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10 Jun 2024, 10:36 am
“The Astonishing Lengths Samuel Alito Will Go to Execute Death Row Inmates”: Professor Austin Sarat has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate. [read post]
9 Jun 2024, 9:01 pm
Believe what they are saying.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
5 Jun 2024, 9:00 pm
”That would truly be an American nightmare.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
30 May 2024, 9:00 pm
And to be sure, the principles that the Harvard report articulates will not resolve every question about whether any particular issue implicates the “core function” of colleges and universities.But they also may invite students, faculty, and staff to stand up for human rights and social justice in the work they do and their lives as citizens.In the end, the Harvard report offers a solid foundation for turning the attention of people on college campuses to those issues, and also releasing… [read post]
27 May 2024, 9:01 pm
”While Zauderer may be right, America will pay a high price for the stark difference in the messaging wars starting the day the jury renders its verdict and lasting for a long time thereafter.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
23 May 2024, 9:01 pm
What this means is that even if Trump is defeated in November, the work of addressing the real problems in our legal and political institutions, and restoring public confidence, will remain to be done.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
21 May 2024, 9:01 pm
The United States Supreme Court has gone rogue. [read post]
16 May 2024, 9:01 pm
First, what happened in Alameda County is typical of the prejudices that course through America’s death penalty system.And second, it is just another example of why ending capital punishment is long overdue.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
9 May 2024, 9:01 pm
”Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
5 May 2024, 9:01 pm
He needs to show his support for Israel, hold the line against law-and-order attacks, but also not alienate younger voters, some of whom are either protesting what is happening in Gaza or are sympathetic to the positions protesters are taking.Whether the war in Gaza, as Senator Bernie Sanders warns, will turn out to be Biden’s Vietnam and tip the election in Trump’s direction, remains to be seen.It would be a supreme irony if the effort on college campuses to speak up for human rights… [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 9:00 pm
”Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm
They must act in concert to respond to attacks like Mike Johnson’s.Now is the time for all those who value what higher education contributes to our society to rally to their defense.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
21 Apr 2024, 9:00 pm
But given the stereotypes about the Black body that pervade our society, it is not surprising that Black inmates receive different and worse treatment than White inmates in the execution chamber and that they pay a high price for our illusory and failed quest for a humane execution method.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
14 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm
We can only hope that one day the Court will change its mind and say definitively that executing such a person violates the Eighth Amendment.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm
His effort is a reminder that doing justice, and ensuring that justice is done, has no statute of limitations.It is a lesson that other prosecutors should learn.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
31 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
”Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
26 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
His challenge is to get voters to put nostalgia aside and focus on the kind of future that a second Biden term can offer them.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
Political leaders, public officials, and citizens need to prepare now for the fierce battle that will occur if Joe Biden wins in November.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
14 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
”The Superior Court of Fulton County has a chance to lift the secrecy if not end of shame of Georgia’s plan to kill Willie James Pye.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
10 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
But the real price of his failure, and the strategy that produced it, will be paid by the Court itself in a further erosion of its reputation for impartiality and its standing with the American people.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
