- 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 | May 31, 2018
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Affirm Longer Prison Term for Immigrant, Despite Finding of Plain Error and Dissent by Bush Appointee
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Blog Post | May 21, 2018
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Throw Out Claim of Inhumane Confinement Conditions
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Blog Post | May 8, 2018
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Prevent Age Discrimination Case From Going to a Jury
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Blog Post | February 28, 2018
Right-Wing Justices Deal Serious Blow to Even Legal Immigrants, Including Dreamers
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Blog Post | February 21, 2018
Unusual Friend-of-the-Court Briefs May Make a Difference in Crucial Supreme Court Union Case
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Blog Post | December 5, 2017
An (Almost) Courtside Report on Today’s Supreme Court Argument in the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
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Blog Post | December 4, 2017
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: A Trump Judge Votes to Allow Business to Racially Segregate its Workplaces
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Blog Post | November 3, 2017
What This Week’s Events, Including Indictments, Tell Us About Trump’s Judicial Nominations
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Blog Post | October 19, 2017
Promoting Accountability and Transparency of Congressional Investigations into Russian Interference in 2016 Elections
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Blog Post | October 11, 2017
The Latest Chapter in Trump’s Plan to Fill Our Courts With Judges Who Won’t Stand Up to His Abuses of Power