Linda Greenhouse
Clinical Lecturer in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and Senior Research Scholar in Law
Linda Greenhouse is a Clinical Lecturer in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. She covered the Supreme Court for The New York Times between 1978 and 2008 and continues to write regularly for the newspaper’s Opinion pages.
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Contact Information
- Room 336
- (203) 432-2514
- linda.greenhouse@yale.edu
Faculty Assistant
Kris Krause
- J34
- 203-432-6586
- kris.krause@yale.edu
Education & Curriculum Vitae
M.S.L., Yale Law School, 1978
B.A., Radcliffe College (Harvard), 1968
Courses Taught
- The Institutional Supreme Court
- Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic
- Warren Burger's Supreme Court
- The Constitution of the Family: Emerging Issues
Linda Greenhouse is a Clinical Lecturer in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. She covered the Supreme Court for The New York Times between 1978 and 2008 and continues to write regularly for the newspaper’s Opinion pages. Greenhouse received several major journalism awards during her 40-year career at the Times, including the Pulitzer Prize (1998) and the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from Harvard University’s Kennedy School (2004). In 2002, the American Political Science Association gave her its Carey McWilliams Award for “a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics.” Her books include a biography of Justice Harry A. Blackmun, Becoming Justice Blackmun; Before Roe v. Wade: Voices That Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court's Ruling (with Reva B. Siegel); The U.S. Supreme Court, A Very Short Introduction, published by Oxford University Press in 2012; The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right, with Michael J. Graetz, published in 2016; and a memoir, Just a Journalist: Reflections on the Press, Life, and the Spaces Between, published by Harvard University Press in 2017. Her latest book is Justice on the Brink: A Requiem for the Supreme Court (Random House, 2021). In her extracurricular life, Greenhouse served from 2017-2023 as president of the American Philosophical Society, the country's oldest learned society, which in 2005 awarded her its Henry Allen Moe Prize for writing in jurisprudence and the humanities. From 2004-2023, she served on the Council of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is an honorary member of the American Law Institute, which in 2002 awarded her its Henry J. Friendly Medal. She has been awarded thirteen honorary degrees. She is a graduate of Radcliffe College (Harvard) and earned a Master of Studies in Law degree from Yale Law School, which she attended on a Ford Foundation fellowship.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
We’re About to Find Out How Far the Supreme Court Will Go to Arm America. — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.
Monday, January 30, 2023
The Latest Crusade to Place Religion Over the Rest of Civil Society — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.
Sunday, January 22, 2023
The 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Constitutional Crisis Hotline
Clinical Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel discuss how Roe v. Wade should be commemorated after the Supreme Court overruled the landmark ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health last year. Jed Shugerman ’02 and Julie Suk ’03 host the conversation.
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Victimhood and Vengeance
The New York Review
Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL reviews three books on the contemporary rise of Christian nationalism.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Does the War Over Abortion Have a Future? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Q&A: Justice on the Brink
The American Prospect
Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL answers questions about the state of the Supreme Court.
Monday, November 14, 2022
What in the World Happened to the Supreme Court? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The Atlantic
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.
Friday, October 28, 2022
On Affirmative Action, What Once Seemed Unthinkable Might Become Real — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.
Monday, September 19, 2022
John Roberts’s Long Game — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The Atlantic
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Alito’s Call to Arms to Secure Religious Liberty — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, July 22, 2022
Religious Doctrine, Not the Constitution, Drove the Dobbs Decision — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
The Un-Separation of Church and State
WBUR On Point
Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL discussed the separation of church and state.
Friday, June 24, 2022
Requiem for the Supreme Court — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Should Courts Assess the Sincerity of Religious Beliefs? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The Atlantic
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Justice Alito’s Invisible Women — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, April 1, 2022
How Low Will Senate Republicans Go on Ketanji Brown Jackson? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Sunday, March 20, 2022
The Court Ketanji Brown Jackson Knew — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The Atlantic
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, March 18, 2022
Should We Reform the Court? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Review of Books
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, March 4, 2022
What Kind of Story Will Ketanji Brown Jackson Tell Her Fellow Justices? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, January 31, 2022
Linda Greenhouse: Sotomayor Faced Similar ‘Undercutting, Backbiting’ as Today’s Supreme Court Contenders
MSNBC
Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL discussed potential nominees to the Supreme Court on Andrea Mitchell Reports.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Stephen Breyer Was the Right Justice for the Wrong Age — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Supreme Court Effectively Ends Trump Foot-Dragging On 1/6 Investigation Document Requests
The Rachel Maddow Show
Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL discussed the recent Supreme Court decision rejecting Donald Trump's emergency request to not have documents from his time in office shared with the January 6th Committee's investigation.
