More Elections, Less Democracy
September 6, 2024
Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas— The greatest political paradox of our time is this: there are more elections than ever before, and yet the world is becoming less democratic. Nowadays,… READ MORE
Category: Law
We All Lose When We Fail Our Most Vulnerable Neighbors
July 18, 2024
M. Jan Holton— The recent Supreme Court ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson determines that the rights for persons without home to sleep in public without fine or arrest, even… READ MORE
Is Our President a National Security Threat?
June 17, 2024
Harold Hongju Koh— If re-elected, could President Trump, by a single tweet, withdraw America from the United Nations, NATO, and every treaty and international organization to which the U.S. belongs?… READ MORE
The Puzzle of Roe v. Wade
June 14, 2024
It may be a bit of mystery why we care so much about Roe. The Court has issued other blockbuster opinions, and they have mostly faded into obscurity. Debates about… READ MORE
What the Founders Didn’t Know—But Their Children Did—About the Constitution
June 10, 2024
Alison L. LaCroix— Conflicts between the federal government and the states dominate our current moment in American law and politics. From controversies over who governs at the southern border, to… READ MORE
A Woodworker, a Blacksmith, and Suspicious State Secrets
December 19, 2023
Katlyn Marie Carter— According to recent reports, a woodworker, maid, and plumber may be among those called to testify against former U.S. President Donald Trump as he stands trial for… READ MORE
The Dangers of Cheap Speech
November 21, 2023
Richard L. Hasen— In a remarkably prescient article in a 1995 Yale Law Journal symposium titled “Emerging Media Technology and the First Amendment,” a UCLA law professor, Eugene Volokh, looked… READ MORE
Celebrating The Rediscovery of America
November 16, 2023
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History has been named the winner of the 2023 National Book Award in Nonfiction. Finalists celebrated at the 74th… READ MORE
Archival Parallels: Donald Trump and Jefferson Davis
November 7, 2023
Yael A. Sternhell— Early in his presidency, commentators began calling Donald Trump “the first Confederate president.”1 There were obvious reasons why the sobriquet seemed to take—Trump spoke in a language… READ MORE
Supreme Hubris: A Conversation with Aaron Tang
August 28, 2023
In Supreme Hubris: How Overconfidence Is Destroying the Court—and How We Can Fix It, legal scholar Aaron Tang tackles the Supreme Court’s public legitimacy crisis and proposes a solution that… READ MORE
More Elections, Less Democracy