SCOTUSblog on camera: Edward Blum (Part two)

What a non-lawyer brings to a political advocacy that sees litigationespecially Supreme Court casesas the linchpin; the importance of raceandreligion andwhat growing up in a Jewishhousehold in Texas means to a passion for civil rights; and seeking to changeSection 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

In this five-part interview, Edward BlumVisiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Founder and President of the Project on Fair Representationdiscusses hisbackground, running for Congress,and moving from public finance to political advocacy to Supreme Court litigation; the meeting of race, ethnicity and religion; the desire tomake big law and how to read Supreme Court signals; and success building cases from the ground upfromBush v. Vera,NAMUDNOv. Holder,andShelby County v. HoldertoFisher v. University of Texas at Austinand beyondwithpeople of good will.