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Do We Have the Supreme Court We Deserve? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
A Year in Books: Faculty Elevated New Ideas on a Range of Critical Issues
Yale Law School’s renowned faculty published an extraordinary collection of books and scholarship in 2021. Here’s a look back at the year in books published by YLS faculty and lecturers in law.
Thursday, December 16, 2021
The Supreme Court, Weaponized — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, December 3, 2021
Yale’s Legal Experts Unpack the Supreme Court Term
Yale Daily News
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University Samuel Moyn, Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School Linda Greenhouse '78, and Adam Gerard ’23 are quoted in an article about the Supreme Court’s latest term.
Friday, December 3, 2021
The Supreme Court Gaslights Its Way to the End of Roe — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 18, 2021
What Happens When a Court Goes Rogue? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 11, 2021
How Trump Transformed the Supreme Court
The New Yorker
Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL discusses the Supreme Court and her book, Justice on the Brink.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Linda Greenhouse Unpacks a Landmark Year at the Supreme Court
Veteran Supreme Court reporter and Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL chronicles the political tumult that rocked the Supreme Court’s 2020–21 term in her new book.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
'Justice on the Brink' Author Considers the Impact of Trump's 3 Supreme Court Picks
NPR
Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL discusses her new book, Justice on the Brink.
Monday, November 8, 2021
How the Christian Right Took Over the Supreme Court
The Daily Beast
The new book, Justice on the Brink, by Clinical Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Scholar in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is reviewed.
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Do Gun Rights Depend on Abortion Rights? That’s Now Up to the Supreme Court. — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
When Dissent Is All There Is — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The Atlantic
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Why Did the Supreme Court Stop This Execution? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Clinical Lecturer in Law and a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
What We Lost When We Lost Sandra Day O’Connor — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, September 13, 2021
How the Real Jane Roe Shaped the Abortion Wars
The New Yorker
A review of The Family Roe: An American Story cites research by Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel and Clinical Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
God Has No Place in Supreme Court Opinions — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
On Voting Rights, Justice Alito Is Stuck in the 1980s — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 1, 2021
What the Supreme Court Did for Religion — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Grievance Conservatives Are Here to Stay
The New York Review of Books
Senior Research Scholar in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL reviews two new books that explore the role of religion in American politics.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
The Sound of Silence on Abortion — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 20, 2021
The Free Ride May Soon Be Over for Anti-Abortion Politicians — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Will the Supreme Court Write Guantánamo’s Final Chapter? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Uncomfortable Timing for a Supreme Court Gun Fight — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 8, 2021
This Is What Judicial Activism Looks Like on the Supreme Court — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Testing Time at the Supreme Court — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Our Lonely Chief Justice — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 25, 2021
We Still Have to Worry About the Supreme Court and Elections — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Let’s Not Forget Trump’s Failure to ‘Take Care’ — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The Supreme Court Upheld Trump’s Muslim Ban. Let’s Not Forget That. — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 14, 2021
The Supreme Court After Trump — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
My Joe Biden Story — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Thank the Supreme Court, for Now — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Choice — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Four Years of the Trump Administration in Court. One Word Stuck in My Head. — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
The Supreme Court Is Now 6-3. What Does That Mean? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
What Does Amy Coney Barrett Mean for the Supreme Court? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, October 16, 2020
The Supreme Court We Need — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Review of Books
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Questions for Amy Coney Barrett — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
How Did a Young, Unknown Lawyer Change the World? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 18, 2020
Human Rights Workshop: Professor Gonsalves on the Politics of Public Health
Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership Gregg Gonsalves led the September 17, 2020 Human Rights Workshop, titled “Pandemic and Social Movements,” on the connections between two ongoing public health crises
Thursday, September 10, 2020
A Court Just Slammed the Guantánamo Gate Shut — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Could It Be Bush v. Gore All Over Again? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
The Supreme Court’s Religious Crusaders Take On the Pandemic Response — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse is the Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Linda Greenhouse on the Supreme Court’s religion ‘project’
CT Mirror / Steady Habits Podcast
Senior Research Scholar in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse spoke to the Steady Habits podcast about recent Supreme Court decisions.
