[3] Wermiel attended Brooklyn Friends School, where he wrote about the Supreme Court for the student newspaper, The Life.
[3] In 1982, Wermiel received his Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law.
[3][5] From 1979 to 1991, Wermiel covered the U.S. Supreme Court for the Wall Street Journal, remaining there even after his law school graduation.
[10] Wermiel began working on the book, which he intended to publish after Justice Brennan's retirement.
[3] Eventually, Wermiel accepted a professorship at American University Washington College of Law, his alma mater.
[3] Wermiel and Representative Jamie Raskin, who was also a professor at the Washington College of Law at the time, co-founded the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project in 1999.
[17] Wermiel previously served as the Associate Director of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project.
Wermiel is married to Rhonda Schwartz, the senior producer for Brian Ross at ABC News.