Alan Rothstein

Alan Rothstein

May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Threats to Election Workers: How Lawyers Should Respond

A threat to an election worker is a threat to our democracy. Those who pitch vitriol at these dedicated public servants seek to undermine our trust in what they do, and thereby our trust in the worth of elections.

By Marcy L. Kahn and Alan Rothstein

5 minute read

May 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Pluses and Minuses of Original Intent

Debra L. Raskin, president of the New York City Bar Association, and Alan Rothstein, its General Counsel, write: Our Founding Fathers were able to leave the prejudices of the Magna Carta drafters behind to extract what was enduring—a government beholden to the people and a rule of law.

By Debra L. Raskin, President, New York City Bar Association Alan Rothstein, General Counsel, New York City Bar Association

3 minute read

April 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Pluses and Minuses of Original Intent

Debra L. Raskin, president of the New York City Bar Association, and Alan Rothstein, its General Counsel, write: Our Founding Fathers were able to leave the prejudices of the Magna Carta drafters behind to extract what was enduring—a government beholden to the people and a rule of law.

By Debra L. Raskin, President, New York City Bar Association Alan Rothstein, General Counsel, New York City Bar Association

3 minute read