Thursday, July 2, 2020
How Chief Justice Roberts Solved His Abortion Dilemma — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Friday, June 19, 2020
Roberts to Trump: Don’t Take the Supreme Court for Granted — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 18, 2020
What Does ‘Sex’ Mean? The Supreme Court Answers — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
The Supreme Court, Too, Is on the Brink — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Storytelling at the Supreme Court — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Sunday, May 10, 2020
The Passion of John Paul Stevens — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
Michigan Law Review
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 7, 2020
The Real Vote Suppression Threat — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 23, 2020
A Precedent Overturned Reveals a Supreme Court in Crisis — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
The Supreme Court Fails Us — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Will the Supreme Court Protect ‘Ministers’ From Their Church? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
The Supreme Court’s Fictional Middle Ground on Abortion — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
The Supreme Court Nears the Moment of Truth on Religion — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
The Supreme Court’s Collapsing Center on Religion — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Who Will Be Left Standing in the Supreme Court — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 2, 2020
An Old Battle Resumes at the Supreme Court — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 19, 2019
The Supreme Court’s Final Exam — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Gunfight at the Supreme Court — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Can the Supreme Court Save Itself? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Donald Trump Is Taking His Tax Returns Fight To The Supreme Court—But There's No Guarantee It Will Listen
Newsweek
Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is quoted in Newsweek article about Donald Trump’s legal efforts to keep his tax returns from Congress.
Friday, November 8, 2019
The Supreme Court Confronts DACA — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Will the Supreme Court Stand Up for an Unarmed Mexican Teenager Shot by a Border Agent?—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Friday, October 18, 2019
The First and Last of Her Kind — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Review of Books
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
A Supreme Court Abortion Case That Tests the Court Itself — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Americans Agree on Abortion Much More Than You’d Think
Teen Vogue
Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is quoted in Teen Vogue about public opinion on abortion rights.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
There Was More to the Price Hike on Stamps Than the Cost — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Religious Crusaders at the Supreme Court’s Gates — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Friday, August 30, 2019
Civil Rights Turned Topsy-Turvy — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 15, 2019
The Supreme Court’s Second Amendment Appetite — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
On the Border Wall, the Supreme Court Caves to Trump — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Saturday, July 20, 2019
The Invisible Hand of Justice Stevens on Abortion — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
It’s Not Nice to Lie to the Supreme Court — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 20, 2019
The Supreme Court Is Showing an Instinct for Self-Preservation — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 6, 2019
The Impeachment Question
The New York Review of Books
Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL reviews five books on impeachment.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Who Cares About the Supreme Court's 'Legitimacy'? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Let’s Not Forget the Establishment Clause — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Friday, May 10, 2019
The Supreme Court, the Census Case and the Truth — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Friday, April 26, 2019
On L.G.B.T. Rights, the Supreme Court Asks the Question — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
A Supreme Court Do-Over — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Monday, April 1, 2019
Abortion Cases: A Conservative Judicial Agenda? — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 28, 2019
The Flood of Court Cases That Threaten Abortion — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 14, 2019
The Court and the Cross — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Why R.B.G. Matters — A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
When Judges Defy the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Family Ties at the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
The Kind of Judge We Need—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 3, 2019
A Call to Arms at the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
A Supreme Court Divided. On the Right.—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Friday, December 7, 2018
The Power of Supreme Court Choices—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
How Not To Conduct Elections—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
New Haven Independent
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Who Owns the Supreme Court?—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
From Top Law School Grad to Notorious R.B.G.: The Evolution of a Supreme Court Justice
The New York Times Book Review
Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL reviews a new biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the New York Times Book Review.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Playing the Long Game for the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
A Lesson for Kavanaugh From Another Tarnished Supreme Court Justice—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Academic highlight: Greenhouse and Siegel on the past, present and future of Roe v. Wade
ScotusBlog
A review on the chapter authored by Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel ’86 and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL in the forthcoming book Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
A Supreme Court Transformed—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 30, 2018
What Guantánamo Says About Kavanaugh—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Are We Now Electing Supreme Court Judges?—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
A Kavanaugh Signal on Abortion?—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Wrongfully Convicted
The New York Review of Books
Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL reviews several books dealing with wrongful conviction.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
How the Supreme Court Avoided the Cake Case’s Tough Issues—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 24, 2018
The Supreme Court’s Next Abortion Chapter—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 10, 2018
How the Supreme Court Grasps Religion—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
The Supreme Court and the New Civil War—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Dissenting Against the Supreme Court’s Rightward Shift—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Monday, April 2, 2018
How Judges Know What They Know—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
New York Times
Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Justice Scalia’s Fading Legacy—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 1, 2018
The Supreme Court's Power Play Against Labor-A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Will the Supreme Court Become Trump's Enabler?—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
The Chief Justice, Searching for Middle Ground-A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
The El Salvador Tragedy—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Team Trump’s Audacious “Complicity” Claim for Nullifying Abortion Rights
The Washington Spectator
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law Reva Siegel, Professor of Law Douglas NeJaime, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL are cited in an article about abortion rights.
