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Has America Lost Its First Principles?
Edward J. Watts considers “First Principles” in the wake of the Trump presidency....
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The Key to Democracy: A Century of Free Speech
Ian Rosenberg’s “The Fight for Free Speech” is a terrific introduction to the problem of freedom of speech in our society....
Facebook Bans Donald J. Trump for Two Years: The Anatomy of an Unprecedented Social Media Decision
What to make of Facebook’s decision to ban Trump....
Creating Space for Immigration and Race: A Conversation with Jennifer De Leon
Sara Campos talks to Jennifer De Leon about her two recent books, "White Space" and "Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From."...
The Death Penalty — Dying a Slow Death?
Martha Anne Toll talks with Marc Bookman about his new book, “A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays.”...
Hamilton, Hip-Hop, and the Law
Stephen Rohde reviews "Hamilton and the Law," a new essay collection edited by Lisa A. Tucker....
Death Ship Earth: On Mira L. Siegelberg’s “Statelessness”
Hadji Bakara examines Mira L. Siegelberg’s recently published legal history, “Statelessness.”...
The Notorious RBG Is Gone, But Her Fight Continues
Dan Friedman reviews “Justice, Justice, Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union” by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler....
Letter to the Editor: Gavan Titley Responds to Stephen Rohde
Gavan Titley responds to Stephen Rohde’s review of his book, “Is Free Speech Racist?”...
Pronominal Strife
Bryan A. Garner considers "What’s Your Pronoun?," the recently published book by Dennis Baron....
On the Limits of Sexual Freedom: Vanessa Springora’s “Consent: A Memoir”
A searing French memoir gives voice to a victim of sexual abuse, and provokes a crisis of conscience in the country....
Does Collective Violence Demand Collective Punishment?
Mark Ellis reviews "The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive," the new book by Philippe Sands....
Pursuing Justice: Still Listening to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Brachah Goykadosh looks at two recently published books made up of interviews with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg....
Free Speech and the Question of Race
Stephen Rohde looks at three recent books on the First Amendment....
A Premature Eulogy for Privacy
Evan Selinger vehemently argues against the tenets of Firmin DeBrabander’s “Life After Privacy: Reclaiming Democracy in a Surveillance Society.”...
The Constitutional Conflationists: On Abigail Shrier’s “Irreversible Damage” and the Dangerous Absurdity of Anti-Trans Trolls
Sarah Fonseca on how Abigail Shrier's trolling interpretation of the United States Constitution threatens to put millions of kids’ lives in jeopardy....
Grab Your Shovels as the Elephant Leaves the Tent
What to do with Trump? Stephen Rohde reviews Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith's "After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency."...
The Prosecution of Julian Assange and the Threat to Freedom of the Press and Human Rights
The prosecution and extradition of Assange raise important legal and constitutional issues which deserve greater attention than they have received....
The Juridical Is Libidinal: From the First Amendment to “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
As Maggie Hennefeld explains, Sacha Baron Cohen’s satire takes scatological aim at the American body politic at its most abject....
Sprung from the Joint, but to Where?
Matt Joy reviews "The Second Chance Club," Jason Hardy's memoir of his life as a parole officer....
John Yoo Tortures History and Law to Defend Donald Trump
Stephen Rohde reviews John Yoo's "Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power."...
Financial Bubbles, Crashes, and Reform: What Works?
John C. Coffee Jr. reviews Joel Seligman's recently published book, "Misalignment: The New Financial Order and the Failure of Financial Regulation."...
What Do We Owe Each Other?: An Essay on Law and Society
Stephen J. Morse uses Susan Vinocour's "Nobody’s Child" to consider our attitudes toward guilt, the insanity defense, and the criminal justice system....
Exercising Religion and Taming Faction
Lael Weinberger reviews "Beyond Belief, Beyond Conscience: The Radical Significance of the Free Exercise of Religion" by Jack N. Rakove....
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