Kimberley L. Fletcher
Associate Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
Areas of Expertise:
- Law & Courts
- Foreign Policy & Security
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About Kimberley
Fletcher's research focuses on the key role the U.S. Supreme Court has played in interpreting presidential decision-making in the area of foreign affairs since 1936. Overarching themes in Fletcher's writings include institutional aspects of law through developmental and historical lenses to help understand law as a political phenomenon. Fletcher serves as on a pre-law initiative planning committee at SDSU.
Contributions
How the Courts Transformed Executive Authority in Foreign Affairs
Key Findings Brief,
In the News
Publications
The Collision of Political and Legal Time: Foreign Affairs and the Supreme Court’s Transformation of Executive Authority (Temple University Press, 2018).
Finds that it is the Supreme Court’s institutional positioning that redefines the scope and breadth of presidential powers vis-à-vis Congress in the area of foreign affairs.