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SCOTUS STAREDOWN
His defiance over ethics concerns only drives home their importance, and how much more robust standards need to be applied to the high court.
Steven Lubet is Williams Memorial Professor at the Northwestern University School of Law, and the author of Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial.
opinion
JUST CALL IT EVIL
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the “benefits” of slavery, but the formerly enslaved Allen Jones’ story demonstrates what a sick lie that is.
opinion
OLDEST CONSPIRACY THEORY
Capital punishment is racist and immoral, but a recent op-ed co-written by a current and a past ACLU director breezes past the killer’s Jew-hatred in arguing against his execution.
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THIS ISN’T LEGAL
Why is the most prominent legal academy in the country bending to the will of Judge James Ho, an anti-cancel culture crusader threatening to boycott its students?
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PROTOCOLS
A prominent professor speculated that the assassination attempt on Salman Rushdie could have been part of an Israeli conspiracy. What should we call that?
SHAPESHIFTER
Israel had convicted Rasmea Odeh of murder, a fact the Palestinian terrorist freely admitted, except when she didn’t.
Here’s Your Hat
The 13th president is one of the latest victims of cancel culture. Turns out no one deserves it more than the man who signed the Fugitive Slave Act and cheerfully enforced it.
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DISCUSS
Here’s one good thing about the scandal of rich parents bribing, cheating, and lying to get their kids into college: It underscores the uselessness of the admissions essay.
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OVERREACH
Trump and his lawyers are claiming absurd powers under the rubric of ‘executive power.’ Does that include committing treason?