Background
Mills, Jon was born on July 24, 1947 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Herb J. and Marguerite (Sweat) Mills.
(Because the late 1990s have witnessed a revolution in vot...)
Because the late 1990s have witnessed a revolution in voting rights unparalleled since the 1960s, there are many new questions and concerns regarding the law and politics of voting rights at the Congressional, state legislative, and local levels. This timely text deals with these issues, paying particular attention to minority issues and bringing together the skills and perspectives of a political scientist, a law professor and former state House speaker, and a professional political consultant and freelance journalist. Voting Rights and Democracy discusses the development over the last thirty years of new legal and political conceptions of voting rights, key decisions and moments, how the racial fairness standard became manifest, and what consequences flowed from these developments. The book concludes with a consideration of the implications of the new revolution in voting rights for American democracy, and provides alternatives to race-based districting.
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(The disturbing reality of contemporary life is that techn...)
The disturbing reality of contemporary life is that technology has laid bare the private facts of most people's lives. Email, cell phone calls, and individual purchasing habits are no longer secret. Individuals may be discussed on a blog, victimized by an inaccurate credit report, or have their email read by an employer or government agency without their knowledge. Government policy, mass media, and modern technology pose new challenges to privacy rights, while the law struggles to keep up with the rapid changes. Privacy: The Lost Right evaluates the status of citizens' right to privacy in today's intrusive world. Mills reviews the history of privacy protections, the general loss of privacy, and the inadequacy of current legal remedies, especially with respect to more recent privacy concerns, such as identity theft, government surveillance, tabloid journalism, and video surveillance in public places. Mills concludes that existing regulations do not adequately protect individual privacy, and he presents options for improving privacy protections.
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Mills, Jon was born on July 24, 1947 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Herb J. and Marguerite (Sweat) Mills.
Bachelor in Economics, Stetson University, 1969. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Stetson University, 1986. Juris Doctor with honors, University Florida, 1972.
Judicial clerk 2nd District Court Appeals, Florida, 1972. Special assistant State Attorney Rolling versus State, 1990. Partner McGalliard, Mills, DeMontomollin, Smith, Monaco & Sieg, 1980—1986, Consel, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, since 2008.
Member Florida House of Representatives, 1978-1988, majority leader, 1985—1986, speaker, 1987-1988. Member faculty University Florida, Gainesville, 1973—1980. Professor law University Florida, College Law, since 1995, founding director, Center for Governmental Responsibility, 1973—1980, since 1988, director, Center for Governmental Responsibility, since 2003, interim dean, 1999—2001, dean, 2001—2003, dean emeritus, since 2003.
Member Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 1987—1988, Commission on the Future of the South, State Comprehensive Plan Committee, 1985, Florida Motion Picture, television, and Recording Industry Board. Advisory council, board director State Legislation Leaders Foundation. Chair Florida Council on Far East Research and Development.
Chair committee privacy and court records Florida Supreme Court, 2003—2005. Speaker in field; 1st lieutenant United States Army Reserve.
(Because the late 1990s have witnessed a revolution in vot...)
(The disturbing reality of contemporary life is that techn...)
Delaware, Democratic National Convention, 1984. Chair, State Democratic Convention, 1987. Founding chairman, Florida Chapter Democratic Leadership Council, 1987.
President, Florida Chapter Democratic Leadership Council, since 1993. Member Council International Administrative Units, Office of International Studies and Programs, Governor's Growth Management Advisory Committee, 1993, University Florida Foundation Investment Committee, 1998-2002. Founding president board directors, Southern Legal Council, Florida Arts Celebration.
Former member executive committee Florida Democratic Party. Chair, University Florida President's External Relations Committee. Trustee, Florida Nature Conservancy Board, since 1988.
Board director University Florida Center for Performing Arts, Everglades Foundation, since 1996, International Computer and Automated Research. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (advisory committee World Justice Project, since 2007), Florida Bar Association, Florida Supreme Court History Society, Pi Kappa Alpha, Florida Blue Key, Florida Supreme Court Professionalism Commission.
Married Beth Bechard. Children: Marguerite St. Amand, Elizabeth Buchanan Mills.