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Elliot Mincberg

Senior Counsel & Fellow

People For the American Way

Elliot Mincberg is senior counsel & fellow at People For the American Way. During his 40-year career in law and public policy, he has also worked as a litigation associate & partner at Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells), senior vice president & legal director at People For, chief counsel for oversight & investigations at the House Judiciary Committee, senior counsel and general deputy assistant secretary for Congressional & Intergovernmental Relations at the Department of Housing & Urban Development, and senior counsel at the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs. His areas of expertise include civil rights, constitutional law, judicial nominations, & congressional oversight.

 

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Republican Hoopla About Trump Judicial Confirmations Ignores the Important Facts

6/30/20  //  Commentary

I've found 79 cases where Trump-nominated appeals court judges have written or joined opinions that are so extreme that even other Republican-appointed judges have disagreed with them

Elliot Mincberg

People For the American Way

Barr Has Broken His Promises on Avoiding Personal and Partisan Politics at DOJ

10/11/19  //  Commentary

Barr has broken the first rule for any attorney general: the rule of sound judgment and impartial apolitical administration of justice

Elliot Mincberg

People For the American Way

Robert Bork’s America is Becoming Donald Trump’s America

7/15/19  //  Commentary

As President Trump puts additional judges on the federal courts for life and continues his own extreme policies, Bork’s America is coming to life more and more as Trump’s America.

Elliot Mincberg

People For the American Way

Two Recent Decisions Confirm the Pivotal Role of Trump-Appointed Judges

6/25/19  //  Commentary

In two divided decisions issued one day in late June, the Supreme Court came awfully close to rewriting the law in two different areas that could have produced devastating consequences for all Americans

Elliot Mincberg

People For the American Way