# Kate A. Shaw

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American lawyer

For those of the same or a similar name, see [Kate Shaw](/source/Kate_Shaw) and [Katherine Shaw (disambiguation)](/source/Katherine_Shaw_(disambiguation)).

Kate A. Shaw Personal details Born Katherine Ann Shaw Chicago, U.S.[citation needed] Spouse Chris Hayes ​ (m. 2007)​ Children 3 Education Brown University (BA) Northwestern University (JD)

**Katherine Ann Shaw**[1] is a professor of law at the [University of Pennsylvania Law School](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania_Law_School), a Supreme Court contributor for [ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(United_States)), and co-host of the podcast *[Strict Scrutiny](/source/Strict_Scrutiny)*.[2][3][4]

## Education

Shaw graduated from [Brown University](/source/Brown_University) in 2001 with a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in [religious studies](/source/Religious_studies) and [gender studies](/source/Gender_studies).[5] She then went on to [Northwestern University School of Law](/source/Northwestern_University_Pritzker_School_of_Law), graduating first in her class in 2006 with a [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor) *[magna cum laude](/source/Latin_honors#United_States)* and [Order of the Coif](/source/Order_of_the_Coif). She was [editor-in-chief](/source/Editor-in-chief) of the [Northwestern University Law Review](/source/Northwestern_University_Law_Review) and won the [John Paul Stevens](/source/John_Paul_Stevens) Award at Northwestern.[5]

## Career

After graduating from law school in 2006, Shaw [clerked](/source/Law_clerk) for Judge [Richard A. Posner](/source/Richard_A._Posner) in the [U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit](/source/U.S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Seventh_Circuit) and then for [U.S. Supreme Court](/source/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States) Justice [John Paul Stevens](/source/John_Paul_Stevens).[2] From 2009 to 2011, Shaw worked at the [White House Counsel](/source/White_House_Counsel)'s Office during the [Obama administration](/source/Obama_administration).[5] Shaw was a member of the [Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law](/source/Benjamin_N._Cardozo_School_of_Law) faculty from 2011 to 2023, where she taught [Administrative Law](/source/United_States_administrative_law), [Constitutional Law](/source/Constitutional_Law), and courses on the Supreme Court, legislation, [antitrust](/source/Antitrust), and [gender](/source/Gender) and [reproductive rights](/source/Reproductive_rights).[2][5] She joined the [University of Pennsylvania Law School](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania_Law_School) in January 2024. She is a member of the [Administrative Conference of the United States](/source/Administrative_Conference_of_the_United_States) (ACUS)[6] and the National Task Force on Election Crises.[7]

## Media commentary

Professor Shaw has worked for ABC News as an analyst of the Supreme Court since 2015.[3][8] Her legal and political commentary has also appeared in publications including the *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)*, *[The Atlantic](/source/The_Atlantic)*, and the *[Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post)*.[9][10][11][12] Shaw has commented on shifts in American jurisprudence,[13] political machinations in Washington and national security,[14] and Supreme Court affairs.[12] In an interview by New York Times podcast correspondent [Ezra Klein](/source/Ezra_Klein) in July 2022, Shaw explained the historical rightward shift in [jurisprudence](/source/Jurisprudence) and conservative political strategies that led to the current ultraconservative Supreme Court.[13]

During the [first Trump administration](/source/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump), Shaw commented on various forms of legal jeopardy faced by the then-President: legal challenges to president's substantive policy initiatives (e.g., [DACA](/source/DACA), the [Muslim travel ban](/source/Muslim_travel_ban), and [environmental policy](/source/Environmental_policy) changes); investigations into members of the cabinet and White House staff; and Trump's personal legal exposure, in a podcast interview.[15] She also wrote about the dangers of Trump's political speech leading up to the 2020 election, and about the causes of the [January 6th riots](/source/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack).[11]

Shaw has co-hosted the podcast *[Strict Scrutiny](/source/Strict_Scrutiny)*, along with fellow legal academics [Leah Litman](/source/Leah_Litman) and [Melissa Murray](/source/Melissa_Murray_(academic)), 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.[4] In 2022, the podcast joined the [Crooked Media](/source/Crooked_Media) network.[16]

## Scholarship

Shaw is a prolific legal scholar and her work has appeared in [law journals](/source/Law_journals) such as the [Cornell Law Review](/source/Cornell_Law_Review),[17] [Columbia Law Review](/source/Columbia_Law_Review),[6] [Michigan Law Review](/source/Michigan_Law_Review),[18] [Georgetown Law Journal](/source/Georgetown_Law_Journal),[19] [Texas Law Review](/source/Texas_Law_Review),[6] and [Northwestern University Law Review](/source/Northwestern_University_Law_Review).[20]

In a 2022 article, Shaw criticized the [United States Electoral College](/source/United_States_Electoral_College) for its distorting effects on democracy, laid out possible reforms, and argued for its abolition.[18] In other commentary, Shaw has argued that the January 6 riots would not have taken place in the absence of the Electoral College.[11]

Shaw has also written about gender and [reproductive rights](/source/Reproductive_rights).[2] She recently co-edited a book about judicial decisions on reproductive rights, including cases related to pregnancy, abortion and forced sterilization.[21] Among other subjects, she has also written about [felony disenfranchisement](/source/Felony_disenfranchisement) in Florida[20] and campaign finance disclosure.[19]

## Personal life

Shaw met [Chris Hayes](/source/Chris_Hayes), now a television host at [MS NOW](/source/MS_NOW), when they were both undergraduates at Brown University. They married in 2007. Shaw and Hayes lived in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), before moving to [New York City](/source/New_York_City), where *[All In with Chris Hayes](/source/All_In_with_Chris_Hayes)* is produced.[22] They have three children.

