Damon Root is a senior editor of Reason magazine and Reason.com, where he writes about law, politics, and history. He is the author of Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court (Palgrave Macmillan).

Overruled has been widely praised by reviewers, who called it "sober, well-researched, and thoughtful" (Washington Monthly), "historically rich and elegantly written" (National Review), "excellent" (Forbes), "fun stuff and informative even for insiders" (The Wall Street Journal), "timely, important, and provocative" (The Florida Bar Journal), "a great addition to your personal bookshelf" (Law Library Journal), and "impressive...the most thorough account of the libertarian-conservative debate over judicial review" (The Washington Post). Senator Rand Paul hailed Overruled as a "must-read." Pulitzer prize-winning columnist George Will called Overruled "a wonderful book."

Root is the winner of the 2015 Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Political/Government Reporting and the winner of the 2011 R.C. Hoiles Prize for Journalism.

Root's work has been cited by the Texas Supreme Court and by leading scholarly journals, including the Columbia Law Review and the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy. His 2007 essay on NAACP co-founder Moorfield Storey was recommended in Race & Liberty in America: The Essential Reader (University Press of Kentucky).

Root's writing has appeared in the New York Post, New York Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Times, Newsweek, WallStreetJournal.com, New York Press, The Globe and Mail, and other publications.

Root has spoken before audiences at Harvard Law School, Georgetown Law Center, Columbia University, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, and he has been featured on C-SPAN's Book TV, the Fox Business Channel, New York Public Radio, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, and other media outlets.

Root is a graduate of Columbia University, where he received a B.A. in history. He lives in New York's Hudson Valley.

Root's complete archive can be found here at Reason.com.

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