{{Short description|American lawyer}} {{for|those of the same or a similar name|Kate Shaw|Katherine Shaw (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kate A. Shaw | image = | caption = | birth_name = Katherine Ann Shaw | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Chicago]], U.S.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = [[Brown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Northwestern University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | spouse = {{marriage|[[Chris Hayes]]|2007}} | children = 3 }} '''Katherine Ann Shaw'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Joan Wallach Scott Prize |url=https://pembroke.brown.edu/funding-opportunities/joan-wallach-scott-prize |publisher=Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women |access-date=October 30, 2024}}</ref> is a professor of law at the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]], a Supreme Court contributor for [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]], and co-host of the podcast ''[[Strict Scrutiny]]''.<ref name = cardozo/><ref name = deadline/><ref name = strict/>
== Education == Shaw graduated from [[Brown University]] in 2001 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[religious studies]] and [[gender studies]].<ref name = cv/> She then went on to [[Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law|Northwestern University School of Law]], graduating first in her class in 2006 with a [[Juris Doctor]] ''[[Latin honors#United States|magna cum laude]]'' and [[Order of the Coif]]. She was [[editor-in-chief]] of the [[Northwestern University Law Review]] and won the [[John Paul Stevens]] Award at Northwestern.<ref name = cv/>
==Career== After graduating from law school in 2006, Shaw [[law clerk|clerked]] for Judge [[Richard A. Posner]] in the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] and then for [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[John Paul Stevens]].<ref name = cardozo/> From 2009 to 2011, Shaw worked at the [[White House Counsel]]'s Office during the [[Obama administration]].<ref name =cv/> Shaw was a member of the [[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law]] faculty from 2011 to 2023, where she taught [[United States administrative law|Administrative Law]], [[Constitutional Law]], and courses on the Supreme Court, legislation, [[antitrust]], and [[gender]] and [[reproductive rights]].<ref name = cardozo/><ref name=cv/> She joined the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]] in January 2024. She is a member of the [[Administrative Conference of the United States]] (ACUS)<ref name = bepress/> and the National Task Force on Election Crises.<ref name = ntfec/>
==Media commentary== Professor Shaw has worked for ABC News as an analyst of the Supreme Court since 2015.<ref name = deadline/><ref name = abc-2015/> Her legal and political commentary has also appeared in publications including the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[The Atlantic]]'', and the ''[[Washington Post]]''.<ref name = nyt-guns/><ref name = nyt-biden/><ref name = jan6/><ref name = moore/> Shaw has commented on shifts in American jurisprudence,<ref name = klein/> political machinations in Washington and national security,<ref name = kelly/> and Supreme Court affairs.<ref name = moore/> In an interview by New York Times podcast correspondent [[Ezra Klein]] in July 2022, Shaw explained the historical rightward shift in [[jurisprudence]] and conservative political strategies that led to the current ultraconservative Supreme Court.<ref name = klein/>
During the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|first Trump administration]], Shaw commented on various forms of legal jeopardy faced by the then-President: legal challenges to president's substantive policy initiatives (e.g., [[DACA]], the [[Muslim travel ban]], and [[environmental policy]] changes); investigations into members of the cabinet and White House staff; and Trump's personal legal exposure, in a podcast interview.<ref name = analyze-trump/> She also wrote about the dangers of Trump's political speech leading up to the 2020 election, and about the causes of the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|January 6th riots]].<ref name = jan6/>
