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5 Nov 2024, 9:30 pm
This post is dedicated to the William Nelson Cromwell Book Prize. [read post]
31 Oct 2024, 9:01 pm
Voters need to think carefully about how they want to answer that question and whether they want to put their fate in the hands of someone who acknowledges he has the temperament of a first grader.Given a choice between that and someone who is as cautious, pragmatic, and boring as Kamala Harris was on CNN, I’ll take cautious, pragmatic, and, yes, boring every time.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of… [read post]
31 Oct 2024, 2:39 pm
Plaintiffs: Bryan Estrada, Bryan Williams The Wilshire Law Firm Attorneys: Thiago Coelho, Esq. [read post]
30 Oct 2024, 9:01 pm
Named after a time during Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign when he denounced the radical activist, it refers to a public repudiation of an extreme person or reprehensible statementDenouncing what Biden said on Tuesday night will not only be good for her campaign, it will be good for the democracy she hopes to lead.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst… [read post]
30 Oct 2024, 5:01 am
Nelson Mandela—who spent 26 years in prison—learned firsthand about the dangers of giving leaders this power: "No single person, no body of opinion, no political or religious doctrine, no political party or government can claim to have a monopoly on truth. [read post]
22 Oct 2024, 6:00 am
I was able to use funds from a William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Fellowship to cover some of the costs—which is yet another reason to apply for these grants! [read post]
15 Oct 2024, 7:26 pm
Contrary to theorists who posit the corporation as a creature of private market actors’ self-interest, Morley and Zhang show the irreducible necessity of state regulation in its basic foundations.The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, established by William Nelson Cromwell in 1930, supports work in American legal history. [read post]
14 Oct 2024, 9:01 pm
” If Plato were alive today, he would hold up that interview as a prime example of the vices of the skilled rhetorician.What Vance did there suggests that if he is indeed Trump’s heir apparent, it will be a long time before America purges itself of Trumpism’s destructive assault on the linguistic commitments necessary to doing the work of a constitutional democracy.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell… [read post]
7 Oct 2024, 5:58 am
I gathered this information together, traveling to archives around the country thanks to very generous grants, including two from the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation. [read post]
6 Oct 2024, 9:01 pm
”In death cases there can never be too much justice.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
30 Sep 2024, 9:01 pm
”Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
24 Sep 2024, 1:34 pm
In 1919, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats described a world, and I quote, where “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,” end of quote. [read post]
22 Sep 2024, 9:00 pm
What matters to him is that American Jews should fall in line and do what he needs them to do.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
22 Sep 2024, 7:44 am
—Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College This is the most original and fascinating book on criminal law I have read in years. [read post]
10 Sep 2024, 9:01 pm
” When the Supreme Court hears oral argument in Glossip’s case next month it will have a chance to put a stop to the damage that his conviction did to him and the system of justice in this country.All Americans should hope that it does so.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
2 Sep 2024, 9:01 pm
The Nebraska Legislature deserves credit for consigning it to the dustbin of history.The state supreme court should not let its attorney general stand in the way of accomplishing that end.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
1 Sep 2024, 5:25 am
The hearing is being presided over by Judge Adrienne Nelson, who will determine the outcome of the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction. [read post]
26 Aug 2024, 9:01 pm
She also can use her credibility as a former prosecutor to lead the way in fighting crime by addressing its causes.As the 2024 campaign goes on, Harris will have an opportunity to show that she can be tough on crime, but not on Donald Trump and JD Vance’s terms.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
22 Aug 2024, 9:01 pm
Whatever it is, the substance of McGinn and Bohnet’s op-ed as well as who they are, signals the rising discontent in Kansas that has elsewhere precipitated the abolition of capital punishment.In the end, while the fate of capital punishment in this country will depend more on what happens in places like Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma, and Texas, what is unfolding in the heartland may ultimately play a big role in toppling the dominos that lead to the death penalty’s fall all across the… [read post]
20 Aug 2024, 9:01 pm
His decision about whether to move forward with the sentencing hearing as well as about what sentence to impose may tilt the scales in November in directions that neither he nor we can confidently predict.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
