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February 14, 2016
Ryan Kearney
The leading conspiracy theory about Antonin Scalia’s death: Obama did it.
February 3, 2016
PodcastMikaela Lefrak
Serial’s Adnan Syed is back in court today to fight for a new trial.
January 20, 2016
Noah Berlatsky
Child Sex Workers’ Biggest Threat: The Police
January 8, 2016
Laura Marsh
Making a Murderer’s Dean Strang doesn’t like looking at himself.
January 7, 2016
Suzy Khimm
No, a monkey can’t copyright a selfie.
January 4, 2016
Sarah Weinman
Making a Murderer’s Lawyer Hero
Dean Strang wrote a book about a 1917 miscarriage of justice in Milwaukee. The parallels with Steven Avery's case are striking.
November 30, 2015
Ryan Kearney
Yet another Texas university will remain a gun-free zone.
November 3, 2015
Daniel LaChance
Death Row Prisoners Have Plenty of Time to Find God, But Few Find Mercy
October 30, 2015
Spencer Amdur
The Supreme Court Takes On the All-White Jury
The high court on Monday will confront a sordid history of juror suppression
October 5, 2015
Melvin I. Urofsky
Will the Supreme Court’s New Term Deliver the Next Great Dissent?
October 2, 2015
Lawrence Goldstone
Citizens United's Legal Roots Lie in the Jim Crow Supreme Court
September 20, 2015
Lawrence Goldstone
Ben Carson Thinks Islam Isn't Consistent With the Constitution. He's Dead Wrong.
September 14, 2015
Simon Lazarus
A Federal Judge's Decision Will Make Washington Even More Dysfunctional
The House lawsuit over Obamacare is going forward. Is the Iran deal next?
September 8, 2015
Samuel Bagenstos
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Never Should Have Gone to Jail
September 8, 2015
Laura Miller
Lust for Learning
Is erotic longing between professors and students unavoidable?
September 2, 2015
Brian Beutler
Throw Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis in Jail
She must be punished severely for denying marriage licenses to gay couples
August 13, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly
Jimmy Carter's Most Important Legacy: Female Judges
July 23, 2015
Joseph Pomianowski
Police Have Too Much Power Over Motorists
Sandra Bland's violent arrest shows why the law must change
July 23, 2015
Suzy Khimm
The New Nuclear Family
What gay marriage means for the future of parenthood
July 10, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Your Right to Die Isn’t Enough
The ethics and morality of assisted suicide

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