The United States’ turn toward naked coercion and transactional deal-making represents both a genuine departure from its commitment to the liberal international legal order and the culmination of that...

Hell Gate and Type Investigations's brand-new deep dive into who actually picks New York's judges, and why it matters.

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Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. BU AAUP is the Boston University Chapter of the American Association of University Profe...

attacks on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean have been widely condemned for violating international law. Yet much of this criticism, by focusing narrowly on the Trump…

<i>Editor's Note: This op-ed was dictated by Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA </i>’24<i>. Spectator verified this with his Attorney Amy Greer and conducted its regular editing process. Khalil is currently detaine...

For years, Leigh Goodmark was convinced that the way to keep women safe was through arrests and prosecutions. Now she’s pushing for the opposite.

Governor Kathy Hochul and prosecutors say they want to tweak reforms made five years ago. A close reading of their proposals reveals their effort to gut the legislation known as "Kalief's Law."

The deadly labor action can best be understood in the context of white supremacy and class struggle.

Defense lawyers should be open to advising their clients about systemic oppression, laying bare the ways that mass incarceration ensnares.

In my many years as a public defender, I accepted the legal rationales for pretrial detention. But I can’t anymore.

<p><i>This Article introduces a provocative thought experiment: state funded counsel as a universal mandate for all people facing criminal charges. Said an

The Roberts Court has methodically expanded the scope of Second Amendment rights. But in its first Second Amendment case involving a criminal defendant, United States v. Rahimi, the Court blinked. Thi...

A bill to give Donald Trump power to kill nonprofits is still supported by dozens of Democrats — giving the GOP plenty of breathing room.

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“No judge has ever lost their job setting bail on someone.” That is what a judge whispered one night to a new attorney during a busy arraignment shift. While shocking, the confession merely confirm…