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Two Ways of Looking at Gerrymandering—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Linda Greenhouse Releases New Book on Her Experiences as a Journalist
In her latest book, Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL trains an autobiographical lens on a moment of transition in American journalism.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
When the Truth Is Unconstitutional—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Friday, November 24, 2017
Q&A: Linda Greenhouse on the new challenges of journalism
Columbia Journalism Review
Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL took part in a Q & A.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
The Worrisome Future of Abortion Rights—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Pulitzer-winner’s book examines journalism’s role in democracy
The New Haven Register
Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL was interviewed about her new book, “Just a Journalist.”
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Will Politics Tarnish the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy?—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
On Contraception, It’s Church Over State—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Lessons From a Travel Ban Clash That Wasn’t—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 14, 2017
An Old Supreme Court Dream—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Eclipsing Dreams of Better Lives—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 17, 2017
What We’re in Danger of Losing—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Finding Common Ground, Despite Ideological Divides—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
The Supreme Court and the Law of Motion—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, July 7, 2017
Trump’s Life-Tenured Judicial Avatar—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Justice Ginsburg and the Price of Equality—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 8, 2017
What the Judges Know About Trump—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
A Warning on Trump’s Religious Liberty Order—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
The Broken Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
The Empty Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
A Time to Choose for the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Outsourcing the Constitution—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Who Will Watch the Agents Watching Our Borders?—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Law professors weigh in on the Supreme Court nominee and confirmation process
Yale Law School professor E. Donald Elliott doesn’t share the same judicial philosophy as Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, but he believes that President Trump’s selection is “as good as it possibly gets” — as far as conservative judges go.
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump?—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Searching for the Mainstream—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
The Supreme Court’s Next Gun Battle—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, January 13, 2017
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL on How the Trump Administration Could Shape the Courts
Yale Alumni Magazine
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Under Trump, the Federal Courts Will Be Up For Grabs—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Chasing Abortion Rights Across the State Line—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
The Choice Confronting the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
The Corrosive Election and the New Abnormal—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Let’s Legislate From the Supreme Court Bench—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Pondering the Supreme Court’s Future—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Birth Control Continues to Bedevil the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Reversal of Fortune for Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
The Courts Begin to Call Out Lawmakers—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
When Sandra Day O’Connor Broke Into the Men’s Club—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 21, 2016
How the G.O.P. Outsourced the Judicial Nomination Process.—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 7, 2016
The Not-So-Liberal Roberts Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, June 27, 2016
The Facts Win Out on Abortion—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, June 25, 2016
The Supreme Court’s Silent Failure on Immigration—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, June 24, 2016
The Supreme Court’s Post-Scalia Term—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Justice Clarence Thomas’s Solitary Voice—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
The Supreme Court’s Wishful Thinking About Compromise—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Blaming the Chief Justice—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
When Smart Supreme Court Justices Play Dumb—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
The Abortion Map Today—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, April 8, 2016
LawNewz
Man Takes His Anti-Ted Cruz ‘Birther’ Case All The Way to U.S. Supreme Court
Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is quoted in an article about a case to be reviewed by the Supreme Court charging that Canadian-born Ted Cruz is ineligible to run for president.
