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A federal judge just dismissed an Ohio teacher’s fight against book bans.

A federal judge just dismissed an Ohio teacher’s fight against book bans.

Karen Cahall was suspended for keeping four LGBTQ+ books in her classroom library.

By Brittany Allen | October 21, 2025

Birth of the Jailhouse Lawyer: How Inmate Counsel Saves Prisoners’ Lives

Birth of the Jailhouse Lawyer: How Inmate Counsel Saves Prisoners’ Lives

Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull on William “Joe Writs” Johnson, Law Libraries, and a Constitutional Battle

By Literary Hub | July 8, 2025

Gatsby’s Lost Plaintiffs: On the Absurd Fiction of Legal Equality in America

Gatsby’s Lost Plaintiffs: On the Absurd Fiction of Legal Equality in America

Aron Solomon Looks at American Law Through a Jazz Age Lens

By Aron Solomon | June 24, 2025

Courting Fatal Passions: How Michael Hardwick Helped Overturn America’s Sodomy Laws

Courting Fatal Passions: How Michael Hardwick Helped Overturn America’s Sodomy Laws

Martin Padgett Recounts a Paradigm-Shifting Legal Case in Georgia

By Martin Padgett | June 12, 2025

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Leah Litman Explains the Legal Theories Weaponized by Conservative Justices Against the Administrative State

By Leah Litman | May 15, 2025

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Natalie Jenner Explores the Legal and Judicial Side of One of English Literature’s Most Beloved Writers

By Natalie Jenner | May 6, 2025

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