Previous research focused on popular US Supreme Court rulings expanding rights; however, less is known about rulings running against…
What are the downstream political consequences of state activity explicitly targeting an ethnic minority group? This question is well…
BOOK DESCRIPTIONWhat are the social and political consequences of poor state governance and low state legitimacy? Under what conditions…
BOOK DESCRIPTIONCivil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of coordinated methods (strikes,…
In her new book, Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle over Urban Gay Life before Stonewall, HLS Assistant Professor of Law Anna…
The First Amendment guarantees some of the most fundamental rights provided to Americans under the Constitution. The right to free…
The Department of Justice began prosecuting federal hate crimes cases after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Thus, the…
The complicated relationship of religion and government predates the founding of the United States. The Founders grappled with this dilemma…
In March 2018, hundreds of thousands of young people walked out of school and marched on their local statehouses and on the U.S. Capitol in…
Starting with the Nixon administration in the early 1970s, and gaining steam throughout the next decade, the prevailing view on criminal…