Jenn Mascott
@jennmascott
prof @georgemasonlaw. Sup Ct contributor @NBCNews. co-dir @AdLawCenter. scholarship: https://t.co/35ZPGfp2oW. former assoc dep ag @ DOJ & deputy @ OLC.
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https://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/fulltime/mascott_jennifer 07-06-2017 01:50:04
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Enjoyed chatting yesterday w/ Alabama SG LaCour, Jonathan H. Adler, The Gray Center codirector Adam White, & Richard Epstein NYU Law on the cert petn to the SCt in Sunoco v. Honolulu.
Legal Issue: whether state/local claims against private companies alleging interntnl/interstate
Join me, Adam White/AEI, Richard Epstein/NYU, Jonathan H. Adler/ Case Western & prominent environmental law expert, & state solicitor general Eddie LaCour at 2pm to chat fossil fuels, Honolulu's greenhouse gas claims, & the question whether federal law can preempt state/local lawsuits
At the Mayflower yesterday, enjoyed chatting executive supervision & control as part of Federalist Society's annual Exec Br review conference. Full panel discussion here -- tinyurl.com/mtp3bte7. Missed seeing Jed Shugerman originally invited to join. But had a fun chat w/ former DOJ/WH
Really enjoyed chatting separation of powers yesterday with this fun group. Former Solicitor General Greg Garre and the New Civil Liberties Alliance team. At the 10-yr anniversary mark of Philip Hamburger’s landmark work, “Is Administrative Law Unlawful?” tinyurl.com/26n7sn4p
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W/ the SCt set to rule in a few weeks on whether to eliminate Chevron deference for agency legal determinations, psyched that the student-led George Mason Law Review has just published a great collection of essays on whether, and how, the Ct might replace Chevron. The The Gray Center enjoyed
Working through the final edits on my symposium essay with Kent Barnett, entitled Chevron and Stare Decisis (ssrn.com/abstract=45957…), and wow, the George Mason Law Review editors' work is top rate! 🤓 Thank you.
This weekend at Federalist Society Student Symposium at Harvard Federalist Society, I did a separation-of-powers panel with legends: Jed Shugerman, Julian Davis Mortenson, Chris Walker, and Judge Elrod.
Here, I answer a question about needing independent agencies for policy that requires long-term planning. 🧵
We are honored to announce the winner of the 2024 Joseph Story Award is Professor Aditya Bamzai (Aditya Bamzai) of UVA Law School!
The annual award recognizes a junior academic who has demonstrated excellence in legal scholarship, a commitment to teaching, a concern for students, and
The Federalist Society recently hosted the Arthur N. Rupe Debate on Crossing the Line: Are Agencies Defying the Constitution? Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=HUEL-p…
Ft. Prof. Jenn Mascott, Dean Alan Morrison, and moderated by Hon. Paul B. Matey
11th Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom's recent remarks at Harvard at the HJLPP's 'tradition & history' conference are featured in the The New York Times today by Adam Liptak. Newsom addressed whether the Court's reliance on tradition in constitutional rights cases is consistent with textually
Really great news for Scalia Law School —the third SCOTUS clerk since 2021. Congrats to Crystal! And congrats to the law school clerkship teams for this success and the 51 total federal and state clerkships filled by alum this coming fall!
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Thanks for sharing, Marc O. De Girolami!
From his insightful 2020 Nᴏᴛʀᴇ Dᴀᴍᴇ L. Rᴇᴠ. (Notre Dame Law Review) essay on the use of tradition in constitutional interpretation . . .
'There are also more immediate reasons to study the role of tradition . . . . The Court's two newest members, Justices Neil
Honored to join this fantastic group tomorrow to discuss the SCt's reliance on history & tradition in con'al interpretation & some of the most significant individual rights decisions this century. Thanks to Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 🇺🇸 for hosting this symposium at Harvard Law & publishing our