It was a bold move, writing for the “dark web” publication, Quillette, when you’re a professor at a school like Princeton at a time when your campus is in upheaval following George Floyd’s murder and the ensuing protests, open letters
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Seaton: A Hot Day in Mud Lick
Mud Lick was hotter than a sinner’s ass in church. Sheriff Roy’s AC was on the fritz.
This would not stand.
Sheriff Roy believed in certain fundamental truths he liked to think were cornerstones of his character. Among these were
Fantasy Sexism, Never Wrong, But Pointless
In the wake of the baby formula shortage, former founding editor of Gawker, Elizabeth Spiers, after arguing against her feelings and needs being secondary to her baby’s, indulges in fantasy.
This is misogyny, no matter where it comes from.
Pitfalls of Prohibiting Residential Picketing
Florida’s governor is on a roll when it comes to enacting laws to micromanage people’s behavior, his latest being in response to concerns about protesters going to the homes of Supreme Court justices for their anticipated ruling in Dobbs. Not
Book Review: Elie Mystal’s “Allow Me To Retort”
Fair warning to all you former Above the Law readers who spent your days yelling “first” and making fun of Elie’s grammar and spelling. He’s my friend. We’ve been friends for a long time. I like Elie, and I was
Tuesday Talk*: What Radicalizes A Mass Shooter?
The New York Times and the Washington Post agree with Senator Liz Cheney, that the GOP has embraced white supremacy with its propagation of Replacement Theory.
The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism. History
Will #MeToo Make The Model Penal Code Unworkable?
Rape is one of the most serious crimes a person can commit. It carries substantial consequences and taints a person for the rest of their life. This is how it should be based upon our shared conception of rape. This
Uncertainty Is Why It’s Called “Rolling The Dice”
One would suspect that most academics teaching crim law had some hands-on experience actually doing crim law. Sure, there will always be the self-proclaimed “experts” who couldn’t find a courthouse without Waze, but most did a stint in a public
Short Take: Have Yale Law Students Suffered Enough?
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, legally wrong with Aaron Sibarium’s Washington Free Beacon expose on the reactions of certain Yale law students against their follow students and in conflict with what one would expect from a law student, in general,
Roe And The Return Of The Voting Rights Act
First it was the former head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Sherrilyn Ifill. Then it was New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie. What are the chances that two important voices would both raise the same argument in