Jonathan Blitzer

Jonathan Blitzer is a freelance writer and translator living in New York. He also works at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU Law School.

Is the Supreme Court Unconstitutional?

As Sotomayor faces confirmation, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James MacGregor Burns’ Packing the Court lambastes the bench for being too political and unaccountable to the public.

Jonathan Blitzer

The Gem Trade's Shady Characters

Former jewel salesman Clancy Martin turned his experiences into a noirish debut novel, How to Sell, a tale of Russian mobsters, Rolex hucksters—and the lies that bind them.

Jonathan Blitzer