Author, television correspondent, Activist
Elie Mystal is the justice correspondent at The Nation, where he writes about the courts, the criminal justice system and politics.[1]
Mystal is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Mystal is the author of Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution, which is intended to be a "easily digestible argument about what rights we have, what rights Republicans are trying to take away, and how to stop them."[2] Mystal's book, which was published by The New Press in March 2022, became a New York Times best-seller that same month.[3]
According to Salon.com, Mystal believes the United States Constitution is "actually trash."[4][5]
Elie Mystal is the son of late Elie Mystal Senior, Suffolk Legislature's first elected African-American[6]
Ellie Mystal has been outspoken on a variety of issues including Civil Rights, Abortion, and the Constitution[7]
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution, (ISBN 1620976900)The New Press: 2022.