Lincoln Caplan
The Supreme Court and Mass Incarceration
A legal scholar’s harsh assessment of the Supreme Court’s rulings on crime
Jimmy Carter and James Agee ’32
Why this “sovereign prince of the English language” touched the president’s heart
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Academic Freedom and Free Speech
Robert Post explains how they differ—and why it matters, especially now
After Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court upends admissions.
The Supreme Court Affirmative Action Rulings: An Analysis
The underlying arguments project clashing worldviews of race and appropriate remedies.
Harvard Defends Race-Conscious Admissions at the Supreme Court
Should the law continue to reflect that the United States is anything but colorblind?
Justice Elena Kagan, in Dissent
Ebbing trust in the Supreme Court, and what to do about it
Is the Supreme Court’s Role Undemocratic?
Justice Felix Frankfurter, to great controversy, said yes.
Both Sides Now
Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s bifocal view of the civil-rights movement
A Democracy of Opportunity
Liberals must learn from conservatives how to interpret the Constitution in all its dimensions.
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Review of Kimball and Coquillette, “The Intellectual Sword,” by Lincoln Caplan
The making of the modern Harvard Law School
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Constitutional scholar Noah Feldman profiled by Lincoln Caplan
Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.