Laurence Tribe

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Laurence Tribe : biography

October 10, 1941 –

Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is a professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School and the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. He also works with the firm Massey & Gail LLP on a variety of matters.

Tribe is widely recognized as a leading liberal scholar of constitutional law.Gregory, Vanessa (2010-12-06) , The American Prospect He is the author of American Constitutional Law (1978), a treatise in that field, and has argued before the United States Supreme Court 35 times.

Personal life

Tribe married Carolyn Ricarda Kreye in 1964. The couple have two children, Mark and Kerry, both visual artists.

Publications

Books
  • The Invisible Constitution (2008)
  • American Constitutional Law (treatise) (1978, 1979, 1988, and 2000)
  • On Reading the Constitution (1991) (co-author with Michael Dorf)
  • Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes (1990)
  • Constitutional Choices (1985)
  • God Save This Honorable Court: How the Choice of Supreme Court Justices Shapes Our History (1985)
  • The Supreme Court: Trends and Developments (1979, 1980, 1982, 1983)
  • When Values Conflict: Essays on Environmental Analysis, Discourse, and Decision (1976) (ed.)
  • The American Presidency: Its Constitutional Structure (1974)
  • Channeling Technology Through Law (1973)
  • Environmental Protection (1971) (co-author with Louis Jaffe)
  • Technology: Processes of Assessment and Choice (1969)
Articles
  • ‘The Curvature of Constitutional Space: What Lawyers Can Learn From Modern Physics’ (1989) 103 Harvard Law Review 1

Political involvement

Tribe is noted for his extensive support of liberal legal causes. He is one of the co-founders of the liberal American Constitution Society, the law and policy organization formed to counter the conservative Federalist Society, and is one of a number of scholars at Harvard Law School who have expressed their support for animal rights., Association of American Medical Colleges, retrieved April 10, 2011. Tribe argued one case for Al Gore during the disputed 2000 U.S. presidential election.

Tribe actively supported the Barack Obama presidential campaign, and described Obama as "the best student I ever had," a sentiment previously reserved for Kathleen Sullivan.

Alongside Harvard’s Cass Sunstein, Tribe served as a judicial adviser to the Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. In February 2010, he was named "Senior Counselor for Access to Justice" in the Department of Justice. He resigned eight months later, citing health reasons.

Early life and education

Tribe was born in Shanghai, China, the son of Paulina (née Diatlovitsky) and George Israel Tribe. His parents were Ashkenazi Jews. His father was from Poland and his mother was born in Harbin, to a family of immigrants from Eastern Europe.http://bigthink.com/ideas/3467 He was raised in the French Quarter of Shanghai. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco, California. He holds an A.B. in mathematics, summa cum laude from Harvard College (1962), and a J.D., magna cum laude from Harvard Law School (1966), where he was a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. Tribe won the intercollegiate National Debate Tournament in 1961 and coached the Harvard debating team to another national championship in 1969.

Cases

The following a list of the cases Tribe has argued in the U.S. Supreme Court, complete as of the end of 2005:

Case Citation Year Outcome
Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia source=f|448|555}} 1981 win
Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness source=f|452|640}} 1981 loss
Crawford v. Board of Education source=f|458|527}} 1982 loss
Larkin v. Grendel’s Den source=f|459|116}} 1982 win
White v. Massachusetts Council source=f|460|204}} 1983 win
Pacific Gas & Electric v. California source=f|461|190}} 1983 win
Hawaii Housing Auth. v. Midkiff source=f|467|229}} 1984 win
Northeast Bancorp v. Fed. Reserve source=f|472|159}} 1985 win
Board of Education v. National Gay Task Force source=f|470|159}} 1985 win
Fisher v. City of Berkeley source=f|475|260}} 1986 win
Bowers v. Hardwick source=f|478|186}} 1986 loss
Pennzoil v. Texaco source=f|481|1}} 1986 win
Schweiker v. Chilicky source=f|487|412}} 1988 loss
Granfinanciera v. Nordberg source=f|492|33}} 1989 loss
Sable Communications v. FCC source=f|492|115}} 1989 draw
Adams Fruit v. Barrett source=f|494|638}} 1990 win
Rust v. Sullivan source=f|500|173}} 1991 loss
Cipollone v. Liggett source=f|505|504}} 1992 win
TXO v. Alliance Resources source=f|509|443}} 1993 win
Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg source=f|512|415}} 1994 loss
U.S. v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone source=f|516|415}} 1996 draw
Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party source=f|520|351}} 1997 loss
Vacco v. Quill source=f|521|793}} 1997 loss
Amchem Products v. Windsor source=f|521|591}} 1997 win
Baker v. General Motors source=f|522|222}} 1998 win
AT&T v. Iowa Utilities Board source=f|525|366}} 1999 loss
Ortiz v. Fibreboard source=f|527|815}} 1999 win
Bush v. Gore I source=f|531|70}} 2000 loss
New York Times Co. v. Tasini source=f|533|438}} 2001 loss
U.S. v. United Foods source=f|533|405}} 2001 win
FCC v. NextWave source=f|537|293}} 2002 win
State Farm v. Campbell source=f|538|408}} 2003 loss
Nike v. Kasky source=f|539|654}} 2003 loss
Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association source=f|544|550}} 2005 loss