Mark Joseph Stern
Mark Joseph Stern | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991 |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Occupation(s) | Author, political commentator, journalist |
| Movement | Progressivism in the US |
| Website | Personal website |
Mark Joseph Stern (born 1991) is a senior writer covering courts and the law, especially the Supreme Court, for Slate.[1][2]
He frequently appears on television, especially on MSNBC,[3][4] and in podcasts,[5][6] commenting on legal and social issues. In addition to the Supreme Court, his areas of expertise include LGBTQ+ equality,[7] reproductive rights,[8] U.S. territorial law and criminal justice.[9][3][10]
He has co-authored many law review articles about free speech,[11] gay rights,[12] and transgender equality.[10][13]
Education and career
[edit]Stern received a B.A. in History and Art History from Georgetown University in 2013 and obtained a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2016. In 2016 he was admitted to the Maryland Bar.[14]
He began working as an intern for Slate in August 2012 and continued there while attending law school at Georgetown. He became a full-time contributor and Staff Writer in 2016, and in February 2022, he was promoted to his current position as Senior Writer.[1]
At Slate he covers the US Supreme Court, federal appellate and district courts, and state and local courts. He has published articles in The Wall Street Journal, The Week, and The American Prospect.[14]
In 2019 his book American Justice 2019: The Roberts Court Arrives was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.[15]
Stern regularly speaks at universities, law schools,[2] law firms, businesses, bar associations, and other non-profits.[16] He has appeared on NPR[17] and his frequent appearances on television include Alex Wagner Tonight,[3] All In with Chris Hayes,[4] The Katie Phang Show,[18] The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle,[19] Katy Tur Reports,[20] The Weekend with Jonathan Capeheart[21] and Deadline: White House with Ali Velshi.[22]
He co-hosts weekly bonus episodes of the podcast Amicus Brief with Dahlia Lithwick for Slate Plus members.[6] Other podcasts he has appeared on include The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller,[5] The Majority Report with Sam Seder,[23] The Gist with Michelangelo Signorile,[24][25] and How I Lawyer with Jonah Perlin.[26]
Book
[edit]- American Justice 2019: The Roberts Courts Arrives, University of Pennsylvania Press (2019), ISBN 9780812252132
Personal life
[edit]Mark Joseph Stern was born in Tallahassee, Florida in 1991 and is the son of former Florida State University College of Law professor Nat Stern with whom he sometimes co-authors.[27] His grandfather was a Holocaust survivor.[28]
Mark is Jewish and gay. He married his husband Tyler in 2018. They welcomed the birth of their son in October 2023.[29]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Stories by Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
- ^ a b Georgetown Law’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Hosts Inaugural "Supreme Court Term in Review" Event Georgetown Law, Jul 15, 2024
- ^ a b c 'MAGA pilled': As mask slips on Supreme Court bias, radical Christian agenda comes into focus Alex Wagner Tonight, Jun 13, 2024
- ^ a b DeSantis election integrity stunt All In with Chris Hayes, Aug 30, 2022
- ^ a b A Bad Day for Jack Smith The Bulwark with Tim Miller, Apr 25, 2024
- ^ a b Dear Jurisprudence: Why Don’t Voters Care About the Dang Courts? Dahlia Lithwick, Dec 31, 2024
- ^ Federal Judge Shuts Down Trump Administration’s Discrimination Against Children of Same-Sex Couples, Slate, Feb 22, 2019
- ^ Dobbs Was Always Just the Beginning by Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
- ^ Supreme Court hears case on criminal penalties for people living without shelter Celeste Headlee speaks with Mark Joseph Stern, NPR (WBUR), April 22, 2024
- ^ a b A New Test to Reconcile the Right of Publicity with Core First Amendment Values by Mark Joseph Stern and Nat Stern, Journal of Intellectual Property Law, vol 23 #1, 2015
- ^ Advancing an Adaptive Standard of Strict Scrutiny for Content-Based Commercial Speech Regulation by Nat Stern and Mark Stern, University of Richmond Law Review, Vol. 47, 2012, Oct 5, 2012
- ^ Test to Identify and Remedy Anti-Gay Bias in Child Custody Decisions After Obergefell by Mark Joseph Stern, Karen Oehme and Nat Stern, UCLA Women's Law Journal, 2016: Vol 23, #2
- ^ The Judicial and Generational Dispute Over Transgender Right Mark J. Stern et al., 29 Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. 159, Mar 1, 2018
- ^ a b Supreme Court Term in Review Panelist: Mark Joseph Stern, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Jul 6, 2022
- ^ Taylor & Francis Online: The Roberts Court Arrives by Mark Joseph Stern, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019, 188 pp., ISBN 978-0812252132
- ^ Conference on World Affairs: 2022 Speaker University of Colorado Boulder
- ^ What's at stake in the Supreme Court transgender care case? Here & Now Anytime, NPR, Dec 04, 2024
- ^ Clarence Thomas' gifts and luxury travel have 'no comparison in modern American history Katie Phang, Dec. 28, 2024
- ^ ‘Very stormy rhetoric’: Justices crush effort to keep Trump off the ballot 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle Mar 5, 2024
- ^ What to expect if SCOTUS rules on Trump's immunity Katy Tur, Jan. 9, 2024
- ^ 'Get ready for a big mess': Supreme Court's Trump immunity decision expected next week Jonathan Capehart, June 23, 2024
- ^ New reporting details Justice Thomas’ complaints over his Supreme Court salary Deadline: White House with Ali Velshi
- ^ Crumbling Wall Of Church & State The Majority Report with Sam Seder, Jun 9, 2022
- ^ How Are Gay Rights Cases Helping The Legal Case Against Trump's Muslim Ban? SiriusXM News & Issues
- ^ I Asked for More Gay Kisses. Now We’re Getting Them. by Mark Joseph Stern, Slate, May 14, 2014
- ^ Episode #017: Mark Joseph Stern (Legal Journalist at Slate) howilawyer.substack with Jonah Perlin, Apr 26, 2021
- ^ Stern, Mark Joseph (2022-10-02). "Inside the Law School Meltdown the Supreme Court Has Unleashed". Slate.
- ^ The Lesson Henry Kissinger Took When He Liberated the Concentration Camp That Held My Grandfather by Mark Joseph Stern, Nov 30, 2023, Slate
- ^ I am a gay jew in Trump’s America. And I am afraid for my life by Mark Joseph Stern, Slate, Nov 09, 2016
External links
[edit]- Personal website
- Mark Joseph Stern at Slate
- 21st-century American journalists
- American male journalists
- American LGBTQ journalists
- Jewish American journalists
- 21st-century American male writers
- Jewish American non-fiction writers
- American gay writers
- American legal writers
- American political commentators
- Gay journalists
- Slate (magazine) people
- MSNBC people
- Georgetown University alumni
- Georgetown University Law Center alumni
- LGBTQ people from Florida
- Gay Jews
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Tallahassee, Florida