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Steven Lubet, Opinion ContributorThe Hill |
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...
I have seldom seen a case weaker than this one, and I have discouraged lawyers from filing recusal motions in more compelling circumstances.
No amount of courtesy, affability, relationship building or overall good feeling can justify the Supreme Court’s quiescence in the face of...
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.
No senator, Democrat or Republican, at the recent hearing questioned the medical reality of long COVID, perhaps because at least three senators,...
The expressive rights of some students must not be subject to the political objections of others.
The issues are intricate, requiring novel determinations of both fact and law, with an implicit threat of disorder hanging over any outcome adverse to...
Whatever anyone thinks about Israel or Zionism, however, it should still be possible to protest the Gaza war without lurching into antisemitism.
Could Clarence Thomas possibly be “the best and most incorruptible Supreme Court justice in U.S. history”?
Thomas has silently signaled that he plans to sit in the Trump insurrection cases, conflicts of interest — and Code of Conduct — be damned.
There are, in fact, provisions that revise or contradict several of the court’s previous statements and practices, for better or worse.
The AAUP exposed a distressing anti-Israel bias that sadly undermines its commitment to even-handed protection of free expression.
A good way to begin, or at least envision, the challenging negotiations ahead would be to use more honest language.
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...
A stable intellectual infrastructure is precisely what the tenure system provides to higher education, where the mission includes the preservation and...
A robust Supreme Court Code of Conduct would spell the end of Alito’s and Thomas’s constant skirting of the rules.
His recently issued statement, declining to recuse himself in a controversial case, was issued without a single citation or reference to the...