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Laurence Tribe Follow

Professor, Harvard Law School; Attorney; Author

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    Laurence Tribe on Background

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about being born a few months before Pearl Harbor in Shanghai, his first experience with injustice and how he landed at Harvard. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Inspiration & Wisdom

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    Laurence Tribe: What's Your Question?

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe asks us to try to be better people and work to figure out their purpose. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Laurence Tribe's Advice on Law School

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe gives advice to those thinking about applying to law school. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Lawrence Tribe's Counsel

    Laurence Tribe

    People should be more aware of their impact on others. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Inspiration & Wisdom

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    Laurence Tribe's Outlook

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe is conflicted on his thoughts for the future. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Future

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    Laurence Tribe on the Preventative State

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about how pro-active the Supreme Court should be in preventing harm. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Laurence Tribe on Law and Globalization

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe hopes that Justices like Kennedy, Breyer, Ginsberg and Souter continue to allow international experience to prevail. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Truth & Justice

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    Laurence Tribe on the Supreme Court and the Environment

    Laurence Tribe

    Laurence Tribe on legislating environmentalism Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Environment

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    Laurence Tribe's State of the World Address

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about “collective intelligence.” Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In World

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    Laurence Tribe on Human Nature

    Laurence Tribe

    Larry Tribe talks about the continuity between human nature and that of other living creatures. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Belief

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    Laurence Tribe on The U.S. Constitution

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about the structure of the Constitution and how it relates in a broader sense to the rest of the world. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Laurence Tribe on Constitutional Law

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe believes that approaching the Constitution with a unified theory is impossible. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Laurence Tribe on Unified Theory

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about using equality and liberty in his interpretation of the Constitution. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Laurence Tribe on the Supreme Court Today

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about why he thinks the Supreme Court has taken a turn for the worse. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Laurence Tribe on the Shifting Supreme Court

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about the Rehnquist and Roberts eras as being more hostile. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Laurence Tribe on Supreme Court History

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about significant eras of Supreme Court history and how the Constitution was interpreted. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Laurence Tribe on His Job

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about some of his favorite cases, teaching Barack Obama and Justice John Roberts and the impact he hopes it has. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Laurence Tribe on Justice

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about his own experience with injustice in Japan and his experiences in the U.S. that led him to the practice of law. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Politics & Policy

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    Laurence Tribe on His Identity

    Laurence Tribe

    Tribe talks about becoming happier. Read More

    January 15, 2008   |  In Identity

User_rbjn_49e35dfe9 Lawrence Tribe is an American constitutional scholar and the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at the Harvard Law School. A longstanding proponent of liberal jurisprudence, in 2001 Tribe helped found the American Constitution Society a supposed liberal counterweight to the conservative Federalist Society and was long considered a possible Supreme Court nominee by a Democratic administration. Tribe received his A.B. in math from Harvard in 1962, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1966. He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart from 1967-1968 and became an Assistant Professor of Law at Harvard in 1968, where has taught ever since. A fierce critic of many recent Supreme Court decisions, Tribe has argued over thirty cases before the Court, including the infamous Bush v. Gore in 2000, and is the author of Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes, American Constitutional Law, and co-author of On Reading the Constitution (with Michael Dorf).  He is also a former Professor of President Obama and current supporter.

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