CIT Managing Director Chad Squitieri featured on CSPAN
CIT Managing Director Chad Squitieri joined CSPAN this morning, to preview the Supreme Court tariff argument with William & Mary Law Professor Jonathan Adler. Watch the full segment here.
CIT Managing Director Chad Squitieri featured in Politico Magazine
CIT Managing Director Chad Squitieri was featured in a Politico Magazine piece that explored the tariff powers of the President. Prof. Squitieri debated Michael McConnell, a Stanford Law professor and former judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Prof. McConnell is a counsel of record for challengers of the Trump Administration’s […]
WashU Law’s Professor Daniel Epps Explores Fourth Amendment Justification at Catholic Law’s Faculty Workshop
On October 24, Professor Daniel Epps, the Howard and Caroline Cayne Distinguished Professor of Law at WashU Law and co-host of the legal podcast Divided Argument, presented his forthcoming article, Justifying the Fourth Amendment, at Catholic Law’s Faculty Workshop. Set to be published in the Vanderbilt Law Review in 2026, the article delves into the rationale for enshrining search-and-seizure […]
CIT’s Opening Event for the 2025-2026 Academic Year: A Conversation with Justice Clarence Thomas
For the fourth consecutive year, the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (CIT) opened its academic year of programming by hosting a conversation with a Supreme Court Justice. On Thursday, September 25th, CIT welcomed Justice Clarence Thomas to address faculty, students, and alumni of Catholic Law. The conversation was moderated by CIT […]
CIT Announces 2025-2026 Faculty Workshops
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea was appointed to serve as Catholic Law’s Associate Dean of Faculty Research for the 2025-2026 academic year. In this role, Prof. Alicea will oversee monthly faculty workshops, designed to provide scholars with the opportunity to present papers in progress and to receive constructive feedback from the scholars in attendance. CIT is proud […]
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea Explores Landmark Supreme Court Case on Prayer in Schools in PragerU Video
Prof. J. Joel Alicea delves into the pivotal 1962 Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale in a new PragerU educational video. The case, which held that government-composed prayer in public schools was unconstitutional, marked a turning point in the relationship between religion and public life in America. Prof. Alicea unpacks the Court’s decision and its far-reaching consequences, shedding […]
CIT Managing Director Prof. Chad Squitieri featured on Fox Business
Prof. Chad Squitieri joined Mornings with Maria on the Fox Business Network to discuss President Trump’s attempt to remove Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook for cause, and her legal action in response. According to Prof. Squitieri, “The executive power is vested in one person, the President of the United States, and the Supreme Court has […]
CIT Managing Director Chad Squitieri testifies before U.S. Senate
On July 30th, 2025, CIT Managing Director Prof. Chad Squitieri testified before the U.S. Senate’s Subcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce and Regulatory Affairs to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. You can watch Prof. Squitieri’s testimony (starting at 39:50) and read the transcript at this link:https://lnkd.in/e_dnTHSk
Fmr. Aquinas Fellow Josh Divine confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a District Court Judge
CIT is delighted to celebrate the Senate confirmation of former Aquinas Fellow Josh Divine to the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri. Prior to his confirmation, Mr. Divine served as the Solicitor General of Missouri, overseeing the office’s appellate and special litigation divisions. Before serving as Solicitor General, Mr. […]
CIT Affiliated Fellow Jennifer Mascott nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
CIT extends its congratulations to Affiliated Fellow Jenn Mascott on her nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In announcing her nomination, President Trump wrote that Prof. Mascott is a “highly respected constitutional law professor, [who] served in the Department of Justice during [Trump’s] first term, and currently works in the […]
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea publishes essay in the New York Times
On Monday, June 9th, CIT Director J. Joel Alicea was published in the New York Times with his essay, “The Supreme Court Is Divided in More Ways Than You’d Think.”
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea Testifies on Universal Injunctions Before U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
June 4th, 2025 J. Joel Alicea, St. Robert Bellarmine Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Catholic Law testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Tuesday, June 3, during a public hearing titled “The Supposedly “Least Dangerous Branch”: District Judges v. Trump.” Both the […]
Administrative Conference Appoints CIT Managing Director Chad Squitieri to the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS)
Washington, D.C., May 20, 2025 The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) today announced the appointment of nine new public members and nine new senior fellows, whose terms begin on July 1, 2025. Public Members: Senior Fellows: ACUS welcomes these distinguished new members and thanks them for volunteering their time in the service of […]
CIT Director J. Joel Alicea receives Professor of the Year Award
Congratulations to CIT Director J. Joel Alicea, who was the recipient of this year’s Professor of the Year Award at the April 25th Columbus Awards Night hosted by the Catholic Law community. This marks the second year in a row that CIT faculty have taken home the top honor—last year, CIT Senior Fellow Kevin C. […]
CIT Fellow Derek Webb receives Outstanding Professor for First Year Classes Award
CIT Fellow Derek Webb, who recently joined the faculty of Catholic Law as an Assistant Professor of Law in 2024, was awarded “Outstanding Professor of First Year Classes” at the Columbus Awards on April 25th. The Columbus Awards celebrate and honor the outstanding contributions of students, faculty, and staff to Catholic Law. Read the article […]
Professor Joel Alicea Discusses the 1935 SCOTUS Decision Humphrey’s Executor in an Interview with CBS News
Catholic Law’s Professor Joel Alicea was recently interviewed by CBS News to discuss the Supreme Court’s 1935 decision in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States. In that case, the Court established an exception to the president’s authority to remove executive officers. The interview explored whether the Supreme Court might revisit—and potentially overturn—this nearly century-old precedent. Click here to view the […]
David French and Sarah Isgur host Advisory Opinions podcast at Catholic Law in special episode featuring CIT Director J. Joel Alicea and Judge Trevor McFadden
Popular legal podcast Advisory Opinions came to campus last week, with Sarah Isgur (Senior Editor,The Dispatch) and David French (Columnist, New York Times) hosting CIT’s own Prof. J. Joel Alicea and D.D.C. Judge Trevor McFadden for a wide-ranging, high-spirited conversation that spanned topics from the importance of law students studying originalist methodology, the meaning and fad of corpus […]
CIT Managing Director Prof. Chad Squitieri testifies before Congress
Prof. Chad Squitieri testified before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on Wednesday, December 18 on “Restoring Congressional Power over VA after Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.” “The Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright brought about a welcome change to federal administrative law, and the decision should be celebrated for at least two reasons. First, because of the […]
CIT Managing Director Prof. Chad Squitieri’s essay, “Treating the Administrative as Law,” published in Cornell Law Review Online
“Modern separation-of-powers jurisprudence—including key decisions decided during the Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term—has been critiqued on the grounds that it constitutes “judicial aggrandizement,” i.e., that it impermissibly empowers federal courts to decide separation-of-powers questions better left to Congress and the President. This “judicial aggrandizement” critique goes too far to the extent it suggests that federal courts […]
CIT Fellow Prof. Derek Webb’s article, “The Lost History of Judicial Restraint,” published in the Notre Dame Law Review
“For over 125 years, jurists and scholars who have championed judicial restraint have looked back to James Bradley Thayer’s 1893 Harvard Law Review article, The Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of Constitutional Law, as the seminal authority for the rule that courts should presume the constitutionality of a challenged law and only invalidate it […]