legal history

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  2/16/20
  

  Legal Historian Jed Shugerman Says William Barr's Actions Are "Remarkably Not Normal"

  In this interview, Shugerman faults Barr for refusing to use special counsels, and calls for structural reforms to ensure greater Justice Department independence in the future.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  1/20/20
  

  The Neighborhoods We Will Not Share

  by Richard Rothstein

  Persistent housing segregation lies at the root of many of our society’s problems. Trump wants to make it worse.

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  12/5/19
  

  Don’t Embrace Originalism to Defend Trump’s Impeachment

  by Saul Cornell

  Liberal legal scholars are at risk of falling into a right-wing trap.

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• SOURCE: Madman of Chu
  12/5/19
  

  The Turley Dilemma

  by Andrew Meyer

  If we look at Jonathan Turley's argument against impeachment, we can see the outlines of a dilemma that faces the president, the Republican Party, and by extension the entire country.

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• 12/1/2019
  

  William Barr’s Upside-Down Constitution

  by Robert J. Spitzer

  The Trump administration’s many questionable actions have raised both new and old concerns about the extent and reach of executive power.

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• SOURCE: AP
  10/22/19
  

  A 1946 Mob Lynching Case in Georgia Puts Court Focus on Grand Jury Secrecy

  Historian Anthony Pitch's quest for the truth about a gruesome mob lynching of two black couples is prompting a U.S. appeals court to consider whether federal judges can order grand jury records unsealed in decades-old cases with historical significance.

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• SOURCE: Time
  10/8/19
  

  9 Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Shaped LGBTQ Rights in America

  Regardless of how the justices rule in the cases, the court’s decisions would not be the first time that the Supreme Court made major decisions impacting LGBTQ people’s civil rights in the United States. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/3/19
  

  Inside the Supreme Court ruling that made Nixon turn over his Watergate tapes

  The historic judgment that U.S. presidents do not hold unchecked power to declare executive privilege set a precedent that courts would consider in evaluating whether President Trump could shield his own communications from external scrutiny amid an impeachment inquiry.

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• 9/29/19
  

  How Ideologues and Partisans Seized the Court: From Nixon to Trump

  by Thom Hartmann

  When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. —Richard M. Nixon 

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• SOURCE: New Books Network
  9/9/19
  

  Habeas Corpus in Wartime: Derek Litvak Interviews Amanda L. Tyler

  by Derek Litvak

  Habeas Corpus in Wartime is a comprehensive history of the writ of habeas corpus in Anglo-America.

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• SOURCE: Time
  9/5/19
  

  Here's Why U.S. Law Prohibits Claiming That a 'Counterfeit Weather Forecast' Is Official

  When President Trump held up a map of Hurricane Dorian’s projected path, it included a Sharpie-drawn extension to show the storm hitting Alabama.

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  8/27/19
  

  Shedding light on secret laws governing presidential power

  by MARY DUDZIAK

  This system of secrecy curtails the ability of historians like me to research some of the most consequential opinions justifying executive actions.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7/17/19
  

  Trump's Supreme Court Challenge Has a Historical Precedent

  by Bethany Berger

  As Trump agrees reluctantly to respect the court—at least in the case of the census—he follows, in part, that long-ago legal victory of the Cherokee Nation.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7/24/19
  

  The Supreme Court decision that kept suburban schools segregated

  by Jon Hale

  The Milliken v. Bradley decision sanctioned a form of segregation that has allowed suburbs to escape being included in court-ordered desegregation and busing plans with nearby cities.

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• 7/21/19
  

  Exploring the Curious Sources of Medieval Law: An Interview with Acclaimed Historian Robin Chapman Stacey

  by Robin Lindley

  An Interview with Acclaimed Historian Robin Chapman Stacey on Law and the Imagination in Medieval Wales and More

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• 7/21/19
  

  The History of the American System of Interrogation

  by Donald E. McInnis

  Were the Central Park Five confessions a freak accident? No: every day, adults and juveniles falsely confess to serious crimes they did not commit. Why? 

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  7/1/19
  

  The Supreme Court Is in Danger of Again Becoming ‘the Grave of Liberty’

  by Eric Foner

  Supreme Court decisions have practical consequences, which justices too often blithely ignore.

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• SOURCE: House Committee on Education and Labor
  5/17/19
  

  Video of the Week: Brown v. Board at 65, A Promise Unfulfilled

  This six-minute video gives a powerful overview of the Supreme Court decision.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  5/25/19
  

  Outrage as author Naomi Wolf stands by view of Victorian poet

  At Hay festival, Wolf restated belief that John Addington Symonds was deeply affected by laws against homosexuality.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/12/19
  

  If judicial nominees don’t support ‘Brown v. Board,’ they don’t support the rule of law

  by Sherrilyn Ifill

  Few of us — no matter our race, color or creed — would recognize our democracy or legal system without the changes touched off by this momentous civil rights case.