- 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 | July 18, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judges Try to Stop Claim Against Large Corporations On Use of Child Slave Labor
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Blog Post | July 18, 2019
Unhappy 5th of July: Trump Judges’ Decisions in Four Cases on the Day after Independence Day Show the Danger of His Takeover of the Courts
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Blog Post | July 17, 2019
Robert Bork’s America is Becoming Donald Trump’s America
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Blog Post | July 16, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Barrett Votes to Deport 30-Year Resident With No Chance to Prove Equal Protection Claim
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Blog Post | July 11, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Barrett Denies Consumer Any Chance to Enforce Her Debt Collection Rights
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Blog Post | July 10, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Tries to Deprive Holocaust Survivors the Ability to Recover Property Damages in U.S. Courts
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Blog Post | July 10, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judges Threaten Pillar of Double Jeopardy Law
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Blog Post | July 9, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Tries to Excuse Weakening of Mine Safety Rules
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Blog Post | July 8, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Tries to Stop Laid Off Employees From Pursuing Discrimination Claim
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Blog Post | July 2, 2019
Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Vote to Empower Trump Administration to Add Citizenship Question to Census and Almost Let It Do So Dishonestly