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Richard Thompson Ford teaches at Stanford Law School. His latest books are Rights Gone Wrong: How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality and Universal Rights Down to Earth.

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The Race Card

Richard Thompson Ford | POLITICS | Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, at 7:16 AM

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Who's Afraid for Obama?

What the claims that a black man is unelectable say about the rest of us.

Richard Thompson Ford | POLITICS | Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at 2:36 PM

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The Wrong Poster Children

Why the Jena 6 protests have gone awry.

Richard Thompson Ford | JURISPRUDENCE | Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at 4:25 PM

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Bad Think

The Supreme Court mixes up intending to screw over your employee and actually doing it.

Richard Thompson Ford | JURISPRUDENCE | Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at 5:39 PM

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The Irrelevance of Soft Bigotry

Why Joe Biden's foul-up doesn't matter.

Richard Thompson Ford | JURISPRUDENCE | Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at 11:18 AM

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Hate and Marriage

Same-sex marriage setbacks may not be all bad news for gay rights.

Richard Thompson Ford | JURISPRUDENCE | Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at 4:50 PM

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Junk Bonds

What baseball can teach us about anti-discrimination law.

Richard Thompson Ford | JURISPRUDENCE | Monday, June 5, 2006, at 6:26 PM

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Take God to Work Day

Why the law shouldn't bend over backward for religious employees.

Richard Thompson Ford | JURISPRUDENCE | Monday, June 13, 2005, at 5:37 PM

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But the Scouts, Your Honor

Law schools wield a ruling on gay scoutmasters against the military.

Richard Thompson Ford | JURISPRUDENCE | Friday, May 6, 2005, at 12:13 PM

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The New Blue Federalists

The case for liberal federalism.

Richard Thompson Ford | JURISPRUDENCE | Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005, at 5:56 PM

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Richard Thompson Ford

What the claims that a black man is unelectable say about the rest of us.

Why the Jena 6 protests have gone awry.

The Supreme Court mixes up intending to screw over your employee and actually doing it.

Why Joe Biden's foul-up doesn't matter.

Same-sex marriage setbacks may not be all bad news for gay rights.

What baseball can teach us about anti-discrimination law.

Why the law shouldn't bend over backward for religious employees.

Law schools wield a ruling on gay scoutmasters against the military.

The case for liberal federalism.