Her father is veteran Chicago reporter Andy Shaw, who also worked for ABC News.[23]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Joan Wallach Scott Prize"](https://pembroke.brown.edu/funding-opportunities/joan-wallach-scott-prize). Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cardozo_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cardozo_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-cardozo_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-cardozo_2-3) ["Kate Shaw, Professor of Law"](https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/kate-shaw). *[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law](/source/Benjamin_N._Cardozo_School_of_Law)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20171224042229/https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/kate-shaw) from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-deadline_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-deadline_3-1) ["Kate Shaw Joins ABC News Covering Supreme Court, Legal Issues On Hill"](https://deadline.com/2015/02/kate-shaw-joins-abc-news-covering-supreme-court-legal-issues-on-hill-1201382209/#!). *Deadline*. February 26, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-strict_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-strict_4-1) @StrictScrutiny_. ["Strict Scrutiny Podcast"](https://twitter.com/StrictScrutiny_). *Twitter*. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cv_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cv_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-cv_5-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-cv_5-3) ["Kate Shaw C.V."](https://cardozo.yu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-05/Shaw%20Short%20Resume%20May%202022%20_0.docx) *Cardozo School of Law*. Retrieved November 11, 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bepress_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bepress_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bepress_6-2) ["About Kate Shaw"](https://works.bepress.com/katherine-shaw/). Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ntfec_7-0)** ["Members"](https://www.electiontaskforce.org/members). *National Task Force on Election Crises*. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-abc-2015_8-0)** ["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"](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/abc-news-supreme-court-analyst-kate-shaw-previews-34286248). *ABC News*. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nyt-guns_9-0)** ["(Opinion) We Clerked for Justices Scalia and Stevens. America Is Getting Heller Wrong"](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/opinion/supreme-court-heller-guns.html). *New York Times*. May 31, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nyt-biden_10-0)** ["(Opinion) This Is Biden's Chance to Tell Us Exactly What the Supreme Court Has Done"](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/opinion/biden-supreme-court-state-union.html). *New York Times*. February 7, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-jan6_11-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-jan6_11-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-jan6_11-2) Shaw, Kate (June 10, 2022). ["The Other Cause of January 6 - Without the Electoral College, America would never have come so close to an overthrow of its government"](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/january-6-hearings-electoral-college-trump/661236/). *The Atlantic*. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-moore_12-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-moore_12-1) Litman, Leah; Shaw, Kate; Shapiro, Carolyn (July 2, 2022). ["A new Supreme Court case threatens another body blow to our democracy"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/02/moore-harper-gerrymandering-supreme-court-state-voting-rights/). *Washington Post*. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-klein_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-klein_13-1) Ezra Klein (July 1, 2022). ["The Single Best Guide I've Heard to the Supreme Court's Rightward Shift"](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-kate-shaw.html) (Podcast). New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-kelly_14-0)** Shaw, Kate (March 5, 2018). ["All Is Not Clear - What John Kelly's new security clearance policy actually means in practice"](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/what-john-kellys-new-security-clearance-policy-actually-means-in-practice.html). *Slate*. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-analyze-trump_15-0)** Why is this Happening? (May 22, 2018). ["Analyzing Trump's assault on the rule of law with Kate Shaw: podcast & transcript"](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/analyzing-trump-s-assault-rule-law-kate-shaw-podcast-transcript-ncna876056). *NBC News*. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Spangler, Todd (January 27, 2022). ["Crooked Media Makes First Podcast Acquisitions: 'Strict Scrutiny' and 'Hot Take' (EXCLUSIVE)"](https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/crooked-media-acquisitions-strict-scrutiny-hot-take-1235165127/). *Variety*. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Cornell_17-0)** ["Friends of the Court: Evaluating the Supreme Court's Amicus Invitations"](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2772245). *Cornell Law Review*. 2016. [SSRN](/source/SSRN_(identifier)) [2772245](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2772245). Retrieved February 18, 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MLR-electoral_18-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MLR-electoral_18-1) Shaw, Katherine A. (April 2022). [""A Mystifying and Distorting Factor": The Electoral College and American Democracy"](http://works.bepress.com/katherine-shaw/409/). *Michigan Law Review*. **120** (6): 1285. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.36644/mlr.120.6.mystifying](https://doi.org/10.36644%2Fmlr.120.6.mystifying). Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GLJ_19-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GLJ_19-1) Jennifer A. Heerwig; Katherine Shaw (2014). ["Through a Glass, Darkly: The Rhetoric and Reality of Campaign Finance Disclosure"](https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1395&context=faculty-articles). *Georgetown Law Journal*. **102**: 1443. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NW_20-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NW_20-1) Katherine A. Shaw (2006). ["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"](https://www.proquest.com/openview/20727fcd232824936743d7b4e420d1ac/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=37235). *Northwestern University Law Review*. **100** (3): 1439. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-umass-repro_21-0)** ["Murray, Shaw, and Siegel's Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories (Law Stories Series)"](https://www.umass.edu/history/event/reproductive-rights-and-justice-stories-roe-v-wade-young-v-ups). *UMass*. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-huffpo-hayes_22-0)** Mirkinson, Jack (August 1, 2011). ["Chris Hayes MSNBC Weekend Show Announced"](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/01/chris-hayes-msnbc-weekend-show_n_915176.html). *[The Huffington Post](/source/The_Huffington_Post)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110924024444/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/01/chris-hayes-msnbc-weekend-show_n_915176.html) from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-timeout_23-0)** Feder, Robert (March 18, 2013). ["Chicago was prime training ground for MSNBC's Hayes"](https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/chicago-was-prime-training-ground-for-msnbcs-hayes). *[Time Out Chicago](/source/Time_Out_Chicago)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170322111547/https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/chicago-was-prime-training-ground-for-msnbcs-hayes) from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2019.

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