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.
Parental Rights from the Founding to Present Day
Michael P. Farris, Martin Guggenheim, Melissa Moschella, Anthony Sanders, Gene C. Schaerr
CLE credit for this event is available at On-Demand CLE. Parental rights have long occupied...
Plenary Panel 2: Justice Alito's Jurisprudence
J. Joel Alicea, Stephanos Bibas, Sherif Girgis, Michael H. Park, E. Garrett West
This panel will examine Justice Samuel Alito’s jurisprudence as a whole, with particular attention to...
Panel II: Federalism and Subsidiarity: Decentralizing Decisions and Balancing Power from Nation to Neighborhood
Clint Bolick, Jonathan Green, Anthony Johnstone, Justin Reed Walker, Evan A. Young
Featuring: Hon. Clint Bolick, Justice, Arizona Supreme Court Hon. Anthony Johnstone, United States Court of Appeals...
Panel: Originalism, Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
J. Joel Alicea, Amanda Frost, Kurt T. Lash, Keith E. Whittington, Ilan Wurman
Prof. Amanda Frost, David Lurton Massee, Jr., Professor of Law, Director, Immigration, Migration and Human Rights...
Toward a More Confident State Constitutionalism
Steve J. Markman
This article is adapted from a speech Justice Markman delivered to the Florida Annual Education...
Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Sex Offender Registration Challenge, Re-Affirms Originalism Commitment
Nicholas DeBenedetto
In May, the Supreme Court of Georgia unanimously rejected a facial and as-applied challenge to...
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Tyler v. Hennepin County: Why This Seemingly Innocent Decision is Disquieting
A Supreme Court ruling, like many other things, may not be quite what it seems....
Washington Supreme Court Allows Some Claims To Proceed in Challenge to Delivery Fee Ordinance
Anthony Sanders
In a recent Washington Supreme Court decision, Washington Food Industry Association v. City of Seattle,...
The State of the Research on the Privileges or Immunities Clause
Jud Campbell, Lawrence Lessig, Ilan Wurman
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The State of the Research on the Privileges or Immunities Clause
Harvard Student Chapter
Cambridge, MA