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The Glorious RBG

I learned, while writing about her, that her precision disguised her warmth.

by Irin Carmon via Intelligencer on September 18, 2020

The ‘Death Penalty’s Dred Scott’ Lives On

In 1987, the Supreme Court came within one vote of eliminating capital punishment in Georgia because of of racial disparities.

by Annika Neklason via The Atlantic on June 14, 2019

The Push to Remove Any Mention of Slavery From Vermont’s Constitution

The state prides itself on its abolitionist history. But its identity has been shaken by recent racist incidents.

by Parker Richards via The Atlantic on June 1, 2019

853 map of San Francisco by the U. S. Coast Survey

Demolishing the California Dream: How San Francisco Planned Its Own Housing Crisis

Today's housing crisis in San Francisco originates from zoning laws that segregated racial groups and income levels.

by Hunter Oatman-Stanford via Collectors Weekly on September 21, 2018

The Original Constitution of the United States: Religion, Race, and Gender

The Constitution of 2018 is not the Constitution written by the Framers in 1787, and no one should wish otherwise.

by Richard D. Brown via Medium on September 20, 2018

Artificial Persons

The long road to "Citizens United."

by David Cole via The Nation on June 6, 2018

How to Balance Competing Claims of Religious Freedom?

Peyote use has been defended with religious liberty arguments. So has Bible reading in public schools.

by Tisa Wenger via The Christian Century on October 16, 2017

Pauli Murray

The Life of Pauli Murray: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg

The author of a new biography explains how Murray changed the way that discrimination is understood today.

by Rosalind Rosenberg, Alyssa Collins via Black Perspectives on October 16, 2017

John Lewis speaking in front of the Supreme Court.

Litigating the Line Between Past and Present

The Supreme Court is about to take up another blockbuster voting rights case. At its core is a struggle over the limits of history.

by Sara Mayeux on September 29, 2017

Ruth Bader Ginsburg sitting on a chair in a room with a fireplace

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Moved the Supreme Court

Despite her path-braking work as a litigator before the Court, she doesn't believe that large-scale social change should come from the courts.

by Jeffrey Toobin via The New Yorker on March 11, 2013

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