Alan E. Johnson, an independent philosopher, historian, political scientist, and legal scholar, is the author of the following books: "Free Will and Human Life" (2021), "Reason and Human Ethics" (2022), "Reason and Human Government" (2026), "The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience" (2015), and "The Electoral College: Failures of Original Intent and Proposed Constitutional and Statutory Changes for Direct Popular Vote" (2nd Edition, 2021). He holds an A.B. (political science) and A.M. (humanities) from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Cleveland State University College of Law. He retired in 2012 from a long career as a litigation attorney in which he focused mainly on constitutional and public law.