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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9/8/2020
  

  The Terrifying Inadequacy of American Election Law

  by Larry Diamond and Edward B. Foley

  Two election law experts point to the non-trivial possibility of a constitutional crisis over the 2020 presidential election. 

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• SOURCE: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
  8/11/2020
  

  Citizen's Arrest: How is This Still a Law? (video)

  Hofstra professor (and HNN contributor) Alan J. Singer explains to Roy Wood, Jr. why "citizens arrest" is a legacy of the era of slavery and white supremacy. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/11/2020
  

  Barbara Babcock, a Force for Women in the Law, Dies at 81

  “I would not hold the good job I have today were it not for Barbara,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/3/2020
  

  Common-Good Constitutionalism Is an Idea as Dangerous as They Come

  by Garrett Epps

  A recently published theory of law is an argument for authoritarian extremism.

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• 1/26/20
  

  History & Law: GW History Professor Jennifer Wells Discusses How Her Study of Law Has Informed her Career in History

  by Mark Detlor

  "I’m more much analytical as a result of law and try to immediately make an assertion and back it up with evidence when I write; I think it’s a very effective way of writing but I’m not sure that I would have mastered it had I not gone to law school."

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• SOURCE: CNN
  2/26/19
  

  A high school government class wanted to help solve civil rights crimes. So they drafted a bill that is now law

  It began as an effort to make government more transparent.

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• Women Played Critical Role in George Zimmerman Decision

  by Brenda E. Stevenson

  It has only been in the last fifty years or so that women have gained such significant presence as lawyers, prosecutors, and jurists. It will become increasingly important, therefore, that we understand the kinds of histories and socializations of females in our society that they bring into the courtroom, that weighs in when they consider the evidence, victims and defendants before them.