David S. Schoenbrod is a trustee professor of law at

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. From 1972-79 Schoenbrod's work with the

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made the

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begin reducing

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in gasoline sooner than they were going to. He also campaigned to resurrect the then-decrepit

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, and protect the environment of

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. Previously, he was Director of Program Development at the community development project that Senator

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established in

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. He has also been a senior fellow at the

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and the

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and now is a senior fellow at the

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. His most recent book is DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington (Encounter Books, 2017) with forewords by Governor

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and Senator Mike Lee (Encounter Books, 2017).

Published works

Remedies: Public and Private, First Edition, co-authored with A. Macbeth, D. Levine, D. Jung (West Publishing Co., 1990). Power Without Responsibility: How Congress Abuses the People Through Delegation (Yale University Press, 1993). Remedies: Public and Private, Second Edition, co-authored with A. Macbeth, D. Levine, D. Jung (West Publishing Co., 1996). Remedies: Public and Private, Third Edition, co-authored with A. Macbeth, D. Levine, D. Jung (West Publishing Co., 2002). Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government, co-authored with R. Sandler (Yale University Press, 2003). Saving Our Environment from Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility, and Shortchanges the People (Yale University Press, 2005). Remedies: Public and Private, Fourth Edition, co-authored with A. Macbeth, D. Levine, D. Jung (West Publishing Co., 2006). Breaking the Logjam: Environmental Protection That Will Work, co-authored with R.B. Stewart and K.M. Wyman (Yale University Press, 2010). D.C. Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington, with forewords by Governor

and Senator Mike Lee (Encounter Books, 2017).

Education

He has an undergraduate degree from

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, a graduate degree in economics from

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, which he attended as a

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, and a law degree from

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References

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