Anthony Gregory

Bio

Anthony Gregory is a Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution. His historical work examines political, legal, and ideological development of state power, in both its liberatory and coercive dimensions, and in particular the ways law enforcement and security policy interact with liberalism and constitutional federalism. He is the author of three books, most recently New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State (Harvard University Press, 2024).

Gregory’s previous books are American Surveillance: Intelligence, Privacy, and the Fourth Amendment (University of Wisconsin Press, 2016) and The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King’s Prerogative to the War on Terror (Cambridge University Press, 2013). His writing has appeared in Law and History Review, the Journal of the Early Republic, and other popular outlets.

Gregory earned his history BA, MA, and PhD at the University of California–Berkeley, and has been a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University’s Political Theory Project and an assistant professor in residence at Rhode Island School of Design.

Academic Appointments

• Hoover Research Fellow, HOOVER RESEARCH