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Steven Lubet, Opinion Contributor

Steven Lubet, Opinion Contributor

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The fall of academic freedom with a DEI twist

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP), once the “most prominent guardian of academic freedom” in the U.S., has lost its...

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Just because teenagers can become lawyers doesn’t mean they should

It is simply impossible for even the most book-smart 18-year-old to have acquired the life experience necessary for the competent practice of law.  

02.12.2024 10

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The Trump administration’s next target: naturalized US citizens 

Even “documented” immigrants will not be safe, because Miller has declared that he will pursue the seldom-used process of “denaturalization”...

18.11.2024 5

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Justice Gorsuch's recusal may have doomed a man to death

Under the Supreme Court’s jumbled recusal practices, Gorsuch effectively voted to execute Glossip without reading the briefs or hearing the...

28.10.2024 10

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Zionists are students too: University professors should take heed

Political ideology discrimination may not violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, but it is nonetheless misconduct for a college professor.

14.10.2024 5

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Keep on punching: Why Harris wants to debate and Trump doesn't

The reality is that Trump fears Harris as a formidable opponent with a trial lawyer’s exceptional skills.

30.09.2024 20

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'Sotomayor Rule' exposes the Supreme Court's porous ethics code

If the justices exploit the ethical loopholes they have provided for themselves, well, there is nobody who can even nominally stop them. 

16.09.2024 10

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A stunning reversal on academic boycotts is all about Israel

The tragic irony of the new AAUP position is that it will surely be used to promote the boycott of Israeli universities, which happen to be the most...

03.09.2024 9

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The 1968 DNC protests gave us Nixon. We don't need a 2024 repeat.

A second Trump administration would be bad for Palestine, bad for Israel and bad for America, which is something that even the most ardent protesters...

19.08.2024 4

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Term limits aren’t enough. Expand the Supreme Court.

There is no telling how much damage the current Supreme Court majority could do in the years it would take for term limits to become effective.

05.08.2024 4

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Federal judges are mirroring the Supreme Court on financial disclosures

There must be something about life tenure that makes it nearly impossible for federal judges to take responsibility for faults in their financial...

22.07.2024 6

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A long-game strategy to fix our broken Supreme Court

Republicans excelled at the long game, finally succeeding in a decades-long campaign to take full control of the Supreme Court.

08.07.2024 5

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FTC’s crackdown on noncompete clauses will help your doctor and your health

The Federal Trade Commission's new rule prohibiting noncompete provisions in employment contracts, which takes effect on Sept. 4, will free millions...

24.06.2024 10

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The Supreme Court is broken. More justices can fix it.

Alito has demonstrated that the Supreme Court’s recusal process is broken beyond repair, and it may take a radical personnel change to address it.

10.06.2024 6

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Louisiana wants the Ten Commandments in schools but which version?

Posting the Ten Commandments is an essentially religious act — not only because it favors religion over non-religion, but also because it invariably...

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Unpacking the absurd and unethical boycott of Columbia graduates

The boycott, including undergraduates and law students, is irrational, self-defeating and unethical — with no redeeming features.

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Writers attacking Pen America over Israel are burning down their own house

To the writers who would flatten Pen America for the offense of insufficient demonization of Israel: Where will you find a champion, should the...

06.05.2024 10

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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 10

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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 20

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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 8

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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 9

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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 3

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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 10

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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 8

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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 20

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