Jon Michaels

Jon Michaels is a Professor of Law at UCLA, specializing in constitutional, administrative, and national security law. He holds degrees from Williams College, Oxford University (as a Marshall Scholar), and Yale Law School. Michaels has clerked for Judge Guido Calabresi and Justice David Souter and worked at Arnold & Porter’s National Security Law and Public Policy Group.

An elected member of the American Law Institute, Michaels has twice won the Cudahy Award for excellence in administrative law. His writing has appeared in major outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post. His books include Constitutional Coup (2017) and Vigilante Nation (2024).