Susan Low Bloch

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Susan Low Bloch is an American professor specializing in Constitutional law and communications law at Georgetown University Law Center, who is widely quoted in the press on her interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Biography

Bloch received her B.A. from Smith College in 1966 with Phi Beta Kappa honors. [6] [7] She then pursued graduate studies in mathematics and computer science at the University of Michigan, receiving M.A. degrees in 1968 and 1972. [8] She earned her J.D. in 1975, graduating first in her class, summa cum laude and Order of the Coif from University of Michigan Law School, where she was notes editor of the Michigan Law Review . [7] Following graduation, she served as a clerk for Judge Spottswood Robinson III of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and during the 1976 Term for Thurgood Marshall of the Supreme Court of the United States. [7] [9]

In 1982, Bloch joined the faculty of the Georgetown University Law Center as an assistant professor. She has served on the District of Columbia Bar Board of Governors, American Law Institute and United States Supreme Court Historical Society. [10] [11]

Her co-authored case books include Inside the Supreme Court: The Institution and Its Procedures [12] and Supreme Court Politics: The Institution and Its Procedures. [13] In 2013, she co-wrote with Vicki C. Jackson, Federalism: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution. [14]

Personal life

In 1966, she married attorney Richard Bloch, and they have two children who are both lawyers. [15]

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  2. ↑ Paquette, Danielle (February 22, 2019). "Questions surround Labor Secretary Acosta after judge's ruling". Washington Post. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ Naylor, Brian (April 14, 2020). "FACT CHECK: Trump Doesn't Have The Authority To Order States To 'Reopen'". WAMU. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Georgetown Professor Speaks On Marriage Law". NPR All Things Considered. February 24, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Supreme Court term marked by divided opinions". CNN. July 1, 2001. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Five Accomplished Smith Alumnae to be Honored at Rally Day 2005". Smith College News. February 11, 2005. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 "Two 1975 Law Grads Selected as Supreme Court Clerks" (PDF). Quadrangle Notes. University of Michigan Law School. Spring 1976. p. 5. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  8. ↑ Proceedings of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan. University of Michigan. 1972. p. 1530. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ Tushnet, Mark V. (1997). Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991 . Oxford University Press. pp.  209–. ISBN   9780195093148 . Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  10. ↑ "ALI Members-Susan Low Bloch". American Law Institute. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Minutes of a Meeting of the D.C. Bar Board of Governors" (PDF). D.C. Bar Board of Governors. June 11, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  12. ↑ Bloch, Susan Low; Jackson, Vicki C.; Krattenmaker, Thomas G. (2008). Inside the Supreme Court: The Institution and Its Procedures (2nd ed.). St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., American Casebook Series. ISBN   9780314258342. OCLC   232495098 . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  13. ↑ Bloch, Susan Low; Jackson, Vicki C.; Krattenmaker, Thomas G. (1994). Supreme Court Politics: The Institution and Its Procedures. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., American Casebook Series. ISBN   978-0314034922. OCLC   232495098 . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  14. ↑ Bloch, Susan Low; Jackson, Vicki C. (2013). Federalism: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution. Santa Barbara, Cal.: Praeger. ISBN   9780313318849. OCLC   821067754 . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  15. ↑ Sava, Delia (November 1, 2010). "The magical double life of Rich Bloch". Beacon News. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

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