Stephanie Hessler is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute. She writes frequently on constitutional law, national security law, counter terrorism law and judicial nominations. Her work has been featured in the Weekly Standard and on Fox News.

Ms. Hessler served as a constitutional lawyer for the Senate Judiciary Committee. She drafted and negotiated legislation and advised on a wide range of topics including terrorist surveillance, domestic wiretapping, Guantanamo detainees, habeas corpus, presidential signing statements, abortion, voting rights and eminent domain. She also served on the legal team that counseled on the nomination of Justice Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.

Before joining the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ms. Hessler practiced international arbitration at a private law firm in New York City. After graduating from law school, Ms. Hessler clerked for the Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr., the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Ms. Hessler received her B.A. in English Literature from Kenyon College and her J.D. from New York University School of Law. She lives in New York City with her husband and their twins.

Select Media

• Stephanie Hessler on Fox News "The Strategy Room" , 7-15-09
• WILM's "Delaware This Morning", 7-14-09
• WIMA's "The Mike Miller Show", 7-14-09
• WSYR's "Morning News with Joe Galuski", 7-14-09
• News Radio 1620's "The Rob Williams Show", 7-14-09
• WOAI's "The Charlie Parker Show", 7-14-09
• KTRH's "Morning News with JP Pritchard and Lana Hughes", 7-14-09
• WKBN's "The Rob Mangino Show", 7-14-09
• KVI's "The Kirby Wilbur Show", 7-14-09
• KOGO's "The Chip Franklin Show", 7-14-09
• Fox News “Strategy Room”, 7-13-09. Click here to watch the segment.

Articles/Op-Eds:

• Leave It to the Generals, National Review Online, 11-18-09
• Trying Terrorists in U.S. is a Bad Idea, Washington Examiner, 10-21-09
• A Real Problem for Obama, The Weekly Standard, 06-02-09
• The "Other Gitmo", The Weekly Standard, 03-06-09
• What to Do About the Gitmo Detainees, The Weekly Standard, 02-02-09

City Journal Articles

• Sotomayor and National Security, 16 June 2009