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 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’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...

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...

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...

“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...