David D. Cole

Hon. George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University Law School; Former ACLU Legal Director

Washington, DC, USA
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Civil Rights, Law, Military, Political, Professors, Social Activism
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David D. Cole Biography

David Cole is the Honorable George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy and former National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He writes about and teaches constitutional law, freedom of speech, and constitutional criminal procedure. He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and is the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation.

Cole has published widely in law journals and the popular press, including The Yale Law Journal, California Law Review, Stanford Law Review, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New Republic. He is the author or editor of ten books, several of which have won awards. "Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror," co-authored with Jules Lobel, won the Palmer Civil Liberties Prize for best book on national security and civil liberties. "Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism" received the American Book Award in 2004. "No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System" was named Best Non-Fiction Book of 1999 by the Boston Book Review and best book on an issue of national policy in1999 by the American Political Science Association.

Cole received his bachelor’s degree and law degree from Yale University. He worked as a staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights from 1985 to 1990. He has continued to litigate as a professor and, from 2017 to 2024, as National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He has litigated many significant constitutional cases at the Supreme Court, including Texas v. Johnson (1989), which extended First Amendment protection to flag burning; Bostock v. Clayton County (2020), which held that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity are prohibited forms of sex discrimination under Title VII; Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L. (2021), which protected student online speech from school discipline; and National Rifle Association v. Vullo (2024), which held that government officials violate the First Amendment when they use their regulatory authority to coerce private parties to blacklist a disfavored political group.

Cole has received two honorary degrees and numerous awards for his work, including the inaugural Norman Dorsen Presidential Prize from the ACLU for lifetime commitment to civil liberties. The late New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis called Cole “one of the country’s great legal voices for civil liberties today.” Nat Hentoff called him “a one-man Committee of Correspondence in the tradition of patriot Sam Adams.”

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Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror
Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror
Terrorism and the Constitution Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security
Terrorism and the Constitution Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security
Enemy Aliens Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism
Enemy Aliens Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism
No Equal Justice Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System
No Equal Justice Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System

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