Monday, April 4, 2016
No hearing for Garland, but plenty of noise
Harvard Gazette
YLS lecturer Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL was interviewed about the post-Scalia Supreme Court.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
A Supreme Court Hijacking—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Our Partisan Supreme Court And What To Do About It: Linda Greenhouse Speaks
WGBH
Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL was interviewed about the Supreme Court.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Bring it On—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
The Supreme Court’s New Era—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Why Courts Shouldn’t Ignore the Facts About Abortion Rights—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
The Supreme Court vs. the President—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Scalia’s Putsch at the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
The Supreme Court and a Life Barely Lived—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Judicial Energy and the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Church, State, and the Supreme Court’s Moment of Truth—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
A Chief Justice Without a Friend—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Drawing the Line Between Civil and Religious Rights—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Judges Standing Upside-Down—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
The Supreme Court’s Gap on Race and Juries—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
A Religion Case Too Far for the Supreme Court?—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, July 9, 2015
The Illusion of a Liberal Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
The Supreme Court and the Politics of Fear—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
The Roberts Court’s Reality Check—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Law and Symbolism at the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
The Supreme Court Down the Stretch—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Supreme Court Litmus Testing in the 2016 Election—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
The Morning After the Same-Sex Marriage Decision—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
On Same-Sex Marriage, It’s Too Late to ‘Wait-and-See’ at the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Speaking Truth to the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
The Supreme Court’s Death Trap—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Identity Crisis—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Where Credit Is Due—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
The Rigorous Romantic: Anthony Lewis on the Supreme Court Beat—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
Missouri Law Review
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Groundhog Day at the Supreme Court—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Four words could bring the law down
The Economist: Democracy in America
Professor of Law Abbe Gluck ’00 and Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL are quoted in an article about the legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act currently before the Supreme Court.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
The Supreme Court at Stake—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Off the Hook?—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Guantánamo Dreams—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Heavy Lifting—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Judge on the Spot—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Law in the Raw—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Danger Zone—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Tragedy or Triumph—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
The New York Times
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is a Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Reaction: Supreme Court Rules on Health Care Law
Yale Law School faculty members and lecturers comment on the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on the health care law.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL Named to List of Outstanding U.S. Journalists by NYU Journalism Faculty
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL has been selected one of “The 100 Outstanding Journalists in the United States in the Last 100 Years” by the journalism faculty at New York University.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Witness from Guantanamo—A Conversation with Carol Rosenberg and Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
A special event, “Witness from Guantanamo,” featuring Miami Herald staff writer Carol Rosenberg and YLS lecturer Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL, will take place on January 25 at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Journalists Greenhouse and Lithwick Discuss How the Internet Has Affected Supreme Court Reporting
In a talk Oct. 26 at Yale Law School, Slate editor Dahlia Lithwick and YLS Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL discussed how media coverage of the Supreme Court has changed.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Writing About the Supreme Court – A Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick and Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
A special event featuring Dahlia Lithwick, legal correspondent for Slate, in conversation with former New York Times Supreme Court reporter and YLS lecturer Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL will take place on October 26 at Yale Law School.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Media Freedom and Information Access Practicum Looks to Increase Government Transparency and Support the Public’s Right to Know
Yale Law School has announced the launch of the Media Freedom and Information Access Practicum.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Linda Greenhouse Returning To Yale Law School in 2009 as Journalist-in-Residence
Linda Greenhouse ’78 M.S.L., Pulitzer Prize-winning legal writer and Supreme Court reporter for The New York Times for the past three decades, will return to Yale Law School in January 2009 as the Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence and Joseph Goldstein Senior Fellow.
