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Steven Lubet, Opinion Contributor

Steven Lubet, Opinion Contributor

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Free antisemitic speech is still antisemitic and indefensible

One of only two Muslim women in the U.S. Congress, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has always been a vehemently outspoken critic of Israel. She explained...

22.04.2024 10

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Don't buy Trump’s baseless motion for a new hush money judge

I have seldom seen a case weaker than this one, and I have discouraged lawyers from filing recusal motions in more compelling circumstances.

08.04.2024 5

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The Supreme Court's friendships are not above the law

No amount of courtesy, affability, relationship building or overall good feeling can justify the Supreme Court’s quiescence in the face of...

25.03.2024 2

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Which Supreme Court justices threw Trump the immunity lifeline?

It may be that only a minority of the justices favored hearing the case, with a majority voting to let stand the lower court’s denial of immunity.

11.03.2024 5

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The medical gaslighting of long COVID patients could be nearing its end

No senator, Democrat or Republican, at the recent hearing questioned the medical reality of long COVID, perhaps because at least three senators,...

26.02.2024 6

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Progressive viewpoint bias taints Columbia's fight against antisemitism

The expressive rights of some students must not be subject to the political objections of others.

12.02.2024 10

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Trump’s ballot removal cases hinge on these key questions

The issues are intricate, requiring novel determinations of both fact and law, with an implicit threat of disorder hanging over any outcome adverse to...

29.01.2024 6

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Rabid hate speech against Jews isn’t a matter of interpretation 

Whatever anyone thinks about Israel or Zionism, however, it should still be possible to protest the Gaza war without lurching into antisemitism.

16.01.2024 2

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The ballad of Clarence Thomas and 'incorruptibility'

Could Clarence Thomas possibly be “the best and most incorruptible Supreme Court justice in U.S. history”?

02.01.2024 3

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The Thomas-Trump conflict hiding in plain sight

Thomas has silently signaled that he plans to sit in the Trump insurrection cases, conflicts of interest — and Code of Conduct — be damned. 

27.12.2023 6

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Will the Supreme Court’s new code make it more or less ethical? 

There are, in fact, provisions that revise or contradict several of the court’s previous statements and practices, for better or worse.

11.12.2023 6

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Hypocritical definitions of ‘academic freedom’ empower extremists 

The AAUP exposed a distressing anti-Israel bias that sadly undermines its commitment to even-handed protection of free expression. 

27.11.2023 6

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The war of words over Gaza makes the entire world less safe

A good way to begin, or at least envision, the challenging negotiations ahead would be to use more honest language. 

13.11.2023 4

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Can the cross-examination of Trump’s accusers do him any good?

Cohen’s voluntary testimony in New York Attorney General Letitia James’s civil fraud case may be a preview of the way the three other lawyers...

30.10.2023 7

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A shortsighted idea to end faculty tenure puts education last

A stable intellectual infrastructure is precisely what the tenure system provides to higher education, where the mission includes the preservation and...

16.10.2023 4

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Can Elena Kagan save the Supreme Court?

A robust Supreme Court Code of Conduct would spell the end of Alito’s and Thomas’s constant skirting of the rules.

03.10.2023 4

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Alito wasn’t bluffing: He believes the Supreme Court is above the law

His recently issued statement, declining to recuse himself in a controversial case, was issued without a single citation or reference to the...

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