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E. Donald Elliott

E. Donald Elliott

E. Donald Elliott has been a professor at Yale Law School since 1981 and now also teaches at the Scalia Law School. He teaches and writes in a wide-variety of subjects, including constitutional law, civil procedure, administrative law, and energy and environmental law. He has also practiced law in Washington, D.C. for over 30 years with several leading law firms. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute, the American College of Environmental Lawyers, and a senior fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United States. He served as general counsel of the EPA, 1989-1991.
by | Jul 19, 2023

The news that special counsel Jack Smith has issued a target letter to former President Donald J. Trump for his…

by | Jul 3, 2023

The fulminations against the Supreme Court’s recent rulings confirm what I have long suspected: The Left, or at least much…

by | Jan 28, 2023

What once proudly called itself the country’s “paper of record,” the New York Times, has sunk to a new low…

by | Jan 19, 2023

In a previous article in these pages, I nominated Clinton v. City of New York as “one of the worst…

by | Dec 29, 2022

The Worst Supreme Court Decisions in History is the title of a new book I am writing. It begins by…

by | Nov 16, 2022

In a previous article for The American Spectator reflecting on the underperformance by Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections, I concluded…

by | Nov 13, 2022

Republicans are reeling after the recent midterm elections, in which they underperformed expectations. Most of them don’t have a clue…

by | Oct 25, 2022

“How do you know a politician is lying? His or her lips are moving.” So goes an old joke. Some…

by | Oct 13, 2022

“Prediction is difficult, especially about the future.” That line is often misattributed to professional baseball player Yogi Berra, but it…

by | Sep 25, 2022

One of the ways that I try to raise the consciousness of my fellow humans is by telling them things…

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