Books
Just a Journalist: On the Press, Life, and the Spaces Between (Harvard, 2017)
The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right (with Michael J. Graetz) 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2012)
Before Roe v. Wade: Voices That Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court’s Ruling (with Reva B. Siegel) 2010 (2d edition, 2012, http://documents.law.yale.edu/before-roe )
Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun’s Supreme Court Journey, Times Books/Henry Holt, 2005. (excerpted as Improbable Icon, The Green Bag Almanac & Reader 2006, pp. 36-50)
Book Chapter
Is It the Roberts Court? in The Health Care Case (Persily, Metzger, Morrison, eds.) (Oxford, 2013)
The Third Rehnquist Court, Foreword to The Rehnquist Legacy, Craig Bradley, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2006
Book Review
Was it the Era of 'O'Connorism?, 92 Judicature 169 (Jan.-Feb. 2009) (reviewing Nancy Maveety, "Queen's Court: Judicial Power in the Rehnquist Era")
Anthology
Equine Evolution: Our Creation, Our Concern in To the Swift: Classic Triple Crown Horses and Their Race for Glory, Joe Drape, ed., St. Martin’s Press, 2008
Journals and Law Review Articles
The Supreme Court and Science: A Case in Point, 147 Daedalus (Vol. 4) 28 (Fall 2018)
Books of the Justices (Foreword), 115 Mich. L. Rev. 733 (2017)
The Difference a Whole Woman Makes: Protection for the Abortion Right After Whole Woman's Health (with Reva B. Siegel) 126 Yale L.J.F. 149 (2016) http://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/the-difference-a-whole-woman-makes
Casey and the Clinic Closings: When “Protecting Health” Obstructs Choice, 125 Yale L.J. 1428 ( 2016) (with Reva B. Siegel)
Backlash to the Future? From Roe to Perry, 60 UCLA L. Rev. Disc. 240 (2013) (with Reva Siegel)
Before (and After) Roe v. Wade: New Questions About Backlash, 120 YALE L.J.2028 (2011) (with Reva Siegel)
Justice John Paul Stevens as Abortion-Rights Strategist, 43 U.C. Davis Law Review 749 (Feb. 2010)
The Mystery of Guantánamo Bay, 27 Berkeley J. of International Law 1 (2009)
The Breyer Project, 4 Charleston Law R. 37 (Fall 2009)
The Counter-Factual Court (Brandeis Lecture) 47 U. of Louisville Law R. (Fall 2008)
Weighing Needs and Burdens:' Justice Breyer's Heller Dissent, 59 Syracuse Law Review 299 (2008)
How the Supreme Court Talks About Abortion: The Implications of a Shifting Discourse,42 Suffolk University Law Review 41 (2008)
What Would Justice Powell Do? The 'Alien Children' Case and the Meaning of Equal Protection, 25 Constitutional Commentary 29 (Spring 2008)
Dædalus, Volume 137, Issue 4 "On Judicial Independence" (Fall 2008) Guest Editor
Change and Continuity on the Supreme Court, 25 Washington U Journal of Law & Policy 39 (2007)
A Tale of Two Justices, 11 Green Bag 2d 37 (Autumn 2007)
Justices Who Change: A Response to Epstein et al., 101 Northwestern Law Review 1885 (Fall 2007)
How Not To Be Chief Justice: The Apprenticeship of William H. Rehnquist, 154 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1365 (June 2006)
Harry Blackmun, Independence and Path Dependence (Marvin Anderson Lecture), 56 Hastings Law Journal 1235 (June 2005)
What Got Into the Court? What Happens Next?, 57 Maine Law Review 1 (2005)
Learning to Listen to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 7 New York City Law Review 213 (Fall 2004)
Press Room Predictions, Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 2, No. 4, p. 781 (December 2004)
Because We Are Final: Judicial Review Two Hundred Years After Marbury, 56 SMU L. Rev. 781 (2003)
The Last Days of the Rehnquist Court: The Rewards of Patience and Power, 45 Ariz. L. Rev. 251 (2003)
Between Certainty & Doubt: States of Mind on the Supreme Court Today, 6 Green Bag 2d 241 (2003)
The Day Anthrax Came to the Supreme Court, 77 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 867 (2002)
Thinking About the Supreme Court after Bush v. Gore, 35 Ind. L. Rev. 435 (2002)
The Courts Must Tell Their Story, 6 Harv. Int’l J. Press/Politics 117 (2001)
Learning to Live with Bush v. Gore, 4 Green Bag 2d 381 (2001)
Telling the Court’s Story: Justice and Journalism at the Supreme Court, 105 Yale L. J. 1537 (1996)
Other Magazine Articles (since 1990)
The Evolution of a Justice, The New York Times Magazine, April 10, 2005
The Long Tale of Madonna the Iguana, The New York Times Magazine, Jan. 16, 2000
Horse Sense, The New York Times Magazine, Nov. 11, 1998
Supremely Sheltered, The New York Times Magazine, March 7, 1993