Bill Otis is the former director of legal affairs for The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU).

For nearly two decades Bill was a federal prosecutor under administrations of both parties, and personally argued over a hundred cases in the courts of appeals. He has also held posts as Counselor to the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Energy, and Special Counsel to President George H.W. Bush.

Bill is an Adjunct Professor of Law at George Mason Law School in Arlington, Virginia, and has frequently debated legal issues at law schools around the country, in addition to having […]

Eric Langborgh is the former Director of Development for The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) and currently works for ClearWord Communications Group, Inc.

Eric worked for six-plus years at the Bill of Rights Institute, a national educational non-profit, where he served as the Institute’s Director of Donor Relations. His early work at the Institute as Education Programs Coordinator included the development of a graduate level program for American History and Civics teachers and writing essays for use in high school classrooms on America’s Founding Fathers and their influence on and views of the Bill of Rights.

From January 1999 to January 2001, Eric worked […]

Sheldon Kinsel is a political scientist and public policy consultant. He serves the American Civil Rights Union as a consultant and as editor of their Defend Scouting Newsletter.

Sheldon has worked in Washington, D.C. as a staffer to a United States senator and to two congressmen in a variety of positions, including serving of Chief of Staff to Utah Congressman Bill Orton for three years. He also has extensive political campaign experience in elections from the presidential level down to local races.

For eight years Sheldon was a lobbyist for the National […]

Horace Cooper is a Senior Fellow at the American Civil Rights Union, making regular appearance on radio and television discussing constitutional rights and the Supreme Court.

A writer and legal commentator, Horace previously was a visiting assistant professor of law at George Mason University. He also has been Counsel to the Honorable Richard K. Armey, Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1994-2002. Horace Cooper is a Senior Fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research and the Centre for New Black Leadership. He has held senior appointed positions in the presidential administration of President George W. Bush. His interests […]

National Review Online

March 29, 2007 7:00 AM

The striking down of the D.C. gun ban may be the beginning of a larger battle.

By Jennifer Rubin

It’s not every day a federal circuit court rocks the political, legal, and academic worlds. But on March 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit did just that, ruling in the biggest gun-control case in nearly 70 years and perhaps placing a Supreme Court case smack in the middle of the 2008 presidential race. Senior Judge Laurence Silberman wrote for a 2-1 majority in Parker v. District of Columbia, “The Second […]