- Fair and Just Courts
- Government Accountability
- Church-State Issues
Senior Fellow Elliot Mincberg has researched and analyzed the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice, religious liberty and other civil rights/civil liberties issues for more than three decades. At PFAW, Elliot’s work centers around judicial appointments, which he’s focused on since Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court, and right-wing attacks on LGBT rights and religious liberty. Prior to his role as senior fellow at PFAW, he served as legal director and general counsel for PFAW and PFAW Foundation, as chief counsel for oversight and investigations of the House Judiciary Committee, and as a partner at a major DC law firm. He also serves on the Committee on Religious Liberty of the National Council of Churches and the National Advisory Board of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute.
Mincberg has been cited as an expert in national publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Nation and has appeared on national broadcast outlets such as CNN and NPR. He’s testified before Congress on key issues and his work has been published in outlets such as the Aspen Journal of Ideas, Salon, and the Huffington Post. He has actively participated in federal and state court litigation at all levels on religious liberty, discrimination, and voting rights issues.
Elliot Mincberg's Areas of Expertise
All Posts
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Blog Post | October 25, 2019
Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Dismiss Firefighter’s Discrimination Claim: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | October 25, 2019
Trump Judge Writes Opinion Dismissing Product Liability Case Against Corporation Whose Product Caused Burning of 4-Year-Old: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | October 16, 2019
Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Reject Black Man’s Claim that Black People Were Excluded from Jury Pool: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | October 11, 2019
Trump Judge Tries to Quash House Subpoena for Trump Financial Records and Drastically Limit Congress’ Authority to Investigate: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | October 8, 2019
Barr Has Broken His Promises on Avoiding Personal and Partisan Politics at DOJ
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Blog Post | October 2, 2019
Trump Judge Tries to Limit Voting Rights Remedies and Reverse Finding that State Improperly Discriminated Against Black Voters: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | October 1, 2019
Latest DOJ Ploy to Protect Trump Should Not Stop Impeachment
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Blog Post | September 23, 2019
Trump Judge Argues That Highly Compensated Lawyer Deserves Overtime Pay: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | September 23, 2019
Trump 5th Circuit Judges Help Give President Power to Fire Head of Independent Housing Agency, Based on Kavanaugh Theory: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | September 20, 2019
Trump Judge Rules that Man with Possible Serious Intellectual Disability Should be Executed Without a Hearing to Determine his Disability: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears