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Kim Wehle
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania
Cornell University(BA)
University of Michigan(JD)
Occupation(s)Professor, lawyer, author, legal analyst and news commentator
EmployerUniversity of Baltimore School of Law
Websitekimwehle.com

Kimberly Lynn Wehleis a tenured law professor, writer, and legal contributor for ABC News and a former legal analyst forCBS News.She is an expert in civil procedure, constitutional law, administrative law, and the separation of powers.

Wehle writes on democracy and the separation of powers, outsourcing government, and the federal administrative state. Before joining ABC News, Wehle was a contributor for thePBS-syndicatedBBC World NewsandBBC World News America.She is also an op-ed contributor forPolitico,The Atlantic,The Hill,The GuardianandThe Bulwark,and a regular commentator onNPR'sMorning Edition.[1][2][3][4]Wehle has authored three books, includingHow to Read the Constitution – and WhyandWhat You Need to Know About Voting – and Why,[5]andHow to Think Like a Lawyer—and Why: A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas.She is best known for her ability to demystify legal concepts. Her next book,How the Pardon Power Works and Why,is due for publication with Woodhall Press on September 3, 2024.

Early life and education[edit]

Wehle grew up inBuffalo, New York,the second of five children. During her childhood, she attendedCatholicelementary schools and anon-sectarianall-girls school where she playedlacrosseand explored her talent for the visual arts. Her mother, Betty Jane Wehle, was an amateur artist who started her ownMontessoripreschool in a Buffalo suburb in the early 1970s; she died in 2006. Her father, Richard E. Wehle, was a management consultant who died in 2015.

Wehle graduated high school from theBuffalo Seminaryand went on to attend theUniversity of Pennsylvaniafor one year before transferring toCornell University,where she was a member of theKappa Kappa Gammasorority as well as thePhi Beta Kappahonor society.[6]As an English major atCornell,Wehle won a department award for the best honors thesis of her class. The paper was entitledThe Vision of Flannery O'Connor.In the summer after her junior year, she attended theLeo MarchutzSchool of Art inAix-en-Provence, France.Wehle was offered a full scholarship to remain at art school, but ultimately turned it down in order to complete her undergraduate degree at Cornell.

After graduatingmagna cum laudeand Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell, Wehle went on to attend theUniversity of Michigan Law School.There, Wehle was an editor of theMichigan Law Review.She graduated with a J.D.cum laude.[7]

Career[edit]

Wehle began her career practicing law as a clerk to a federal judge, Hon. Charles R. Richey, of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., then at theFederal Trade Commission;theWhitewater Investigation, where she worked with Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh;theU.S. Attorney's Officein Washington, D.C.; and then worked in private practice. She has also argued several cases before theUnited States Court of Appealsfor the D.C. Circuit and other appellate courts.[citation needed]

Wehle is a tenured Professor of Law at theUniversity of Baltimore School of Law.She has previously taught atAmerican University Washington College of Law,George Washington University Law Schooland theUniversity of Oklahoma College of Law.Wehle specializes in the respective powers of the three branches of thefederal government.[1]She teaches courses in Civil Procedure, Administrative Law, Federal Courts, Constitutional Law, American Democracy, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Wehle has written four books, and is, as of June 2022, a legal contributor for ABC News.[8]She began her career in legal journalism unexpectedly. In 2017, she came across a news article that referred to the President'spardonpower under theConstitutionas "absolute." This statement prompted her to write her firstop-ed,published inThe Baltimore Sun,to underscore that most of theConstitutionis not black and white, but grey, and that even thepardonpower is subject to checks and balances.[9]From there, she began writing with greater frequency on issues of constitutional and legal significance for various journalistic outlets, includingThe Hill,[10][11]The Bulwark,[12]and, later,The LA Times,[13]The Atlantic,Politico,Newsweek,andThe Guardian.Based on Kim's written work, she is regularly invited to make media appearances on radio, podcasts, and TV. She has appeared regularly as a guest onBBC,[14]CNN,MSNBC,NPR,[1][15][16]Fox News,Al Jazeera, C-SPAN,PBS NewsHour,Peacock TV, NBC, Newsy, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, France 24, and on major networks in the Netherlands, Australia, and Ireland. Her current role for ABC News began with the hearings by the House Committee on January 6, 2021 and now spans other breaking legal news. During theImpeachment trial of Donald J. Trump,she provided in depth legal analysis forCBS,and appeared on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.[citation needed]She hosts a periodic show called #SimplePolitics on Instagram.

Works[edit]

  • How to Read the Constitution--and Why,New York, NY: Harper, 2019.ISBN9780062914361,OCLC1051078589[17]
  • How to Think Like a Lawyer—and Why,New York, NY: Harper, 2022. ISBN 0063067560
  • Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works—and Why,Woodhall Press, 2024. ISBN 1954907508

References[edit]

  1. ^abc"Professor of Law: Kimberly Wehle",University of Baltimore.
  2. ^"Prof. Wehle on What Michael Flynn's Cooperation with the Mueller Team Might Say About the Larger Investigation",University of Baltimore School of Law, December 5, 2018.
  3. ^"Kimberly Wehle",The Hill.
  4. ^"Could Trump attorney Michael Cohen face criminal charges for Stormy Daniels payment?",CBS This Morning,March 27, 2018.
  5. ^Kim Wehle,How to Read the Constitution--and Why,HarperCollins,
  6. ^"Buffalo Seminary's Poetry Through the Years".
  7. ^Kimberly N. Brown,"Justiciable Generalized Grievances"May 21, 2009,abstract.
  8. ^"How to Read the Constitution—and Why – Kim Wehle – Hardcover".HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher.
  9. ^Kimberly L. Wehle,"Pardon power is not absolute",Baltimore Sun,August 28, 2017.
  10. ^"What To Expect From The Mueller Report".NPR.org.
  11. ^Stanage, Niall (February 4, 2019)."Juan Williams: Mueller report must not be whitewashed".TheHill.
  12. ^"Kim Wehle, Author at The Bulwark".The Bulwark.
  13. ^Kim Wehle,"Are Democrats overstepping by investigating all things Trump? Just ask William Barr",Los Angeles Times,February 13, 2019.
  14. ^"Beyond 100 Days",BBC News, December 17, 2018 (archived).
  15. ^Miles Parks,"Cohen, Trump Push To Decide What's Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege",NPR, April 16, 2018.
  16. ^"Law Professor Analyzes Details Flynn Provided To Russia Probe",Morning Edition,NPR, December 5, 2018.
  17. ^"'A Lot Of Gray Area': A Legal Expert Explains 'How To Read The Constitution'".NPR.org.Retrieved2019-06-28.
  18. ^"What You Need to Know About Voting--and Why".harpercollins.com.RetrievedJune 22,2020.

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