| John Hart Ely  Born: 3-Dec-1938
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 25-Oct-2003
Location of death: Coconut Grove, FL
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scholar Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Democracy and Distrust Military service: US Army (military police) For Abe Fortas, Ely wrote the first draft of the brief submitted for Gideon v. Wainwright, the case made famous in the film Gideon's Trumpet (1980). Clerked for Earl Warren, after which he joined the faculties of Yale and then Harvard Law School. His work, Democracy and Distrust, is the most-cited book on law of the 20th Century. Wife: Nancy Ely (diplomat, div., two sons)
Son: Robert Ely
Son: John D. Ely
Wife: Gisela Cardonne Ely (Florida state judge, m. 4-May-2002)
University: Princeton University (1960)
Law School: Yale Law School (1963)
University: London School of Economics
Professor: Yale Law School (1968-73)
Professor: Harvard Law School (1973-)
Professor: Stanford Law School (-1996)
Administrator: Dean, Stanford Law School (1982-87)
Professor: University of Miami School of Law (1996-2003)
Law Clerk for Earl Warren (1964-65)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Council on Foreign Relations
Risk Factors: Vegetarian
Author of books:
Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review (1980)
War and Responsibility: Constitutional Lessons of Vietnam and Its Aftermath (1993)
On Constitutional Ground (1996)
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