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Austin Sarat, Opinion ContributorThe Hill |
The constitutional prohibition of ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ has shaped legal discourse around failed executions, but courts have not stopped...
Let’s look at Xavier Becerra’s record on the death penalty.
Let’s hope that if Xavier Becerra is elected to serve as California’s governor, he brings that attitude with him and that he sets an example of...
In the Roman world, the Latin phrase “Nemo iudex in causa sua” meant “no one should be a judge in their own cause.”
It’s no longer uncommon for scheduled university commencement speakers to have their invitations rescinded following backlash over their politics.
Donald Trump’s suit against the IRS and the settlement creating a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund to compensate his allies raise important...
Last Month's Los Angeles arsonry offers clearest expression of America’s class resentment since Luigi Mangione.
The Supreme Court created a test 40 years ago to root out racial bias in jury selection. Here, a death penalty scholar explains why it’s not working.
Democracy cannot thrive, or even survive, when its leaders see themselves as godlike and divide citizens into believers and heretics, a scholar...
Trump's Office of Legal Counsel is asserting that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional.
For decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center has fought hate. Now the Justice Department wants it to stop
For decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center has fought hate. Now the Justice Department wants it to stop
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Tennessee plans to put...
Soon after he took office in 2019, Gov. Mike DeWine imposed a kind of informal moratorium on executions in the Buckeye State. But Ohio’s thoughtful...
Hampshire College’s studen-driven, unorthodox approach to education has roots in the early 1900s and a belief that students should be active,...
The Trump administration wants to undo the reform that put presidential papers in the hands of the public
Presidential records are the public’s property. The Justice Department wants to change that and revert to a time when presidents could do what they...
In 2017, journalist Priscilla Villarreal did what good journalists ordinarily do. She was working on two stories — one about the suicide of a border...
In the last 50 years, the United States has put more than 1,600 people to death. Only 18 of them have been women.
It’s not unusual for presidents to select attorneys general who share their views and policy preferences. But Trump has gone far beyond what is...
On March 19, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed into law a bill to stop ICE officers and other law enforcement officials from wearing masks to...
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No Black defendant in a murder case should be represented by a lawyer affiliated with the KKK without their knowledge and consent
Americans seem to have given up on reading books.
Executing someone in Andre Thomas’s condition would be indecent and inhumane.
Adhering to the rule of law has not been a hallmark of the Justice Department under Donald Trump. Moving to dismiss Bannon’s indictment is just...
Nearly 150 universities and colleges have adopted institutional neutrality pledges since 2023.
Sign up for Executive Dysfunction, a weekly newsletter that surfaces under-the-radar stories about what Trump is doing to the law—and how the law is...
What the Texas Supreme Court decides in this particular case will be enormously consequential in setting a precedent about the scope and limits of...
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It is one thing for a...
Pretti was killed not for what he did but for who he was and what he represented.
Harry Truman's plan would have covered medical, hospital and nursing care for everyone, and created a federal health insurance agency to pay the...
Newspapers and other media outlets will have to decide whether to comply or refuse to fall in line.
The five justices who stopped the Florida recount took a first step toward entrenching Republican control of the federal government.
Rather than assuming that anyone called to testify against a defendant in open court can do so truthfully and effectively, courts should adopt a...
The Supreme Court on Monday will consider the future of independent agencies, hearing oral arguments on President Trump’s bid to fire a Federal...
Donald Trump will say or do anything to bury the legacy of a predecessor he despises: Barack Obama.
Six Democratic lawmakers posted a video reminding members of the military of their obligation not to follow illegal orders. Their act was patriotic,...
This is all bad news for people seeking to end capital punishment in the United States. However, I don’t think that it suggests we are seeing a...
Can you imagine the Roberts court telling Donald Trump that he cannot serve a third term and that he must turn over power? The Court’s record offers...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will hold his ritual daily press briefing on Monday as the House remains out of session on day 27 of the government...
Protest is a legitimate way of giving voice to grievances, not a violent rebellion.
“Citizens by birth or choice,” said the father of our nation, “the name of American … belongs to you.”
It is too bad Justice Brett Kavanaugh is so reluctant to display respect when it counts.
Millions and millions of Americans speak Spanish or have a Spanish accent. If the government can target them, it can profile anyone.
President Trump starts out the week addressing the Religious Liberty Commission, which he established earlier this year. Trump is expected to speak on...
President Trump on Monday morning is scheduled to speak to the White House Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C....
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