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A SCOTUS Bench Memo for Trump v. Slaughter, the FTC Removal Case: Stare Decisis, Historical Practice, and Original Intent — A Memo by Harold Hongju Koh, Bruce Swartz ’79, et al.

Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. Bruce Swartz ’79 is a visiting lecturer in law and the Peter Gruber Distinguished Senior Rule of Law Fellow and Supervising Attorney at the Law School. The Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic focuses on maintaining U.S. rule of law and human rights commitments.

A SCOTUS Bench Memo for Trump v. Slaughter, the FTC Removal Case: Stare Decisis, Historical Practice, and Original Intent — A Memo by Harold Hongju Koh, Bruce Swartz ’79, et al.
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Justices Told Presidential Firing Limits Is an ‘Originalist’ Idea

The work of Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh, Clinical Lecturer Sonia Mittal ’13, and the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic was highlighted. The clinic represents a group of Republican lawyers and former senior government officials who have filed an amicus brief in a case before the Supreme Court involving FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.

Justices Told Presidential Firing Limits Is an ‘Originalist’ Idea
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Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court FTC Commissioner Case

A group filed an amicus brief today urging the Supreme Court to hold that the Constitution does not permit President Trump to remove without cause Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from her position as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.
Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court FTC Commissioner Case
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Just Security

A SCOTUS Bench Memo for the Trump Tariff Case: Separation of Powers, Delegation, Emergencies, and Pretext — A Memo by Harold Hongju Koh, Bruce Swartz ’79, et al.

Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. Bruce Swartz ’79 is a visiting lecturer in law and the Peter Gruber Distinguished Senior Rule of Law Fellow and Supervising Attorney at the Law School. The Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic focuses on maintaining U.S. rule of law and human rights commitments.

A SCOTUS Bench Memo for the Trump Tariff Case: Separation of Powers, Delegation, Emergencies, and Pretext — A Memo by Harold Hongju Koh, Bruce Swartz ’79, et al.
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Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Tariffs Case

The clinic filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case on the legality of using of presidential emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs.
Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Tariffs Case
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Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief on Dismantling of U.S. Institute of Peace

The clinic represents a bipartisan group of more than 100 former senior military and foreign policy officials.
Rule of Law Clinic Files Amicus Brief on Dismantling of U.S. Institute of Peace
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Fellowship Established in Honor of Justice Aharon Barak

Yale Law School announced the creation of the Aharon Barak Fellowship for scholars working in constitutionalism and the rule of law.
Fellowship Established in Honor of Justice Aharon Barak
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Amicus Brief by Former Government Officials Calls International Students Ban Unconstitutional

The Peter Gruber Rule of Law clinic represents a bipartisan group of former government officials in an amicus brief asserting that a ban on international students at Harvard is punitive.
Amicus Brief by Former Government Officials Calls International Students Ban Unconstitutional
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Just Security

Hard to Kill: The Transnational Survival of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act — A Commentary by Bruce Swartz ’79, Sonia Mittal ’13, Inbar Pe’er ’25, and Brady Worthington ’27

Bruce Swartz ’79 is a visiting lecturer in law and the Peter Gruber Distinguished Senior Rule of Law Fellow at Yale Law School. Sonia Mittal ’13 is a clinical lecturer in law and associate research scholar in law at Yale Law School.

Hard to Kill: The Transnational Survival of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act — A Commentary by Bruce Swartz ’79, Sonia Mittal ’13, Inbar Pe’er ’25, and Brady Worthington ’27
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Rule of Law Clinic Represents 27 Former Senior Government Officials in Amicus Brief

The Rule of Law clinic represents 27 former national security, foreign policy, intelligence, and other public officials in an amicus brief supporting the Perkins Coie law firm.
Rule of Law Clinic Represents 27 Former Senior Government Officials in Amicus Brief