Dahlia Lithwick
Jurisprudence
The GOP Doesn’t Trust WomenNot when it comes to sexual assault accusations and not with the decision to terminate a pregnancy.
Jurisprudence
Investigation at Yale Law SchoolAn inquiry into the actions of a prominent professor reveals why it’s so hard to report inappropriate behavior at the top law school in the country.
The Waves
The “Rage at Brett” EditionThe hosts of the Waves discuss male entitlement, female rage, and what comes next for Kavanaugh.
Amicus
The Press, the President, and Enemy ConstructionLaw professors Lisa Sun and RonNell Andersen Jones on morphing the media into enemies of the people.
Jurisprudence
How Brett Kavanaugh Erases Inconvenient WomenHe is a champion of the women he knows personally. For the rest, he has no compunction about dismissing their very humanity.
Jurisprudence
Christine Blasey Ford’s Timing Isn’t SuspectIt doesn’t matter when assault victims speak up. People will always say they are too late.
Jurisprudence
Our System Is Too Broken to Assess the Sexual Assault Claim Against KavanaughNo wonder the accuser wants to stay silent.
Jurisprudence
Brett Kavanaugh Is Cherry-Picking the Cases He Says Count as PrecedentIn his confirmation hearings, the judge is disregarding important rulings protecting abortion and same-sex marriage rights.
Jurisprudence
The Grotesque Decency of Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation HearingsNormalcy and civility are a threat to the rule of law.
Jurisprudence
Kavanaugh’s Kozinski TestThe White House has painted Judge Kavanaugh into a very tight corner when it comes to his former mentor. But we deserve to hear how the SCOTUS nominee thinks about issues of harassment and the workplace.
Amicus
Barbie, Bratz, and Who Owns Your Dreams?The intellectual property battle about much more than plastic dolls.
Amicus
A Taftian Antidote to Trumpian Excesses?What a most judicious past president can teach us about this moment.
Amicus
Due ProcessingAs Justice Kavanaugh takes his seat, Dahlia Lithwick takes stock with Sen. Jeff Merkley and Matthew Yglesias.
Jurisprudence
Only the Seated Supreme Court Justices Can Save Us NowThe Kavanaugh debacle has taken us too far.
Amicus
Live From AustinAn all-star legal panel on Kavanaugh, the coming SCOTUS term, and the future of the court.
Jurisprudence
Fear a Justice Brett KavanaughAs his confirmation steamrolls ahead, Americans should be terrified.
School
“Inside, You Just Want to Scream”Three teachers discuss what it’s like to survive a school shooting, and then return to the classroom.
Jurisprudence
Sens. Bob Corker, Jeff Flake, and Ben Sasse Have a Way to Constrain TrumpThey can use Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to protect the rule of law—without voting against him.
Jurisprudence
Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearing Isn’t a Sporting EventFor women, it’s a matter of life and death.
Amicus
Back-to-School Protest SpecialFrom armbands to Parkland, free-speech rights inside the school gates.
Jurisprudence
The Kavanaugh RuleThe GOP has only one principle: Judges must be seated, quickly and permanently, but only by Republicans.
Jurisprudence
No More Mr. Nice JusticeBrett Kavanaugh’s kindness and courtesy has no bearing on whether he should be confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Jurisprudence
Two Historians Resigned Over the Appointment of a Trump Flunky at UVA. They Were Right to Do So.
Amicus
The Scalia FactorRick Hasen on his book, The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption.