A backdrop on Islam in America
American leaders who criticize the proposed Islamic community center in lower Manhattan are not only shamelessly exploiting American fears about Islam for political gain, but are fruitlessly flailing...
View ArticleWhy the Constitution Matters
By providing key facts about Congress, the president, and the nature of the current constitutional regime, Mark Tushnet, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, reveals not only why the...
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A question of balance
At Harvard Law School (HLS) on Friday, a panel of four leading legal scholars examined a single question: Is there a lack of intellectual diversity at law schools? James Lindgren, a law professor at...
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A backdrop on Islam in America
American leaders who criticize the proposed Islamic community center in lower Manhattan are not only shamelessly exploiting American fears about Islam for political gain, but are fruitlessly flailing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why the Constitution Matters
By providing key facts about Congress, the president, and the nature of the current constitutional regime, Mark Tushnet, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, reveals not only why the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A question of balance
At Harvard Law School (HLS) on Friday, a panel of four leading legal scholars examined a single question: Is there a lack of intellectual diversity at law schools? James Lindgren, a law professor at...
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Companies or coverage
If “corporations are people,” can they also be religious people? The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear two challenges to the Affordable Care Act involving for-profit companies that object on...
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Denial of coverage
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that closely held, for-profit corporations have a right to exercise the religious beliefs of their owners and therefore cannot be required by the...
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Former clerks recall ‘Mr. Civil Rights’ Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall is revered as a titan of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, the architect of the landmark court case that ended legal segregation in America’s public schools, and the first...
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Constitution’s wide latitude for a president causing major legal headaches
After almost 231 years of scrutiny, it’s hard to imagine there’s much left in the U.S. Constitution that hasn’t been fully explored. But the special counsel’s probe into Russia’s interference in the...
View ArticleTrump may be able to build wall, Harvard analysts say, but then the ripples...
What started as a touchpoint for presidential candidate Donald Trump to visualize immigration concerns has become the linchpin behind a government shutdown and a possible legal challenge to sweeping...
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