The Constitutional Right We Have Bargained Away
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By James Flynn Brown Political Review Scientific advancement has often upended long-cherished human beliefs. In the 17th century, the discovery that the Earth was not in fact at the center […]
By Stephen J. Morse The Neuroethics Blog The discovery of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in 1991, which permits non-invasive imaging of brain function, and the wide availability of scanners for research […]
By Andreas Kuersten TheThresh.com The drafting of a book is an intense undertaking, requiring a significant devotion of time and effort. Accordingly, book reviewers have an obligation to apply themselves […]
By Francie Diep Pacific Standard Despite what procedural dramas might lead you to believe, the DNA that police collect at crime scenes can’t tell you anything about the characteristics of […]
By Jared Keller Pacific Standard At this very moment, nearly 450,000 Americans are sitting in county jails not because they’ve been charged with a crime, but because they simply don’t […]
By Matthew Van Meter Longreads The Bronx Defenders was born in 1997 from Robin Steinberg’s belief that the public-defender system was failing the poor people it represented. In principle, public […]
By Dana Goldstein The Marshall Project On Feb. 1, 2016, a Brooklyn jury convicted Kahton Anderson of second-degree murder and other charges in the death of Angel Rojas. Anderson slumped […]
By Ana Swanson The Washington Post We like to believe that decisions made in U.S. courts are determined by the wisdom of the Constitution, and guided by fair-minded judges and juries of […]