Faculty Experts on Presidential Politics
As the presidential primary season approaches, the UC Davis School of Law faculty offers journalists broad expertise about national politics and hot-button issues.
ELECTION LAW, LAW AND DEMOCRACY—Professor Chris Elmendorf's varied teaching and research interests include election law. His writings have focused on the roles that advisory bodies can play in fostering governmental accountability, and judicial formulation and administration of doctrines to implement the fundamental right to vote. He has been published in the New York University Law Review, Duke Law Journal, and Election Law Journal, among other journals. Contact: Chris Elmendorf, School of Law, (530) 752-5756, [email protected].
ELECTORAL COLLEGE—Professor Carlton Larson specializes in constitutional law. He can speak on the Electoral College. Contact: Carlton Larson, School of Law, (530) 754-5731, [email protected].
IMMIGRATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS—Associate Dean Kevin Johnson can discuss immigration and civil rights. He has written five books on the topic, most recently Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink Its Borders and Immigration Law (NYU Press, 2007). With fellow UC Davis law professors Jennifer Chacón and Bill Ong Hing, Johnson serves on U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's Immigration Policy Group. Johnson and Hing are also the editors of ImmigrationProf Blog. Contact: Kevin Johnson, School of Law, (530) 752-0243, [email protected].
RELIGION—Professor Alan Brownstein is an expert on church-state issues and constitutional law. He can talk about the relevance of constitutional standards regarding religion and the role of religion in presidential politics. He can also discuss public policy issues such as government funding of religious institutions or activities and government promotion of religious beliefs. Brownstein has written extensively on church-state issues, freedom of speech, privacy and autonomy rights, and other constitutional law subjects. Contact: Alan Brownstein, School of Law, (530) 752-2586, [email protected].