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…
Partisan gerrymandering and polarization have created an electoral landscape where Americans increasingly reside in congressional districts…
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…
The United States is a nation of immigrants. For centuries, waves of migrants and refugees have arrived in America seeking economic…
Nearly 61 million Americans have a disability, making the group the country’s largest minority. Individuals with disabilities cut across…
Ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are torn between two visions of progress: a democratic one…
The world just witnessed the stunning sight of a mob storming the U.S. Capitol to reject the legitimacy of President-elect Joe Biden’s…
We review the substantial literature on estimating judicial ideology, from the US Supreme Court to the lowest state court. As a way to…