Michael Carvin is a partner at Jones Day law firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Carvin specializes in constitutional, appellate, civil rights, and civil litigation against the federal government and has argued numerous cases in the Supreme Court, including the decisions limiting the Justice Department’s ability to create “majority-minority” districts and upholding Proposition 209’s ban on racial preferences in California. He has also represented state governments, financial institutions, and telecommunications and energy companies. Prior to joining Jones Day, Mr. Carvin served at the Justice Department as special assistant to the attorney general and deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division, as well as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel.

Daniel Lowenstein is a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he specializes in election law. He has published articles on many aspects of election law, including campaign finance, redistricting, voting rights, political parties, direct democracy, and political bribery. His 1995 textbook, Election Law (Carolina Academic Press), was the first to be published on that subject in the twentieth century. The book is currently in its third edition, coauthored with Richard L. Hasen. Messrs. Lowenstein and Hasen have coedited the Election Law Journal since its inception in 2002. From 1968 to 1971, Mr. Lowenstein was a staff attorney at California Rural Legal Assistance. From 1971 to 1975, he was special counsel and deputy under then–California secretary of state Jerry Brown. In that capacity, he drafted the California Political Reform Act (Proposition 9), an initiative approved by the voters in 1974. Newly-elected governor Jerry Brown appointed him as the first chairman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, a position he held from 1975 to 1979.

Henry Olsen is a vice president and director of the National Research Initiative (NRI) at AEI. He disseminates and publicizes the Institute’s work to the academic community; works with AEI’s visiting, adjunct, and NRI research fellows; commissions and supervises NRI projects; and oversees the production of NRI publications. Mr. Olsen previously served as vice president for programs at the Manhattan Institute and as a judicial clerk to the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Danny J. Boggs.

Anthony A. Peacock is an associate professor in the political science department at Utah State University, where he teaches courses on law, politics, and war. He practiced civil litigation in Toronto from 1989 to 1992. In addition to editing Affirmative Action and Representation: Shaw v. Reno and the Future of Voting Rights (Carolina Academic Press, 1997) and Rethinking the Constitution: Perspectives on Canadian Constitutional Reform, Interpretation, and Theory (Oxford University Press, 1996), Mr. Peacock has published numerous articles, book chapters, and book reviews on American and Canadian law and politics. His work has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada. He has provided radio commentary on state and national politics and has lectured on American politics and law both nationally and internationally. Mr. Peacock’s scholarship focuses on American constitutionalism and the theory and history of political economy and war, with particular emphasis on their relationship to law and free government. He is currently working on a book about Thucydides and The Federalist, as well as an edited volume on freedom and the rule of law.

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