Northwestern Law > Faculty & Research CURRICULUM VITAE STEVEN G. CALABRESI WORK ADDRESS Northwestern University School of Law 357 E. Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 503-7012 EDUCATION Yale Law School, J.D. 1983. Note & Topics Editor, Yale Law Journal. Yale College, B.A., History, cum laude 1980. EMPLOYMENT 1998 - 2001 & 2004 - 05 George C. Dix Professor of Constitutional Law, Northwestern University School of Law. 1996 - present - Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law. 2003 - 05 - Resident Scholar, Harvard Law School. 1993 - 1996 - Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law. 1990 - 1993 - Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law. 1990 - Speechwriter to Vice President Dan Quayle, The White House, Washington, D.C. 1988 - 1990 - Research Associate, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C. Assisted in research and preparation of Robert H. Bork's best-selling book, The Tempting of America: The Political Seduction of the Law. 1987 - 1988 - Law Clerk to the Honorable Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 1987 - Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, Second Floor, West Wing, The White House, Washington, D.C. 1985 - 1987 - Special Assistant to Attorney General Edwin Meese III, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 1984 - 1985 - Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert H. Bork, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, D.C. 1983 - 1984 - Law Clerk to the Honorable Ralph K. Winter, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New Haven, Ct. Summer 1982 - Summer Associate, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, NY. Summer 1981 - Summer Associate, Pierson, Semmes, Crolius & Finley, Washington, DC. 1979 - 1980 - Legislative Correspondent to Senator John H. Chafee (R-RI), United States Senate, Washington, DC. Summer 1978 - Summer Intern to Governor Joseph Garrahy (D-RI), Providence, RI. Summer 1977 - Research Assistant to Professor Israel Diamond, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI. PUBLICATIONS: * Book Projects The History of the Unitary Executive: Are Special Prosecutors and Independent Agencies Constitutional? (with Christopher S. Yoo) Completed manuscript submitted to university press publishers for their consideration. Finished 2004. Constitutional Law Casebook (with Judge Michael McConnell and Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen) forthcoming Foundation Press. Pending project under contract. * Law Review Publications The Libertarian-Lite Constitutional Order and the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown Law Journal (forthcoming 2005) (Book Review) The Originalist and Normative Case Against Judicial Activism: A Reply to Professor Randy Barnett, Michigan Law Review (forthcoming 2005) (for annual book review issue) Laurence, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Supreme Court’s Reliance on Foreign Constitutional Law: An Originalist Reappraisal, Ohio State Law Journal (forthcoming 2004) The Unitary Executive During the Modern Era: 1945-2004, Iowa Law Review (forthcoming 2004) (with Christopher S. Yoo and Anthony Colangelo) The Unitary Executive During the Third Half-Century: 1889-1945, Notre Dame Law Review (forthcoming 2004) (with Christopher S. Yoo and Laurence Nee) Introduction to the book, Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and Worst in the White House (Simon and Schuster 2004) Separation of Powers and the Rehnquist Court: The Centrality of Clinton v. City of New York, Northwestern University Law Review (forthcoming 2004) The Historical Origins of the Rule of Law in the American Constitutional Order, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy (forthcoming 2004) The Unitary Executive During the Second Half Century, 26 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 667-891 (2003) (with Chris Yoo) "A Political Question", chapter in Bruce Ackerman, ed., Bush v. Gore: The Question of Legitimacy (2002) Rating the Presidents of the United States, 1789-2000: A Survey of Scholars in Political Science, History, and Law, 18 Constitutional Commentary 583-605 (2001) (with James Lindgren) The Virtues of Presidential Government: Why Professor Ackerman is Wrong to Prefer the German to the U.S. Constitution, 18 Constitutional Commentary 51-104 (2001) Federalism and the Rehnquist Court: A Normative Defense, Annals, American Association of Political and Social Science 24-36 (March 2001) Foreword: Advice to the Next Conservative President of the United States, 24 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 369-380 (2001) The Revitalization of Democracy in the New Millenium, 24 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 151-54 (2000) We Are All Federalists, We Are All Republicans: Holism, Synthesis, and the Fourteenth Amendment, 87 Georgetown Law Journal 2273-2305 (1999) (Book Review) Caesarism, Departmentalism, and Professor