Zack Smith

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Zack Smith is a senior legal fellow and manager of the Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program in The Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Constitutional Government.

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BIOGRAPHY

Zack is a Senior Legal Fellow of Courts and the Constitution at The Heritage Foundation.

He previously served for several years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Florida. Prior to that, he spent two years as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, which he joined after clerking for the Hon. Emmett R. Cox on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Smith received his undergraduate, master’s, and law degrees from the University of Florida. During law school, Smith served as the Editor in Chief of the Florida Law Review and served on the executive boards of several student organizations, including the UF Chapter of the Federalist Society.

Summary

Zack Smith is a Senior Legal Fellow for Courts and the Constitution at The Heritage Foundation.

He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Florida.

Smith earned his undergraduate, master’s, and law degrees from the University of Florida.

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    Supreme Court Says 14th Amendment Guarantees Birthright Citizenship to Children of Illegal Aliens and Tourists

    Zack Smith
    In Trump v. Barbara, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority of justices that the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment requires all children born within the United States to automatically qualify as citizens at birth. The 14th Amendment provides, in part, that “[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject…
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    Supreme Court Decides ‘Day’ Does Not Mean Day in Watson v. RNC

    Zack Smith
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    Supreme Court Cooked Trump’s Efforts to Remove Fed Board Member Lisa Cook From Office

    Zack Smith
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    Trump v. Slaughter: Supreme Court Says Constitution Allows the President to Be President

    Zack Smith
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    Lying, Amorous Federal Judge Likely Committed a Federal Felony

    Zack Smith
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    DC Bar Ethics Enforcer Under Scrutiny for Inflammatory Social Media Posts

    Zack Smith
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    SCOTUS Says Voting Rights Act Doesn’t Compel Discrimination During Redistricting

    Zack Smith
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    Rachael Rollins’ Return: A Warning for Boston and American Justice

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    Supreme Court Could Decide If ‘Election Day’ Lasts One Day

    Zack Smith
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    Supreme Court Explains Contours of Sixth Amendment’s Right to Counsel in Villarreal v. Texas

    Zack Smith
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    United States v. Hemani: SCOTUS to Hear Arguments in Important Second Amendment Case

    Zack Smith
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    Can President Remove Fed Official for Pre-Office Conduct? Court Weighs In.

    Zack Smith
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    Minneapolis ‘Protesters’ Must Be Prosecuted

    Zack Smith
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    Majority of Justices Seem Prepared to Hold that the President Can Control the Executive Branch

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    Why Letitia James and James Comey Aren’t Out of the Legal Woods

    Zack Smith
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    Déjà Vu: Soros-Backed Rogue Prosecutor Refuses to Prosecute

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