William G. Otis
Bill Otis is the former director of legal affairs for The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU).
For nearly two decades Bill was a federal prosecutor under administrations of both parties, and personally argued over a hundred cases in the courts of appeals. He has also held posts as Counselor to the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Energy, and Special Counsel to President George H.W. Bush.
Bill is an Adjunct Professor of Law at George Mason Law School in Arlington, Virginia, and has frequently debated legal issues at law schools around the country, in addition to having testified as a criminal law expert before both houses of Congress.
Bill is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and Stanford Law School.
Blog entries by this author
- ACLU Launches Lawsuit to Support Tuberculosis
June 1, 2007 12:52 AM
- And the Winner is: Nobody
May 26, 2007 8:27 AM
- Charles Krauthammer Speaks Up on Immigration
May 26, 2007 7:26 AM
- A Dictionary for the Politically Incorrect (cont'd)
May 26, 2007 6:38 AM
- Double Standards -- A Correction
May 24, 2007 12:50 PM
- This Could Give Double Standards a Bad Name
May 24, 2007 11:34 AM
- Thomas Sowell Speaks Up on Immigration
May 24, 2007 9:39 AM
- Let the Voters Decide -- For a Day, Anyway
May 22, 2007 3:11 PM
- Is This Parliament?
May 21, 2007 1:20 PM
- Farmers Branch Ordinance Gets Another Poll
May 17, 2007 10:18 AM
- Disrespect for Law Doesn't Always Stop Where You Think It Will
May 16, 2007 4:37 PM
- Europe's View
May 16, 2007 8:14 AM
- Are Some Crime Victims More Worthy of Protection than Others?
May 15, 2007 10:41 PM
- Let the People Decide, as Long as They Wear Black Robes
May 14, 2007 3:44 PM
- Equal Justice Under Law?
May 4, 2007 1:44 PM
- Are We Executing the Innocent?
May 3, 2007 8:12 AM
- Rallies for Illegal Immigration: The Big Flop on May 1
May 2, 2007 9:35 PM
- A "Sanctuary City" Has Second Thoughts
May 2, 2007 8:11 PM
- Constitutionality Is Just For Those Law School Eggheads
May 2, 2007 5:54 PM
- The Most Dangerous Branch (cont'd)
May 2, 2007 4:22 PM
- The Most Dangerous Branch
May 2, 2007 1:03 PM
- Be Compassionate: Let the ACLU Win One
May 1, 2007 5:52 PM
- We're Not Asking That Much
May 1, 2007 10:40 AM
- A Dictionary for the Politically Incorrect (cont'd)
April 29, 2007 7:06 AM
- McCain-Feingold In Trouble?
April 25, 2007 11:29 PM
- A Dictionary to Educate the Politically Incorrect
April 25, 2007 8:41 PM
- The Tillman Hearing: You Guys Are Heroes and Everything, But Please Surrender by Next Year.
April 25, 2007 8:41 AM
- Zero Cheers for Congress
April 24, 2007 3:33 PM
- John Edwards' two Americas (cont'd)
April 24, 2007 11:11 AM
- John Edwards' two Americas
April 24, 2007 10:08 AM
- Though you drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.
April 23, 2007 2:54 PM
- Vote Fraud Takes a Hit in the Ninth Circuit
April 23, 2007 11:41 AM
- Boris Yeltsin Dies at 76
April 23, 2007 9:31 AM
- Don't Mess with Miss America
April 23, 2007 7:03 AM
- Some Religions Are More Equal Than Others, cont'd.
April 20, 2007 3:53 PM
- A Tale of Two Cities
April 20, 2007 9:13 AM
- Some Get an Audience, and Some Don't
April 18, 2007 1:37 PM
- Heroism in the Midst of Evil
April 17, 2007 10:28 AM
- Fairness Doctrine or Freedom Doctrine?
April 16, 2007 11:00 AM
- Al Sharpton, America's National Scold
April 15, 2007 6:37 PM
- In the world our fathers knew....
April 14, 2007 11:33 AM
- Government Sponsorship of Religion -- If the Religion Is Islam (Continued)
April 13, 2007 8:12 PM
- The Top Five Reasons to Oppose "Sanctuary Cities"
April 13, 2007 3:19 PM