Paulsen, 83 Minnesota Law Review 1421-1434 (1999) The President, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution: A Brief Positive Account of the Role of Government Lawyers in the Development of Constitutional Law, 61 Law & Contemporary Problems 61-82 (1998) Textualism and the Countermajoritarian Difficulty, 66 George Washington University Law Review 1373-1394 (1998) Foreword: The Structural Constitution and the Countermajoritarian Difficulty, 22 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 3-9 (1998) "The Era of Big Government is Over", 50 Stanford Law Review 1015-1053 (1998) (Book Review) "An Agenda for Constitutional Reform"in Eskridge and Levinson, Constitutional Stupidities, Constitutional Tragedies 22-27 (1998). The Unitary Executive During the First Half-Century, 47 Case Western Reserve Law Review1451- 1561 (1997) (with Christopher S. Yoo) Relimiting Federal Judicial Power: Should Congress Play a Role?, 13 Journal of Law and Politics 627, 629-638 (1997) The Tradition of the Written Constitution: A Comment on Professor Lessig's Theory of Translation, 65 Fordham Law Review 1435-1456 (1997) The Crisis in Constitutional Theory, 83 Virginia Law Review 247-267 (1997) (Book Review) Introductory Remarks, Symposium on Originalism, Democracy, and the Constitution, 19 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 239-242 (1996) "A Government of Limited and Enumerated Powers": In Defense of United States v. Lopez, 94 Michigan Law Review 752-831 (1995) The Political Question of Presidential Succession, 48 Stanford Law Review 155-175 (1995) Some Structural Consequences of the Increased Use of Ethics Probes as Political Weapons, 11 Journal of Law and Politics 521-536 (1995) Some Normative Arguments for the Unitary Executive, 48 Arkansas Law Review 23-104 (1995) The President's Power to Execute the Laws, 104 Yale Law Journal 541-665 (1994) (with Saikrishna B. Prakash) Political Parties as Mediating Institutions, 61 University of Chicago Law Review 1479-1533 (1994) One Person, One Office: Separation of Powers or Separation of Personnel?, 79 Cornell Law Review 1045-1157 (1994) (with Joan L. Larsen) The Vesting Clauses as Power Grants, 88 Northwestern University Law Review 1377-1405 (1994) Thayer's Clear Mistake, 88 Northwestern University Law Review 269-277 (1993) Foreword: Two Visions of the Nature of Man, 16 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 1-5 (1993) (with Gary Lawson) Equity & Hierarchy: Reflections on the Harris Execution, 102 Yale Law Journal 255-279 (1992) (with Gary Lawson) Foreword: The Constitution of Responsibility, 77 Cornell Law Review 955-958 (1992) (with Gary Lawson) Foreword: Prospects for the Rule of Law, 21 Cumberland Law Review 427-430 (1990-91) (with Gary Lawson) The Structural Constitution: Unitary Executive, Plural Judiciary, 105 Harvard Law Review 1153-1216 (1992) (with Kevin H. Rhodes) Note, A Madisonian Interpretation of the Equal Protection Doctrine, 91 Yale Law Journal 1403-1429 (1982) Pending Law Review Article Projects Term Limits for U.S. Supreme Court Justices, joint research project with Jeff Oldham and James Lindgren, completion anticipated March 2005 An Originalist Defense of the Rehnquist Court’s Sovereign Immunity Decisions, joint research project with David Cook, completion anticipated March 2005 Brown Turns Fifty: A New Originalist Defense of Brown v. Board of Education, joint research project with Michael Perl, completion anticipated November 2004 * Other Publications 2003 Pirates We Be, The Wall Street Journal, May 2003. 2002 Why President Bush Ought to be Able to Nominate Supreme Court Justices, Los Angeles Times. The Supreme Court’s Unfree Speech, The New York Times, October 5, 2002 (with Akhil Amar). Judicial Term Limits, The Washington Post, August 9, 2002 (with Akhil Amar). 1998 Impeach Clinton Later Rather Than Now, The Wall Street Journal, November 11, 1998. 1997 A Constitutional Revolution, The Wall Street Journal, July 1997. 1996 Out of Order: Clinton's Court and Its Assault on Justice, 79 Policy Review 14 (1996). Remarks Upon Presenting a Portrait of Judge Robert H. Bork to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, __ F.3d ___ (D.C. Cir.1996) (en banc). 1992 Who Speaks for the Constitution? The Debate Over Interpretive Authority, published by The Federalist Society (helped to design and compile a collection of speeches and articles on the Departmentalism Debate) January 1990 Designer Sentences and the Justice System, The American Enterprise (Magazine Article) 1986 The Great Debate: Interpreting Our Written Constitution, published by The Federalist Society (designed and helped edit collection of speeches on constitutional interpretation). 1984 Chromatographic Separation of the C(1), C(1a), and C(2) Components of Gentamicin and the Assessment of their Individual Binding to Serum Proteins, 73 J. Pharm. Sci. 1836 (1984) with William C. Griffiths, James F. Belliveau, Charlene L. Bensted, and Israel Diamond). ACTIVITIES: 1981 - 2004 Chairman of the Board of Directors and one of three co-founders of The Federalist Society. Designed more than thirty-five symposia on legal academic topics. Served as a founding member of the Societies Board of Directors. 