Associate Dean Amar to Testify Before Congress on Senate Vacancies

Associate Dean Vikram Amar has been invited to testify before Congress on federal legislation that would require special elections to fill Senate vacancies, which currently may be filled by gubernatorial appointment.  Associate Dean Amar, who has expressed reservations about specifics of the plan in interviews with National Public Radio and other media, will speak to the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution and the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on March 11 in Washington, D.C.

Vikram Amar, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law with the UC Davis School of Law, is a national authority in the fields of constitutional law, civil procedure, criminal procedure, and remedies. His biweekly column for FindLaw.com, the leading provider of online legal information, centers on his expertise in constitutional law.