Garrett West is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His subject areas include torts, remedies, federal courts, and administrative law. His scholarship focuses on the uses of private law theory in public law and on the problems of constitutional interpretation and doctrinal coherence through constitutional change.
West received a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as an Articles and Essays Editor on the Yale Law Journal, and a B.A. from Hillsdale College in 2015. After graduating from Yale, West practiced appellate litigation in Washington, D.C., and clerked for Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain, Judge Thomas Griffith, and Justice Samuel Alito.
Plenary Panel 2: Justice Alito's Jurisprudence
J. Joel Alicea, Stephanos Bibas, Sherif Girgis, Michael H. Park, E. Garrett West
An Examination of the Jurisprudence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
This panel will examine Justice Samuel Alito’s jurisprudence as a whole, with particular attention to...
Plenary Panel 2: Justice Alito's Jurisprudence
J. Joel Alicea, Stephanos Bibas, Sherif Girgis, Michael H. Park, E. Garrett West
An Examination of the Jurisprudence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
This panel will examine Justice Samuel Alito’s jurisprudence as a whole, with particular attention to...
Plenary Panel 1: Justice Alito's Impact on Statutory Interpretation
Charles J. Cooper, Robert P. George, Gregory G. Katsas, Eric M. Palmer
An Examination of the Jurisprudence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
Justice Alito’s statutory interpretation jurisprudence reflects a sustained commitment to textual analysis, structural coherence, and...
Plenary Panel 1: Justice Alito's Impact on Statutory Interpretation
Charles J. Cooper, Robert P. George, Gregory G. Katsas, Eric M. Palmer
An Examination of the Jurisprudence of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
Justice Alito’s statutory interpretation jurisprudence reflects a sustained commitment to textual analysis, structural coherence, and...
Structure Over Spectacle: The Supreme Court's 2024 Term
Donald A. Daugherty, David C. Tryon
Federalist Society Review, Volume 26
After several years of headline-grabbing decisions that reshaped national political debate—from abortion and affirmative action...
From Ratio to Auctoritas: The Decline of Reason and the Rise of Authority in American and Roman Law
Alexander T. MacDonald
Federalist Society Review, Volume 26
Are we Rome? In the United States, the question is usually directed at our politics...
2025 Ron Rotunda Memorial Webinar
Barry Anderson, Michael S. McGinniss
Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law: Where We've Been, Where We're Going, and What To Do About It
Professor Ron Rotunda wrote seminal law books that are still used in law schools across...
2025 Ron Rotunda Memorial Webinar
Barry Anderson, Michael S. McGinniss
Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law: Where We've Been, Where We're Going, and What To Do About It
Professor Ron Rotunda wrote seminal law books that are still used in law schools across...
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Big Tech and the Conservative Paradox
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“The Rule of Law Means That No Person Is Above the Law’s Requirements or Below Its Protections”: New Georgia Chief Justice Defines and Defends the Rule of Law
On Tuesday, Hon. Nels S.D. Peterson was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of...