador Honors National Constitution President & CEO Jeffrey Rosen as Chevalier of the Ordres des Arts et Des Lettres at 'Pursuit of Happiness' Event Constitution Center . 2024-02-21 . National Constitution Center – constitutioncenter.org . en.
  8. Web site: Roberts's Rules. Jeffrey. Rosen. . January 2007. 8 September 2016.
  9. News: The Dissenter . The New York Times . Jeffrey . Rosen . September 23, 2007 . May 6, 2010.
  10. Web site: Justice Stephen Breyer: Democracy and the Court. 8 September 2016.
  11. Web site: Institute. The Aspen. 0:27 / 31:43 Justice Elena Kagan at the Aspen Ideas Festival. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/DC_PVDsYK9g. 2021-12-12 . live. YouTube. 29 June 2013 . 31 March 2016.
  12. Rosen. Jeffrey. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is an American Hero. The New Republic. 28 September 2014. 31 March 2016.
  13. Web site: Gorsuch discusses new book at National Constitution Center. SCOTUS Blog. 31 May 2020.
  14. Rosen. Jeffrey. The Agonizer. The New Yorker. 4 November 1996. 31 March 2016.
  15. News: The New Look of Liberalism on the Court . The New York Times . Jeffrey . Rosen . October 5, 1997 . May 6, 2010.
  16. Jeffrey Rosen, "The Case Against Sotomayor: Indictments of Obama's front-runner to replace Souter," The New Republic, May 4, 2009, found at The New Republic website Accessed June 29, 2015.
  17. Web site: 'Blog Entry' Sparks Furor Over Sotomayor. NPR . 8 September 2016.
  18. Web site: Stories written by Glenn Greenwald. 16 January 2009 . 8 September 2016.
  19. News: Sotomayor's Blunt Style Raises Issue of Temperament . The New York Times . Jo . Becker . Adam . Liptak . May 29, 2009 . May 6, 2010.
  20. News: A Nominee on Display, but Not Her Views . The New York Times . Charlie . Savage . July 17, 2009 . May 6, 2010.
  21. Web site: Book review: A Modest Proposal . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723142829/http://www.davidgarrow-com.hb2hosting.net/File/DJG%202006%20LATRosenRev25June.pdf . July 23, 2011 . dead. Los Angeles Times . June 25, 2006 . February 11, 2019 . David J. Garrow. David J. Garrow .
  22. Web site: Welcome to the National Constitution Center . National Constitution Center. 14 April 2016.
  23. Web site: Mondics. Chris. At Constitution Center, focus on civil discourse reaping rewards. philly.com. 14 April 2016.
  24. Web site: Coalition of Freedom Advisory Board . National Constitution Center . 16 July 2020.
  25. Web site: New Online 'Interactive Constitution' for Students and Educators. CollegeBoard.org. 14 April 2016.
  26. Web site: Interactive Constitution of the United States. National Constitution Center . 14 April 2016.
  27. Web site: Constitutional Rights: Origins and Travels . National Constitution Center. 14 April 2016.
  28. Web site: Toppo. Greg. 'Interactive Constitution' looks at Americans' rights from both political sides. USA Today . 14 April 2016.
  29. Web site: Rosen. Jeff. We the People. Apple iTunes Podcasts. 14 April 2016.
  30. Web site: Constituting Liberty: From the. Declaration to the Bill of Rights. National Constitution Center. 14 April 2016.
  31. Web site: GoogleDocs. Putting the "We" in We the People: Constitutions, #madewithGoogleDocs. 14 December 2015 . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/1OA1z6GbMQc. 2021-12-12 . live. Youtube.
  32. Web site: Exploring the World's Constitutions Onsite and Online. National Constitution Center. 14 April 2016.
  33. News: WEDDING/CELEBRATIONS; Lauren Coyle, Jeffrey Rosen . The New York Times . October 22, 2017 . 2017-10-22 .
  34. Web site: Lauren Coyle Rosen. scholar.princeton.edu. en. 2017-11-14.
  35. Web site: Lauren Coyle Rosen – Author, Artist, Cultural Anthropologist, Poet, & Lawyer . 2024-02-22 . laurencoylerosen.com.
  36. News: Brandeis's Seat, Kagan's Responsibility . The New York Times . Jeffrey . Rosen . July 2, 2010 . July 3, 2010.