Frank Askin retired as a professor emeritus at Rutgers University where he taught election law and constitutional law for 50 years before he passed away. After his retirement, he was awarded the Rutgers Medal, and the clinical wing of the law school was named after him and his wife Marilyn. He was the longest serving general counsel in the history of the American Civil Liberties Union. His most lasting legal accomplishment was having New Jersey recognize homeowner associations as quasi-governmental agencies, requiring them to recognize free speech rights for their residents.

Frank Askin, Fierce Defender of Civil Liberties, Dies at 89” by Sam Roberts, The New York Times, July 16, 2021.

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