Trent England, Citizenship & Governance Center Director
Trent England directs the Citizenship & Governance Center at EFF and is the former director of EFF’s Citizen Action Network. Trent earlier served as a legal policy analyst and then a visiting fellow with The Heritage Foundation, where his research and writing focused on criminal law, constitutional issues, and judicial nominations. He also has served as the vice president of a small issues-lobbying organization and as an opposition researcher for a party campaign committee. Trent earned a law degree from The George Mason University School of Law and a bachelor of arts in government from Claremont McKenna College.
Articles by the Author
Puget Sound Regional Council: A blast from the past?
The End of Private Education in Venezuela?
Faulty Signatures Stymie "Living Wage" Effort
Paying for College with the Constitution
Washington Case Opens Supreme Court Term
Edmund Burke, Environmentalist?
George Will on Utah and "Progressives"
The Seattle PI Versus the Voters
Full Speed Backward in Britain?
Grades in for NYC Charter Schools
Possible Delay for Universal Vote by Mail in King County
Teachers Unions Oppose Higher Pay
Legislature attacks Pierce County polling places
Who knew polling places were so dangerous?
Drop out of the Electoral College?
Obama campaign skeptical of vote by mail
Forecast for the week: Sunshine
Will taxpayers pay for politics?
Zombie voters in The Nutmeg State
PI editorializes against PI newsroom
King County Elections: Just the fax
Stand up for the Electoral College
Who, exactly, are the barbarians?
Homeless voter registration drives raise concerns
ACORN Raided in Voter Registration Fraud Investigation
Spokesman-Review on felon voting and lexicography
ACTION: Regulating politics on the web
Post your election reports here
Declared Winner: The Electoral College
Hearing Today on Eliminating Initiatives and Referenda
King County votes, Pierce County defends
Is Ron Sims' appointment floundering?
What is the law on felon voters?
Thurston County's endless development moratorium
Will O'Reilly crack ACORN? Tune in tonight ...
Open Government in Mason County and Palouse City
Do you want to pay for Dick Durbin's campaign?
When "Best Available Science" meant Apollo and Poseidon
In the name of an unspecified deity, we demand higher taxes
Seattle refuses to index public records
Seattle considers more "backyard cottages"
Memorial Day Tribute to Bataan Death March survivor the late Melvin Nesteby
Referendum 72 filed to challenge new annexation process
Open government win at State Supreme Court, The News Tribune will get records about judge
Property tax hike on Seattle ballot aims at "affordable housing"
The Argument for Liberty coming to Vancouver
Referendum 72 ballot title mangled by judge
When Presidents go bad, Honduras style
Should Honduras take free advice from the Washington Post?
Sotomayor: Above and beyond or below and behind?
More on Honduras via the Pam Roach Report blog
Supremes narrowly okay firing insubordinate employees
Court victory won by KAPO and PLF for property owners
U.S. Senate: "No, really, we won't tell you."
Friends of ACORN: Project On Government Oversight
Blogger files complaint in King County race
Is land development really against the "public interest"?
The Founding versus the Progressives
Rob McKenna and the PDC vs the Building Industry Association of Washington
Tomorrow in Bellingham: Electoral College versus National Popular Vote
New WA Chief Justice: Barbara Madsen
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this Wall."
Confirmed: Suzette Kelo and others lost their homes for nothing
My first look at the Washington Legislature's prefiled bills
SeaTac abuses eminent domain to take family business
Eminent Domain reform legislation and SeaTac story
What did Grover learn at (the Electoral) College
State Supreme Court decides Growth Management Act case
Understanding the Electoral College
State Supreme Court accepts federal overreaching
State ordered to let incarcerated felons vote
McKenna will appeal 9th Circuit felon voter decision
We go down the highway ... to five state capitals
Standing up for Federalism in Madison and Juneau
"Consumer protection" and other insults
Senator Tracey Eide, sponsor of the police state
Constitution + Education = The Antidote
Upcoming Programs: Candidate briefing and Constitution classes
I-1058: Can voters strong-arm schools into teaching American Principles?
Online Libraries Open a World of Resources on the American Founding
Institute for Justice exposes "Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture"
Will Gregoire replace Kagan, and is Obama planning to court three ladies?
Tomorrow: Is playing poker a crime?
In the National Archives with the Declaration and the Constitution
Washington State Ballot Measures
Anti-Electoral College legislation moving in N.Y., Mass., and Del.
Get to Know Your Constitution: Upcoming training for concerned citizens
Cato Institute hosts Electoral College debate
Federalism and constitutional government
Washington's MOVE Act waiver for overseas voters
Is government a better parent than you?
Whose purpose? The Washington State Department of Early Learning versus a free society