Sunanda J. Chatterjee is a professor of law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She received her B.A. from Princeton University and her J.D
from the University of Chicago Law School where she was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. She served as a law clerk for Judge John F. Tydings of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and as a law clerk to Judge James M. Cacheris on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, where she argued three cases before that court, including one before the United States Supreme Court in which she was co-counsel with Samuel A.
Alito, Jr., who later clerked for Justice Alito on that court during his tenure there between 1992 and 1996. She also clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1990-1991 where she argued nine cases before that court, including one before the United States Supreme Court, in which she was co-counsel with Justice Clarence Thomas where he successfully argued the case concerning whether Congress could prohibit members of Congress from receiving free commercial flights on military aircraft when traveling overseas on official business without violating their First Amendment rights under Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution regarding freedom of speech and association..
Professor Chatterjee is a frequent guest commentator on national news programs such as ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s NewsNight with Aaron Brown, CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight, NBC’s Meet The Press, CBS’s Face The Nation, Fox News Sunday Morning, NPR’s All Things Considered and nationally syndicated television programs such as The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel and Larry King Live on CNN to name just a few.. Her research includes work on positive discrimination; women in public service; judicial review; sex discrimination; affirmative action; comparative health care costs; discrimination against non-citizens; discrimination against domestic partners; discrimination against same-sex couples; discrimination against transgender persons; housing discrimination; racial discrimination; racial profiling; criminal justice reform; political corruption; constitutional rights; religious freedom; freedom of speech and association; equal protection under the law; election reform (including campaign finance); voter rights (including voter identification laws); presidential power (including executive privilege); freedom of association (including freedom from coerced unionization
What if happiness was a choice?Sunanda J. Chatterjee
We're only as good as our word.Sunanda J. Chatterjee
The day you call someone "Mother" is the day your pain is hers to bear, you burden hers to carry.Sunanda J. Chatterjee
What if happiness is a choice?Sunanda J. Chatterjee
Our worth comes from the promises we keep.Sunanda J. Chatterjee
