David Cole is a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. After graduating from law school, Cole served as a law clerk to Judge Arlin M. Adams of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Cole then became a staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights where he litigated a number of major First Amendment cases. He continues to litigate First Amendment and other constitutional issues as a volunteer staff attorney at the Center. Cole has published in a variety of areas, including civil rights, criminal justice, constitutional law, and law and literature. He is the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, a commentator on National Public Radio: All Things Considered, and the author of three books: Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism (2005); Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties for National Security (2005) (with James X. Dempsey); and No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System (1999). Cole has received numerous awards for his civil rights and civil liberties work.