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Pamela S. Karlan (Pamela Susan Karlan) was born on 1 January, 1959 in United States, is an American legal scholar (born 1959). Discover Pamela S. Karlan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

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Occupation American legal scholar
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January, 1959
Birthday 1 January
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Nationality United States

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Pamela Susan Karlan (born 1959) is an American legal scholar who was the principal deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice from February 8, 2021 until July 1, 2022.

She is a professor at Stanford Law School.

1980

Karlan graduated from Yale University, where she received a B.A. in history in 1980, as well as an M.A. in history and J.D. in 1984.

At Yale Law School, she served as an article and book reviews editor of the Yale Law Journal.

1984

After graduation from law school, Karlan worked as a law clerk for then-U.S. District Judge Abraham David Sofaer of the Southern District of New York from 1984 to 1985.

She went on to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun the following year.

1986

After her clerkships, Karlan worked as an assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund from 1986 to 1988.

1988

From 1988 to 1998, Karlan taught law at the University of Virginia School of Law, where she won the All-University Outstanding Teaching Award in 1995–96 and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia's Outstanding Faculty Award in 1997.

1995

In a 1995 oral history with Harold Koh, Blackmun revealed that his dissent in Bowers v. Hardwick had been written primarily by Karlan.

He said that Karlan "did a lot of very effective writing, and I owe a lot to her and her ability in getting that dissent out. She felt very strongly about it, and I think is correct in her approach to it. I think the dissent is correct."

1998

In 1998, Karlan joined the faculty of Stanford Law School.

She is the school's Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law.

2002

In 2002, Karlan won the school's prestigious John Bingham Hurlbut Award for Excellence in Teaching.

2003

In 2003, she was appointed to the California Fair Political Practices Commission by Controller Steve Westly.

2004

In 2004, Karlan cofounded the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, through which students litigate live cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

2005

Until 2005, she served as commissioner to help implement and enforce California's campaign finance, lobbying, and conflict of interest laws.

2009

She was mentioned as a potential candidate to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter when he retired in 2009.

Karlan told Politico in 2009, "It's no secret at all that I'm counted among the LGBT crowd".

She has described herself as an example of "snarky, bisexual, Jewish women".

Her partner is writer Viola Canales.

2013

On December 20, 2013, Karlan was appointed by the Obama administration to serve as the U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Voting Rights in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.

The position did not require confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

2014

A leading legal scholar on voting rights and constitutional law, she previously served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Voting Rights in the DOJ's Civil Rights Division from 2014 to 2015.

Karlan took up her post on January 13, 2014, and served for one year.

For her work in implementing the Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor, she received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service, the DOJ's highest award for employee performance.

Throughout her career, Karlan has been an advocate before the U.S. Supreme Court.

2019

On December 4, 2019, Karlan—alongside law professors Noah Feldman, Michael Gerhardt, and Jonathan Turley—testified before the House Judiciary Committee regarding the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment in the Impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

She made a controversial statement delivered during the December 2019, impeachment hearing of President Trump, "Contrary to what President Trump has said, Article 2 [of the Constitution] does not give him the power to do anything he wants", noting that "The Constitution says there can be no titles of nobility, so while the president can name his son Barron, he can't make him a baron."

Karlan apologized afterward.

Karlan is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and the American Law Institute.

2020

On May 6, 2020, Facebook appointed her to its content oversight board, from which she resigned in February 2021 to join the Biden administration as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.

In November 2020, Karlan was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the United States Department of Justice.

In February 2021, Karlan was named a principal deputy assistant attorney general in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.

Peter Baker, a New York Times political writer, described Karlan as "a full-throated, unapologetic liberal torchbearer".

Karlan has said that the United States should help Ukraine fight Russia so that the United States does not have to fight Russia on its own territory.