1994 Contributing Editor to The Court TV Cradle-to-Grave Legal Survival Guide, published by the editors of Court TV and the American Lawyer. 1982 - 1983 Note & Topics Editor, Yale Law Journal, New Haven, CT. Administered the Journal's student notewriting program as one of the three most senior officers. 1982 Panelist for The Tyranny of the Status Quo, a television show hosted by Milton Friedman. 1978 President, Yale Political Union, New Haven, CT. SELECT SPEECHES, PRESENTATIONS, HONORS: Jan. 2005 Moderator and Presenter, Panel on “Originalism and the Problem of Precedent” with Akhil Amar, Randy Barentt, Tom Merrill, Mike Paulsen, and David Strauss. AALS Annual Meeting. July 2004 Panelist, Supreme Court Review Panel of the Virginia Bar Association, held at the Homestead with Professors A. E. “Dick” Howard, Akhil Amar, John Jeffries, and Nadine Strossen. March 2004 Panelist, Thomas M. Cooley School of Law Conference on the use of foreign constitutional law by the U.S. Supreme Court. Jan. 2004 Panelist, Federalist Society Faculty Conference for panel on “Transitions to Originalism”. Also Moderator for lunch time panel on Gay Marriage with Bill Eskridge, Maggie Gallagher, Martha Fineman, and Robin Wilson. Dec. 2003 Spoke to the Yale Law School Federalist Chapter on my work with David Cook on sovereign immunity described above. Nov. 2003 Panelist Boston Lawyer’s Chapter program on the judicial confirmation mess. Aug. 2003 Panelist for panel on “Originalism”, First Annual Conference of the American Constitution Society with Reva Siegal and Robert Post. May 2003 Testified before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Senate Judiciary Committee, special hearing called to address the problem of filibusters of judges. April 2003 Presented a paper on the historical origins of the rule of law to the Philadelphia Society. June 2002 Panelist, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference Supreme Court Roundup, The Greenbriar, West Virginia. April 2001 Participant in a Yale Law School Symposium on Bush v. Gore. Jan. 2001 Participant in a Northwestern Law School Symposium on Bush v. Gore. Dec. 2000 Panelist, Welcoming Conference for the Florida State Legislature. Dec. 2000 Debated Bruce Ackerman at Yale Law School on presidential versus parliamentary forms of government. Federalist Society event. March 2000 Moderator for Roundtable Discussion, with Professors Charles Fried, Richard Epstein, Lino Graglia, William Eskridge, Richard Parker, and Akhil Amar on Revitalizing Democracy, Federalist Society Conference at Harvard Law School. Nov. 1999 Presented Work in Progress, University of Virginia School of Law Conference on Comparative Constitutional Law. Sept. 1999 Panelist -- College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Supreme Court Preview Conference, 1999 Term. April 1999 Moderator, Federalist Society Conference at the University of Chicago School of Law. Oct. 1998 Panelist – University of Minnesota School of Law, Conference on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974). Oct. 1998 Panelist – The Congressional Roots of Judicial Activism, API Conference hosted by Professors Christopher Wolfe and Robert George. Nov. 1997 Faculty Workshop, The Structural Constitution and Judicial Review, Harvard Law School. Oct. 1997 Presented a Major Paper on "The Structural Constitution and Judicial Review", Second Annual Conference on the Economics of Federalism held by the Italian Yale Law School Alumni Association in Sienna, Italy. April 1997 Presented a Major Paper on "The Unitary Executive During the First Half Century" (with Christopher S. Yoo), Case Western Reserve University Law School Conference on the Presidency. Jan. 1997 Named by The American Lawyer as one of the 45 most important public sector lawyers under the age of 45. Nov. 1996 Panelist, Relimiting Federal Judicial Power: Should Congress Play a Role?, 1996 Federalist Society Lawyers Division Symposium. September 1996 Commentator and Participant, Conference on Originalism and Fidelity in Translation, Fordham University School of Law. June 29, 1996 Panelist, Roundup of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1995-96 Term -- Sponsored by the Judicial Conference of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and televised live on C-Span. April 25, 1996 Panelist,Federalism and the Courts, Heritage Foundation Resource Bank Meeting, held on April 25th in Chicago, IL. April 19, 1996 Presented a portrait of Judge Robert H. Bork to an en banc session of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit with Justices Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg joining the Court especially for that session. I gave the portrait to the Court