Sam Simon teaches constitutional law and election law, and he is a Fellow with USC's Constitutional Law Center. Using a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods, he studies how Congress interprets the Constitution. His writing has appeared in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, the William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, and The Hill.

 

Prior to starting at USC, Simon completed an M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton University. Before Princeton, he served as chief counsel for Senator Richard Blumenthal and Blumenthal’s top Senate Judiciary Committee staffer from 2012 to 2020. In that role, he oversaw the Democratic staff for the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, and the Subcommittee on the Constitution. He also served as Blumenthal’s lead advisor for issues within the Judiciary Committee’s jurisdiction, including judicial and Justice Department nominations, civil rights and civil liberties, criminal justice policy, human trafficking prevention, and immigration. He is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was the Notes Editor for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.