Pamela S. Karlan, 61, is a professor at Stanford Law School and an expert on voting rights and political process. From 2014 to 2015, Karlan was U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Voting Rights in the United States Department of Justice Civil Division. A vocal critic of President Donald J. Trump, she testified at his…
Jonathan Zittrain is a professor of Internet law and the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School. He is also a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, a professor of computer science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and co-founder and director of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet…
Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals, recently became a centenarian — a wonderful milestone in an amazing life. Born in Hungary, his family emigrated to the U.S. to escape antisemitism. In Nuremberg, Ferencz was, among other things, the U.S. Army’s chief prosecutor of S.S. Einsatzgruppen officers who…
Charles “Chuck” Rosenberg, 59, who has worn many hats during his impressive career, is a former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. During his tenure, Rosenberg brought dog-fighting charges against Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. He was involved in the government’s death penalty case against September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. And he played…
Amy Berman Jackson, 65, is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She was the presiding judge in the criminal case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Judge Jackson sentenced Manafort to nearly four years in prison — which, when added to another sentence he…
Noah R. Feldman, 49, is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. One focus of his work is the relationship between law, politics, and religion — including the First Amendment’s bearing on church-and-state issues. He’s also an expert on issues related to Islam. In 2019, Feldman testified before the House Intelligence Committee…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer has been a member of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1994. Prior to that, he was a professor at Harvard Law School. In addition, Breyer was special assistant to the United States Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, and assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. From 1980 to 1994,…
In March of this year, House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff hired attorney and former federal prosecutor Daniel Goldman as the committee’s senior adviser and director of investigations. Goldman had an impressive success record as a prosecutor for Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office. He has also been a frequent legal analyst on MSNBC. Quote: “Goldman…
Gloria Allred, 78, is a nationally known attorney who often represents clients in high-profile cases — especially cases involving women’s rights issues. She herself speaks openly about her experience being raped, becoming pregnant as a result, and almost dying from terminating the pregnancy. In addition to her women’s rights advocacy, Allred has been a staunch…
A noted legal historian described fifty-five-year-old Jeffrey Rosen as “the nation’s most widely read…
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