CIT Hosts Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan
For what has now become a much anticipated annual tradition, the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (CIT) hosted a conversation with a Supreme Court Justice. This year, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, CIT welcomed Justice Elena Kagan to address faculty, students, and alumni of the Columbus School of Law. The conversation […]
CIT Managing Director publishes new article in SCOTUSblog, “Respecting our multi-branch lawmaking process”
“In my inaugural entry for this column, I critiqued the Supreme Court’s reliance on an abstract conception of the “separation of powers.” Because the Constitution does not contain a “separation of powers” clause, but instead contains a collection of specific provisions that enforce the separation of powers in specific ways, I contended that the court […]
CIT Managing Director’s Scholarship Earns Praise in JOTWELL Review
“Chad Squitieri’s Congress in the Mouth of a Lawyer is one of the most generative articles I have read this year.” With those words, Professor Jodi Short of the University of California Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) opened her review of Professor Chad Squitieri’s article, “Congress in the Mouth of a Lawyer,” which is forthcoming in […]
CIT’s Managing Director Squitieri to Publish in Vanderbilt Law Review, Georgia Law Review, and George Mason Law Review
Professor Chad Squitieri, CIT’s Managing Director, has a forthcoming article, The Constitutionality of Inter-Branch Appointments, accepted for publication in the Vanderbilt Law Review. Drawing on the Constitution’s text, structure, and history, the article examines the constitutionality of inter-branch appointments — situations in which an actor in one branch of the federal government appoints an officer to […]
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea Files Opening Brief in Supreme Court Gun Case
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea, Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Catholic Law, was part of the litigation team that filed the opening brief on Friday, August 28, in Viramontes v. Cook County, a Second and Fourteenth Amendment case the Supreme Court will hear this term. Acting as Of Counsel […]
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea Joins rationally BASED to Preview the Supreme Court’s Next Major Gun Case
Professor J. Joel Alicea, Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Catholic Law, recently joined Professors Ilan Wurman and Joshua Kleinfeld on their podcast rationally BASED to discuss Viramontes v. Cook County, a Second and Fourteenth Amendment case the Supreme Court will hear this term. As a member of […]
CIT Managing Director Chad Squitieri to Serve as Recurring Columnist for SCOTUSblog
CIT Managing Director Chad Squitieri has been named a recurring columnist for SCOTUSblog, where he will author a regular column examining administrative law, the separation of powers, and related topics. His debut essay, “Slaughter’s Vice,” analyzes the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Trump v. Slaughter, a case centered on the President’s removal power. “I wanted to make […]
CIT Announces the 2026-2027 Aquinas Fellows
CIT is proud to announce its fifth class of the Aquinas Fellowship. The Aquinas Fellowship is a program for young lawyers in the D.C. area that examines the relationship between the Catholic intellectual tradition and American constitutionalism. The program consists of eight monthly seminar-like discussions conducted by leading scholars in the fields of theology, philosophy, […]
CIT Announces our 2026-2027 Visiting Jurists
We are delighted to announce that Judge Kyle Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge Whitney Hermandorfer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will serve as CIT’s Visiting Jurists for the 2026-2027 academic year. Through the Visiting Jurist Program, Judges Duncan and Hermandorfer will co-teach […]
CIT Announces 2026 Fall Events
We are thrilled to share another robust calendar of fall events which bring together scholars, jurists, and public intellectuals for conversations at the intersection of law, faith, and the American constitutional tradition: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion: A Conversation with Author Luke Burgis with Luke Burgis and Kevin C. Walsh September 24th […]
CIT Managing Director Chad Squitieri Delivers Lecture to NCLA’s Ginsburg-Scalia Fellows
Professor Chad Squitieri, Managing Director of CIT, and Director of the Separation of Powers Institute, delivered a lecture to the New Civil Liberties Alliance’s (NCLA) Scalia-Ginsburg Fellows on June 30 at NCLA’s headquarters. NCLA describes the Ginsburg-Scalia Fellowship as bringing together Fellows “from both sides of the political aisle – nine Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fellows and nine Antonin Scalia Fellows – nominated for participation by the law firms where they will be working as summer associates.”
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea Offers Expert Commentary on SCOTUS Cases Testing Presidential Authority
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea was quoted in a recent Fox News Digital article examining two high-stakes Supreme Court cases testing President Trump’s authority to remove federal officials. The article, titled “Trump’s firing power faces twin Supreme Court tests, but one agency may get special treatment,” analyzes the legal distinctions between Slaughter v. Trump and […]
Congratulations to the 2026 Ex Corde Fellows
On Thursday, May 21, we gathered to honor our graduating Ex Corde Fellows at a ceremony led by Prof. Elizabeth Kirk, Director of the Center for Law and the Human Person, and Prof. Chad Squitieri, Managing Director of CIT. The celebration recognized those students whose significant participation in the fellowship’s activities has earned them the […]
CIT and Notre Dame host Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for conclusion of their Conference
On Thursday, April 9th, Catholic Law’s Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (CIT), in partnership with Notre Dame’s Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government and Catholic University’s Carroll Forum for Citizenship and Public Life, concluded their symposium celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a conversation featuring Justice Brett […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers virtual address at CIT’s Conference, Endowed by Their Creator: Catholicism, the Declaration of Independence, and the American Experiment at 250
On Thursday, April 9th, Catholic Law’s Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, together with Notre Dame’s Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government and Catholic University’s Carroll Forum for Citizenship and Public Life, co-hosted a symposium celebrating the nation’s semiquincentennial. The day brought together leading scholars and public intellectuals from across the country […]
CIT partners with Notre Dame and the Carroll Forum to mark American semiquincentennial with April 9 symposium in Washington
As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, CIT partners with the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government (CCCG) at the University of Notre Dame and the Carroll Forum for Citizenship and Public Life at the Catholic University of America to host a major academic symposium examining Catholicism and the American founding. Titled Endowed […]
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea receives Joseph Story Award
We are thrilled to announce that this Saturday, March 14, CIT Director J. Joel Alicea received the Joseph Story Award at the Federalist Society’s Annual National Student Symposium. The Joseph Story Award is given each year to a young academic (40 and under or 10 years on the tenure track or fewer) who has demonstrated […]
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea delivers remarks on new article by Prof. Blocher and Prof. Siegel
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea served as an official commentator on an article by Joseph Blocher and Reva Siegel at the University of San Diego’s Center for the Study of Constitutional Originalism’s annual Originalism Works in Progress Conference. Prof. Alicea’s remarks begin at 9:58:
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea reflects on Justice Scalia’s legacy
A decade has passed since the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, yet his influence on American law is greater now than it has ever been. To honor this enduring legacy, last week, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a two-day symposium, “Justice Antonin Scalia’s Legacy: 10 Years Later,” led by Yuval Levin and Adam J. White […]
CIT Former Aquinas Fellow Katie Lane nominated to serve as a Federal Judge for the District of Montana
CIT is delighted to celebrate the nomination of former Aquinas Fellow Katie Lane to serve as a federal judge for the District of Montana. Prior to her nomination on February 12, Ms. Lane served as senior legal counsel at the Republican National Committee. She previously was an associate at Consovoy McCarthy PLLC in Arlington, Virginia. […]
