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Susan Low Bloch is an American professor specializing in Constitutional law and communications law at Georgetown University Law Center, who is widely quoted in the press on her interpretation of the Constitution of the United States.


Biography

Bloch received her B.A. from
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in 1966 with Phi Beta Kappa honors. She then pursued graduate studies in mathematics and computer science at the University of Michigan, receiving M.A. degrees in 1968 and 1972. She earned her J.D. in 1975, graduating first in her class,
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and Order of the Coif from University of Michigan Law School, where she was notes editor of the '' Michigan Law Review''. Following graduation, she served as a clerk for Judge
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of the
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and during the 1976 Term for Thurgood Marshall of the
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. In 1982, Bloch joined the faculty of the Georgetown University Law Center as an assistant professor. She has served on the District of Columbia Bar Board of Governors,
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and United States
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. Her co-authored case books include ''Inside the Supreme Court: The Institution and Its Procedures'' and ''Supreme Court Politics: The Institution and Its Procedures''. In 2013, she co-wrote with
Vicki C. Jackson Vicki C. Jackson is the Laurence H. Tribe Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School. ''The New York Times'' has described her as "an authority on state-federal questions". Jackson received her BA, '' summa cum laude'', from Yale Unive ...
, ''Federalism: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution''.


Personal life

In 1966, she married attorney Richard Bloch, and they have two children who are both lawyers.


See also

* List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 10)


References


Selected publications

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External links


Faculty Site at Georgetown University Law Center

Author listing at WorldCat
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Appearance on Charlie Rose show
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