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Fellow and Research Director in Public Law

Benjamin Wittes

Benjamin Wittes

Fellow and Research Director in Public Law, Governance Studies

Benjamin Wittes, a New Republic online columnist, focuses on the Supreme Court; judicial nominations and confirmations; and legal issues surrounding the war on terrorism.

Expertise

The Supreme Court; Federal courts; the Justice Department; Federal law; Judicial nominations and confirmations; and the Legal architecture of the War on Terror

Background

Current Positions
Columnist, The New Republic Online; Contributing Editor, The Atlantic Monthly



Past Positions
Editorial Writer, The Washington Post; Reporter and News Editor, Legal Times

Education

Oberlin College, 1990

"Congress and the executive branch -- whether the Bush administration or its successor -- desperately need to enact a comprehensive legislative solution to the problem of detentions in the war against terrorism."

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