Stephen Wermiel

Stephen Wermiel is a professor of practice in constitutional law and part of the Program on Law and Government at American University Washington College of Law. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association and also sits on its House of Delegates. He is past chair of the bar association’s Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice (formerly Individual Rights and Responsibilities) and author of a monthly column on SCOTUSblog aimed at explaining the Supreme Court to law students. He is co-author of “Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion,” a biography of the late Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. He is also co-author of “The Progency: Justice William J. Brennan’s Fight to Preserve the Legacy of New York Times v. Sullivan.”