Peter Canellos

Peter S. Canellos is an award-winning journalist, author, and former executive editor of Politico. His latest book, "Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement," explores the rise of the conservative legal movement and its impact on the Supreme Court. He is also the author of "The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero," one of Publishers Weekly's top nonfiction books of 2021, and editor of the New York Times bestseller "Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy." A former Boston Globe editorial page editor and Washington bureau chief, Canellos has earned national recognition for his writing on the Supreme Court, law, and American politics.