David Schultz, Esq.

DAVID SCHULTZ (Panel Moderator) is Distinguished University Professor in the Departments of Political Science, Environmental Studies, and Legal Studies at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. He is Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas and serves as an affiliate faculty member at the Lithuanian Military Academy in Vilnius, Lithuania. A four-time Fulbright scholar who has taught extensively in Europe and Asia, and the winner of the Leslie A. Whittington national award for excellence in public affairs teaching.

Professor Schultz is the author of more than 45 books and more than 200 articles on various aspects of American politics, election law, and media and politics. He is regularly interviewed and quoted on these subjects in the local, national, and international media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, the Economist, and National Public Radio. His most recent books are Constitutional Precedent in US Supreme Court Reasoning (2022), Handbook of Election Law (2022), and Presidential Swing States (2022). Prior to teaching, he served as a city director of planning, zoning and code enforcement, and as a housing and economic planner for a community action agency. He is on the American Cancer Society Minnesota Advisory Board, is former executive director of Common Cause Minnesota, and served as a former vice-president for the Minnesota and South Texas chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union. He is licensed to practice law in Minnesota and before the US Supreme Court.