Roger Clegg

Roger Clegg is legal counsel for Linda Chavez's Center for Equal Opportunity, a small vehemently anti-affirmative action group. Clegg was a former Deputy Assistant Attorney in the General Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in the Reagan and Bush administrations from 1987 to 1991.

Clegg is a conservative political opportunist, simultaneously supporting racial profiling as well supporting California's Racial Privacy Initiative

Clegg has also taken strong stands against permitting convicted felons to vote, claiming "People have to have a certain level of trustworthiness and loyalty to be allowed to vote. It makes sense that somebody who has been convicted of a serious crime does not have that loyalty and trustworthiness." He has also stated "People who are not willing to follow the law should not be allowed to make the law for others, which is what voting is". 

Affiliations

 * The Center for Equal Opportunity, general counsel
 * The National Legal Center for the Public Interest, former general counsel
 * The Federalist Society, Civil Rights Practice group, Chairman

Career Highlights

 * Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division (1991-93)
 * Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (1987-91)
 * Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice (1985-87)
 * Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice (1984-85)
 * Acting Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy (1984)

Education

 * Yale University Law School, 1981
 * Rice University, undergraduate degree