The restoration of capital punishment in 1976 was based on a fantasy of fairness. It must be abolished
Thursday will mark the 50th anniversary of the rebirth of the death penalty in the United States.…
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Tennessee’s attempt to execute Tony Carruthers failed. It must not try again | Austin Sarat ⊖⊖
Carruthers’ court case was fraught with problems. A second execution attempt would be the kind of cruelty no decent society should countenance
On 21 May, Tony Carruthers had an experience that few oth…
73 days ago
When will the Iran war end? The US can’t even decide when it began | Lawrence Douglas ⊖⊖
A state department document seeks to justify the war as part of a years-long conflict
Is the war in Iran over? Within hours of secretary of state Marco Rubio’s assurance that “the operation is over” l…
6 months ago
The Jerome Powell investigation shows Trump’s need for limitless power | Austin Sarat ⊖
The inquiry into the Federal Reserve chair sends a message to anyone standing in Trump’s way – including the supreme court
News that Donald Trump’s justice department has launched an investigation of …
Trump is marching into 2026 with the worst cabinet in history | Austin Sarat ⊖⊖
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From RFK Jr to Pete Hegseth, the president’s top aides have been disastrous. We shouldn’t be surprised
As 2024 ended and Donald Trump’s cabinet picks were rolled out, commentators scrambled to decide …
7 months ago
Trump’s approach to Venezuela repeats the mistakes of the past | Austin Sarat ⊖
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Congress must work to stop the president from leading us further into a South American quagmire
Donald Trump seems determined to have a military confrontation with Venezuela. He has deployed a massive…
8 months ago
How repression is born – and how to resist it | Javier Corrales and Daniel Altschuler ⊖
In a clear pattern, a machine designed to generate law and order morphs into an organization operating under lawlessness
We have entered the openly repressive phase of the Trump presidency. The admini…
9 months ago
James Comey’s real ‘crime’? Daring to put the law before loyalty to Trump | Lawrence Douglas ⊖
The former FBI director prioritized fidelity to his office. The case against him is flimsy – but that’s cold comfort
In 1931, an exceptionally talented young Berlin attorney named Hans Litten summoned…
10 months ago
When even Ben & Jerry’s can’t speak out, it’s clear: the era of corporate responsibility is over | Austin Sarat ○
Jerry himself has left the ice-cream company, alleging it had been silenced. He’s yet another casualty of corporate kowtowing
When the history of this era is written, there will be much to say about t…
Trump’s death-penalty pledge for Washington DC is ugly racial politics | Austin Sarat ○
The president’s unconstitutional vision would bring a racist practice back to a city that has banned it for decades
The District of Columbia carried out its last execution in 1957. That April, it put …