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The Supreme Court is Not Supposed to Have This Much Power

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By Nikolas Bowie & Daphna Renan The Atlantic It’s June again—that time of year when Americans wake up each morning and wait for the Supreme Court to resolve our deepest political […]

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LAW

A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church Leaders

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By Charles Homans The New York Times Evangelical churches have long been powerful vehicles for grassroots activism and influence on the American right, mobilized around issues such as abortion and […]

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LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Transparency Laws Let Criminal Records Become Commodities

25 January 2022by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sarah Lageson Wired In April 2018, Adnan (a pseudonym) was wrongfully arrested in Newark, New Jersey, on the basis of an incorrect arrest warrant. A brief period in jail led […]

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LAW

The Constitutional Right We Have Bargained Away

10 January 2022by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Carissa Byrne Hessick The Atlantic The Bill of Rights exists to protect individuals. It protects the right to free speech, the right to due process, the right to counsel, and […]

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LAW

The Brain, the Criminal, and the Courts

17 January 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Eryn Brown Knowable Magazine On March 30, 1981, 25-year-old John W. Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan and three other people. The following year, he went on trial for […]

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LAW

Justice Unblinded

21 March 2019by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Jurist The personification of justice is a blindfolded woman holding a scale and a sword. She cannot see an individual’s wealth, social stature, education, or other personal […]

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LAW

Addressing the Future of Virtual Violence

8 May 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Jaclyn Seelagy UCLA Law Review Discourse With the release of Oculus Rift, followed closely by the HTC Vive, it seems the virtual reality revolution is finally on its way.  Several […]

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LAW

What Effect do Soda Taxes Actually Have?

10 November 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Nathan Collins Pacific Standard Four American cities—Boulder, Colorado; and Albany, Oakland, and San Francisco, California—just finished voting on controversial soda-tax ballot measures meant to raise prices, curb consumption, and, […]

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LAW

The Limits of Science

29 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Mikkel Krenchel & Christian Madsbjerg Foreign Affairs If you’ve ever listened to a TED Talk or read a popular science book about human behavior, chances are good that you’ve heard fascinating […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

Moving Beyond Anger

27 July 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Martha C. Nussbaum Aeon There’s no emotion we ought to think harder and more clearly about than anger. Anger greets most of us every day – in our personal relationships, […]

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