- 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 | September 6, 2018
Despite Kavanaugh’s Efforts To Evade, Senators Make Clear His Troubling Views on Presidential Power
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Blog Post | August 21, 2018
“Protecting” Civil Liberties Kavanaugh-Style
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Blog Post | August 15, 2018
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Give President Power to Fire Head of Independent Housing Agency, Based on Kavanaugh Theory
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Blog Post | August 14, 2018
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Two Trump Circuit Judges Refuse to Permit Brothers to Present to a Jury Claim that Deliberate Indifference Contributed to Brother’s Death in Prison
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Blog Post | August 9, 2018
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Joins Criticism of Important Ruling Protecting Transgender Student Rights
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Blog Post | July 26, 2018
A Justice Brett Kavanaugh Would Pose Serious Danger to Voting Rights
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Blog Post | July 25, 2018
Kavanaugh Misleads on Significant Cases in Responding to Senate Judiciary Committee
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Blog Post | July 17, 2018
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Takes Potshot at Roe v. Wade, Accuses District Judge of Religious Bias, and Casts Deciding Vote to Quash Discovery in Abortion-Related Case
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Blog Post | July 6, 2018
The Progressive Happy Hour: Justice Kennedy’s Retirement and the Supreme Court Vacancy
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Blog Post | June 1, 2018
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Dissenting Trump Circuit Judge Sides with Trial Court Judge who Interrogated Defendant but Ordered his Lawyer Not to Participate