Justin Levitt

Democracy, Counsel
Mr. Levitt works on election administration and a variety of other voting rights concerns. Before joining the Brennan Center, he was in-house counsel to America Coming Together, handling a broad array of election-related matters, and the Director of Strategic Targeting for a national presidential campaign. Mr. Levitt clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He graduated magna cum laude with a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was an Articles Editor of the Harvard Law Review, and holds an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard College. He is admitted to the bar in California, New Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia, and to the U.S. District Court, C.D. California.
On leave as of July 1st.
Commentary & Analysis
- Supreme Court Preview: The Most Important Elections Case Since Bush v. Gore ACS Blog (01/09/08)
- Selling Voter ID Law Is Like Selling Snake Oil Morning Call (01/09/08)
- Voter Fraud Fixation Needs a Good Airing (PDF) Atlanta Journal-Constitution (06/13/07)
- When Prosecuters Get Political The Nation (06/06/07)
- The Myth of Voter Fraud (with Michael Waldman) Washington Post (03/29/07)
Selected Media Appearances
- Television segment regarding Supreme Court's Voter ID case Democracy Now! (01/10/08)
- Insights interview American Democracy Institute (08/22/07)
- Press briefing on the DOJ and Voter Fraud (06/07/07)
- Radio appearnace regarding DOJ and Voter Fraud (04/12/07)
- Radio appearance regarding the 2006 Election (11/11/06)
- Radio appearance regarding Voter Fraud and the Media (11/03/06)
Blog Posts
- Veto Keeps Electoral Scales Level in KS (05/19/08)
- Crawford—More Rhetorical Bark than Legal Bite? (05/02/08)
- Crawford—Just the Facts II (04/30/08)
- Crawford—Just the Facts (04/30/08)
- Well It’s My Birthday Too (04/24/08)
- Double Bubble, LA’s Toil & Trouble (02/27/08)
- Garden State Voters Get Do-Over (02/01/08)
- Previewing Supreme Court’s Hearing of Crawford v. Marion (01/09/08)
