Position: Secretary

Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation    

David Cole

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David Cole is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, a volunteer staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, and a commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Cole's work concentrates on civil rights and civil liberties issues.

Professional background:

* Volunteer staff attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights * Litigated National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley * Litigated Texas v. Johnson (1989) * Staff attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights * Clerk, Judge Arlin M. Adams, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Education:

* B.A., Yale University * J.D., Yale University

Selected Publications:

* Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism (2003) * Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security (co-authored) (2002) * No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System (1999) * "The Paradox of Race and Crime: A Comment on Randall Kennedy's 'Politics of Distinction'," 83 Geo. L.J. 2547 (1995)

Quotations:

"I think America is about a set of principles, principles that we put in the constitution because we knew that we would be tempted, in times like these, to ignore them, to override them...principles like due process, first amendment political association, speech, equal protection& these are basic human rights." - From Now with Bill Moyers