Doug is founder and President of the Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC), a think tank, law firm and action center dedicated to fulfilling the progressive promise of our Constitution's text and history. He previously founded and directed Community Rights Counsel (CRC), CAC's predecessor organization. Doug has represented clients in state and federal appellate courts around the country and he has co-authored more than a dozen briefs filed before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is co-author of three books and lead author of numerous reports and studies. He launched and helped direct (with Earthjustice) the Judging the Environment Project, a comprehensive effort to highlight the environmental stakes in the future of the U.S. Supreme Court and appointments to the federal bench. Doug has appeared on television programs including Nightline, 20/20, Fox News Sunday, and World News Tonight, and radio broadcasts on NPR, CBS News, and Air America. His academic writings have appeared scholarly journals including the Virginia Law Review. His commentary has run in the New Republic, the American Prospect, Slate, and dozens of major papers including the Washington Post, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times. Doug is a blogger on Huffington Post. Doug received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia.
Showcase Panel IV: Ideas for Structural Change: Term Limits, Reviving the Right to Civil Jury Trial, Moving Administrative Law Judges to Article III, and Others
2010 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Citizens United and the Future of Campaign Finance Law
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Perspective on Preemption: Federalism & the State AG's
George Mason Student Chapter
George Mason Univesity School of Law Hazel Hall 2253301 Fairfax Dr,
Arlington, VA 22201
Environmental Law & Property Rights: Property Rights Protection: Judicial Activism or a Return to First Principles?
2001 National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
Showcase Panel IV: Ideas for Structural Change: Term Limits, Reviving the Right to Civil Jury Trial, Moving Administrative Law Judges to Article III, and Others
2010 National Lawyers Convention
Are there structural ways that are practically plausible to limit or reduce the power of...
Showcase Panel IV: Ideas for Structural Change: Term Limits, Reviving the Right to Civil Jury Trial, Moving Administrative Law Judges to Article III, and Others
2010 National Lawyers Convention
Are there structural ways that are practically plausible to limit or reduce the power of...
Fair-weather Federalism - Event Audio
Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group
There is a longstanding debate on the appropriate division of power between the Federal Government...
Property Rights Protection: Judicial Activism or a Return to First Principles? - Transcript
The Environmental Law & Property Rights Practice Group sponsored this panel during the 2001 National Lawyers...