Professor Miller received his B.A.from Pomona College and his JD from Harvard Law School. He practiced law at Morrison & Forester, LLP before receiving his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He most recently co-authored The New Political Geography of California (2008). He is currently completing a book entitled Direct Democracy and the Courts (2009). His other publications include Constraining Populism: The Real Agenda of Initiative Reform (2001) and The Davis Recall and the Courts (2004). Miller has served recently as a regular commentator on the presidential election for BBC World Service Radio. He has also provided political commentary for NPR, CBC, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.