J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.
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2026 Election Law Update
Cleveland Lawyer Chapter
Cleveland Metropolitan Conference Center1375 East Ninth Street, 2nd Floor
Cleveland, OH 44115
Voting Rights and Election Integrity: Looking Forward to the 2024 Election
Mississippi College Student Chapter
Mississippi College School of Law151 James H. Meredith Drive
Jackson, MS 39201
Does the 14th Amendment Really Give States the Power to Remove Trump from the Ballot?
Long Island Lawyers Chapter
The Davenport Press Restaurant70 Main Street
Mineola, NY 11501
Election Integrity in America Today: What are the real vulnerabilities in American elections?
With the Silicon Valley Lawyers Chapter and the Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley
Elite Event Center2670 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Petteway v. Galveston County: The Fifth Circuit Reshapes Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
In a November en banc decision, the Fifth Circuit reversed decades of jurisprudence and rewrote...
Standing and Section 2: Does Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act Provide a Private Right of Action?
In 2021, in Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment, private litigants sued...
Standing and Section 2: Does Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act Provide a Private Right of Action?
In 2021, in Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment, private litigants sued...
Two Quirky Appellate Decisions on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
Two federal circuit courts of appeal recently handed down a pair of quirky opinions regarding...
State Court Docket Watch: Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar
State Court Docket Watch: 2020 Edition
Pennsylvania, like most states in 2020, has seen contested election litigation. In Pennsylvania Democratic Party...
