Supreme Court

Executive Director

Tim is PEER’s Executive Director, with more than 30 years of experience working on environmental issues with governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community groups. Prior to joining PEER, he was a senior attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and was head of the Law and Policy Program at the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Montreal, Canada. He has worked as a consultant for companies on environmental compliance issues, and with nonprofit organizations focusing on clean energy issues. Most recently, he was executive director of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, a health advocacy group working to address climate change, toxics pollution, and nuclear disarmament issues. Tim’s interest is in the intersection of science, policy, and civil service. He believes in protecting employees who raise concerns about their workplace and in exposing undue influence on government for private gain. He holds a JD and BA from Emory University and an MA from New York University.

A Constitutional, Legal, and Moral Crisis

by Tim Whitehouse | August 13, 2026
We’re clearly in new and dangerous territory as a country. We must recognize the moment we’re in and realize we aren’t going back to the way things were, nor should we try to ...

Executive Branch Employees Are Bound by an Ethics Code. Why Not the Judiciary?

by Ben Glick | August 6, 2026
It is imperative that we act to ensure the judiciary remains accountable to the public and uninfluenced by personal financial interests ...

The Supreme Court Must Stop the Slide to Authoritarian Rule

by Peter Jenkins | October 7, 2025
The Supreme Court, whose 2025-2026 Term began on October 6, has set the stage for a descent to authoritarian rule in a series of quick rulings that favored President Trump over the last nine months ...

The Whistleblower and the Presidential Immunity Ruling

by Jeff Ruch | August 28, 2024
25 years ago, Congress fashioned remedies to check executive abuses. To limit damage from the Trump immunity ruling, it'll likely have to do so again ...