 He is also an active public intellectual and public-law litigator.He has written for "The New York Times", "The Wall Street Journal", "The New Republic", "The American Prospect", and other such publications.Apart from his academic work, Pildes has also served as a federal court-appointed independent expert on voting rights litigation, an assistant to a special master for the redistricting of a state legislature, and has worked with North Carolina in redistricting litigation before the United States Supreme Court.