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Shahid Buttar

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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Attended, University of Chicago
  • JD, Constitutional Law/Civil Rights/Antitrust, Stanford University, 2000-2003
  • BA, Political Science/Creative Writing, Loyola University at Chicago, 2000

Professional Experience

  • Attended, University of Chicago
  • JD, Constitutional Law/Civil Rights/Antitrust, Stanford University, 2000-2003
  • BA, Political Science/Creative Writing, Loyola University at Chicago, 2000
  • Former Teaching Assistant, Constitutional Law, Stanford University
  • Director of Grassroots Advocacy, Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2015-2019
  • Executive Director, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, 2009-2015
  • Executive Director, Defending Rights and Dissent, 2009-2015
  • Counsel, Muslim Advocates, 2008-2009
  • Associate Director for Communications, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, 2005-2008
  • Associate, Heller Ehrman, Limited Liability Partnership, 2003-2005
  • Teaching Assistant, Stanford, 2002-2003
  • Employee, Support, Salomon Smith Barney, 1998-2000
  • Employee, Support, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, 1994-1996

Political Experience

  • Attended, University of Chicago
  • JD, Constitutional Law/Civil Rights/Antitrust, Stanford University, 2000-2003
  • BA, Political Science/Creative Writing, Loyola University at Chicago, 2000
  • Former Teaching Assistant, Constitutional Law, Stanford University
  • Director of Grassroots Advocacy, Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2015-2019
  • Executive Director, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, 2009-2015
  • Executive Director, Defending Rights and Dissent, 2009-2015
  • Counsel, Muslim Advocates, 2008-2009
  • Associate Director for Communications, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, 2005-2008
  • Associate, Heller Ehrman, Limited Liability Partnership, 2003-2005
  • Teaching Assistant, Stanford, 2002-2003
  • Employee, Support, Salomon Smith Barney, 1998-2000
  • Employee, Support, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, 1994-1996
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 12, 2018, 2020

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, University of Chicago
  • JD, Constitutional Law/Civil Rights/Antitrust, Stanford University, 2000-2003
  • BA, Political Science/Creative Writing, Loyola University at Chicago, 2000
  • Former Teaching Assistant, Constitutional Law, Stanford University
  • Director of Grassroots Advocacy, Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2015-2019
  • Executive Director, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, 2009-2015
  • Executive Director, Defending Rights and Dissent, 2009-2015
  • Counsel, Muslim Advocates, 2008-2009
  • Associate Director for Communications, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, 2005-2008
  • Associate, Heller Ehrman, Limited Liability Partnership, 2003-2005
  • Teaching Assistant, Stanford, 2002-2003
  • Employee, Support, Salomon Smith Barney, 1998-2000
  • Employee, Support, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, 1994-1996
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 12, 2018, 2020
  • Member, Board of Directors, Center for Media Justice, present
  • Member, Board of Directors, Defending Rights and Dissent, present
  • Member, Board of Directors, Fund for Constitutional Government, present
  • Former Executive Editor, Stanford Environmental Law Journal
  • Poet, Guerrilla Poetry Insurgency, 2003-2010
Policy Positions

2020

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- No

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Unknown Position

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Yes

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Unknown Position

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Yes

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

Events

2020

Oct. 4
Volunteer Meet & Greet with Shahid

Sun 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

Oct. 3
Green New Deal Now!

Sat 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT

Jul. 18
Car Caravan to Pelosi's House w/ Shahid Buttar!

Sat 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT

Pier 50, San Francisco, CA 94158, United States