SCOTUSblog on camera: Edward Blum (Part three)

Reading the political and legal landscapes; what it means when John Lewis and Newt Gingrich are on the same side on voting rights; reading Supreme Court cases for their signals; an expanding litigation portfolio; and the importance of the NAACPs advocacy model in building Supreme Court cases.

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.