Laurence Tribe : biography
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 |
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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 |