Shaw has co-hosted the podcast ''[[Strict Scrutiny]]'', along with fellow legal academics [[Leah Litman]] and [[Melissa Murray (academic)|Melissa Murray]], since 2019. The podcast analyzes and critiques recent Supreme Court cases, providing historical context and political commentary on the likely impacts of the Court's decisions.<ref name = strict/> In 2022, the podcast joined the [[Crooked Media]] network.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=2022-01-27|title=Crooked Media Makes First Podcast Acquisitions: 'Strict Scrutiny' and 'Hot Take' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/crooked-media-acquisitions-strict-scrutiny-hot-take-1235165127/|access-date=2022-02-01|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Scholarship== Shaw is a prolific legal scholar and her work has appeared in [[law journals]] such as the [[Cornell Law Review]],<ref name = Cornell/> [[Columbia Law Review]],<ref name = bepress/> [[Michigan Law Review]],<ref name = MLR-electoral/> [[Georgetown Law Journal]],<ref name = GLJ/> [[Texas Law Review]],<ref name = bepress/> and [[Northwestern University Law Review]].<ref name = NW/>
In a 2022 article, Shaw criticized the [[United States Electoral College]] for its distorting effects on democracy, laid out possible reforms, and argued for its abolition.<ref name = MLR-electoral/> In other commentary, Shaw has argued that the January 6 riots would not have taken place in the absence of the Electoral College.<ref name = jan6/>
Shaw has also written about gender and [[reproductive rights]].<ref name = cardozo/> She recently co-edited a book about judicial decisions on reproductive rights, including cases related to pregnancy, abortion and forced sterilization.<ref name = umass-repro/> Among other subjects, she has also written about [[felony disenfranchisement]] in Florida<ref name = NW/> and campaign finance disclosure.<ref name = GLJ/>
==Personal life== Shaw met [[Chris Hayes]], now a television host at [[MS NOW]], when they were both undergraduates at Brown University. They married in 2007. Shaw and Hayes lived in [[Washington, D.C.]], before moving to [[New York City]], where ''[[All In with Chris Hayes]]'' is produced.<ref name=huffpo-hayes/> They have three children.
Her father is veteran Chicago reporter Andy Shaw, who also worked for ABC News.<ref name = timeout/>
==References== <references>
<ref name = strict>{{cite web | title = Strict Scrutiny Podcast | author = @StrictScrutiny_ | website = Twitter | url = https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_ | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref> <ref name = cardozo>{{cite web |url=https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/kate-shaw |title=Kate Shaw, Professor of Law |website=[[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law]] |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=December 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224042229/https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/kate-shaw |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name=cv>{{cite web | title = Kate Shaw C.V. | url = https://cardozo.yu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-05/Shaw%20Short%20Resume%20May%202022%20_0.docx | website = Cardozo School of Law | access-date = 2022-11-11}}</ref> <ref name = ntfec>{{cite web | title = Members | website = National Task Force on Election Crises | url = https://www.electiontaskforce.org/members | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref> <ref name = bepress>{{cite web | title = About Kate Shaw | url = https://works.bepress.com/katherine-shaw/ | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref> <ref name = deadline>{{cite web | title = Kate Shaw Joins ABC News Covering Supreme Court, Legal Issues On Hill | date = 2015-02-26 | work = Deadline | url = https://deadline.com/2015/02/kate-shaw-joins-abc-news-covering-supreme-court-legal-issues-on-hill-1201382209/#! | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref> <ref name = abc-2015>{{cite news | title = ABC News Supreme Court Analyst Kate Shaw Previews The Supreme Court Term - A look at some of the cases that will matter most during the Supreme Court's October 2015 term. | work = ABC News | url = https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/abc-news-supreme-court-analyst-kate-shaw-previews-34286248 | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref> <ref name = nyt-guns>{{cite news | title = (Opinion) We Clerked for Justices Scalia and Stevens. America Is Getting Heller Wrong | date = 2022-05-31 | work = New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/opinion/supreme-court-heller-guns.html | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref> <ref name = nyt-biden>{{cite news | title = (Opinion) This Is Biden's Chance to Tell Us Exactly What the Supreme Court Has Done | date = 2023-02-07 | work = New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/opinion/biden-supreme-court-state-union.html | access-date = 2023-02-18}}</ref> <ref name = moore>{{cite news | newspaper = Washington Post | title = A new Supreme Court case threatens another body blow to our democracy | last1 = Litman | first1 = Leah | last2 = Shaw | first2 = Kate | last3 = Shapiro | first3 = Carolyn | date = 2022-07-02 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/02/moore-harper-gerrymandering-supreme-court-state-voting-rights/ | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref> <ref name = klein>{{cite podcast | host = Ezra Klein | title = The Single Best Guide I've Heard to the Supreme Court's Rightward Shift | publisher = New York Times| date = 1 July 2022 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-kate-shaw.html | access-date = 15 November 2022}}</ref> <ref name = kelly>{{cite news | last = Shaw | first = Kate | title = All Is Not Clear - What John Kelly's new security clearance policy actually means in practice | work = Slate | date = 2018-03-05 | url = https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/what-john-kellys-new-security-clearance-policy-actually-means-in-practice.html | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref> <ref name = analyze-trump>{{cite news | title = Analyzing Trump's assault on the rule of law with Kate Shaw: podcast & transcript | date = 2018-05-22 | author = Why is this Happening? | work = NBC News | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/analyzing-trump-s-assault-rule-law-kate-shaw-podcast-transcript-ncna876056 | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref> <ref name = jan6>{{cite magazine | magazine = The Atlantic | last = Shaw | first = Kate | title = The Other Cause of January 6 - Without the Electoral College, America would never have come so close to an overthrow of its government. | date = 2022-06-10 | url = https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/january-6-hearings-electoral-college-trump/661236/ | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref>
<ref name = Cornell>{{cite journal | journal = Cornell Law Review | title = Friends of the Court: Evaluating the Supreme Court's Amicus Invitations | year = 2016 | ssrn = 2772245 | url = https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2772245 | access-date = 18 February 2023}}</ref> <ref name = GLJ>{{cite journal |author1=Jennifer A. Heerwig |author2=Katherine Shaw | title = Through a Glass, Darkly: The Rhetoric and Reality of Campaign Finance Disclosure | volume = 102 | journal = Georgetown Law Journal | page = 1443 | year = 2014 | url = https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1395&context=faculty-articles | access-date = 18 February 2023}}</ref> <ref name = NW>{{cite journal | author = Katherine A. Shaw | title = Invoking the Penalty: How Florida's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Violates the Constitutional Requirement of Population Equality in Congressional Representation, and What to Do about It | journal = Northwestern University Law Review | volume = 100 | issue = 3 | year = 2006 | page = 1439 | url = https://www.proquest.com/openview/20727fcd232824936743d7b4e420d1ac/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=37235 | access-date = 18 February 2023}}</ref> <ref name = MLR-electoral>{{cite journal | last = Shaw | first = Katherine A. | title = "A Mystifying and Distorting Factor": The Electoral College and American Democracy | journal = Michigan Law Review | issue = 6 | date = April 2022 | volume = 120 | page = 1285 | doi = 10.36644/mlr.120.6.mystifying | url = http://works.bepress.com/katherine-shaw/409/ | access-date = 2022-11-13| doi-access = free }}</ref> <ref name = umass-repro>{{cite web | title = Murray, Shaw, and Siegel's Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories (Law Stories Series) | website = UMass | url = https://www.umass.edu/history/event/reproductive-rights-and-justice-stories-roe-v-wade-young-v-ups | access-date = 2022-11-13}}</ref>
<ref name=huffpo-hayes>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/01/chris-hayes-msnbc-weekend-show_n_915176.html |title=Chris Hayes MSNBC Weekend Show Announced |first=Jack |last=Mirkinson |date=1 August 2011 |website=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=24 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924024444/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/01/chris-hayes-msnbc-weekend-show_n_915176.html |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name = timeout>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/chicago-was-prime-training-ground-for-msnbcs-hayes |title=Chicago was prime training ground for MSNBC's Hayes |first=Robert |last=Feder |date=18 March 2013 |magazine=[[Time Out Chicago]] |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322111547/https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/chicago-was-prime-training-ground-for-msnbcs-hayes |url-status=live}}</ref>
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