on behalf of Judge Bork's former law clerks and a number of his friends. Feb. 1996 Faculty Workshop, Federalism and Judicial Review, Constitutional Law Colloquium, New York University School of Law, New York, New York. Dec. 1995 Participant, Conference on Economic Liberties and the Slaughterhouse Cases, Institute for Justice, Monterey, California. Nov. 1995 Faculty Workshop, "A Government of Limited and Enumerated Powers": In Defense of United States v. Lopez, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York, New York. Nov. 1995 Faculty Workshop, "A Government of Limited and Enumerated Powers": In Defense of United States v. Lopez, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA Vi Sept. 1995 Panelist, Federalism and Judicial Review, Conference on Federalism, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C. July 1995 Panelist, Originalism and Legal Scholarship, American Association of Law Schools ("AALS") New Law Professors Conference, Washington, D.C. April 1995 Welcoming Remarks, Originalism, Democracy, and the Constitution, Fourteenth Annual National Student Symposium of the Federalist Society, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL. Feb. 1995 Panelist, Symposium on Partisan Influences on Ethics Investigations, sponsored by the Journal of Law and Politics, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA. Aug. 1994 Participant, International Congress of Comparative Lawyers, Athens, Greece. April 1994 Presented a principal paper on the Presidency at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center's Conference on the Presidency. I also served as one of three Judges for the Law School's annual Moot Court final competition, along with former White House Counsel Bernard Nussbaum and Yale Law School Professor Akhil Amar. April 1994 Presented a portrait of Judge Robert H. Bork to the Yale Law School on behalf of a group of Yale Law School alumni who donated funds to have the portrait painted. March 1994 Judged two first year moot court competitions at the University of Chicago School of Law with Professors Richard Epstein and Michael McConnell. Oct. 1993 Faculty Workshop, One Person, One Office: Separation of Powers or Separation of Personnel?, Boston University School of Law. Oct. 1993 Organized (on behalf of the Center for Democracy) a two day private visit to Washington, DC of President Boris Yeltsin's Justice Minister and of the Chief Justice of Russia's highest commercial court. The visit concluded with a lunch reception at the Supreme Court hosted by Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. April 1993 Panelist, SYMPOSIUM One Hundred Years of Judicial Review: The Thayers Centennial Symposium, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Il. Nov. 1992 Panelist, Discussion of the Robert Alton Harris Execution, Equity and Hierarchy: Reflections on the Harris Execution, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut. Aug. 1991 Commentator on a paper delivered by Professor William E. Nelson on The Fourteenth Amendment, American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch, Kona Coast, Hawaii. Aug. 1991 Panelist, Federalism and Constitutional Reform, Conference on Federalism, Constitutional Law, and the Environment, sponsored by the Center for Democracy, President Boris Yeltsin and the Government of the Russian Federation, and The Federalist Society, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.). Oct. 1990 Participant, Conference on Constitutional Change in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, sponsored by the Center for Democracy, Budapest, Hungary. LAW SCHOOL COMMITTEE SERVICE: 2003-04 Member, Public Law Subcommittee of the Faculty Appointments Committee 2001-04 Chair, Supreme Court Clerkships Committee 2002-2003 Chair, Lateral Faculty Appointments Committee 2001-2002 Co-Chair, lateral Faculty Appointments Committee 1999-2000 Faculty Appointments Committee Chair 1998-99 and 1993-97 Faculty Appointments Committee Member 2001-2003 Faculty Advisory Committee to the Dean (appointed by the Dean) 1998-2000 Faculty Advisory Committee to the Dean (appointed by the Dean) 1997-98 Chair, Faculty Development Committee 1994-95 Faculty Advisory Committee to the Dean (elected by the faculty) 1991-95 Foreign Graduate Studies Committee 1991-94 Judicial Clerkship Committee 1994 Directed Senior Research Program for five months 1990-92 Faculty Advisor to the Jessup International Moot Court Team 1990-91 Admissions Committee LAW SCHOOL COURSE SUBJECTS TAUGHT TO DATE: 1992-2005 Constitutional Law I taught every year 1990-2005 Federal Jurisdiction taught intermittently 1991-2002 Comparative Law taught intermittently 1994 Constitutional Law II (co-taught with Michael J. Perry) 1995 Privatization Seminar (co-taught with James Carroll) 1994 Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar 1992 Antitrust 1990-98 Supervised Over 20 Senior Research Projects by third year students at Northwestern Law School