In the wake of Donald Trump's refusal to release his tax returns, legislators in at least twenty-three states have released over forty bills seeking to force presidential candidate tax return transparency. This essay addresses whether these state...
In the season premiere of Dialectic, we sit down with Professor K-Sue Park to discuss her recent New York Times op-ed on the ACLU’s decision to defend white supremacists. Professor Park is a Critical Race Studies Fellow at UCLA Law.
This Article offers a defense of outsider, legal-political intervention and community triage in inner-city anti-poverty campaigns under circumstances of widespread urban social disorganization, public and private sector neglect, and nonprofit...
In one of the most striking developments in American legal scholarship over the past quarter century, social movements have become central to the study of law. Why has this happened? To answer the question, this article provides an original account...
Obergefell’s national mandate for marriage equality became possible because marriage equality advocates set out to change social and constitutional meanings by winning over moveable middle voters in ballot question elections. Thus, a new variation...
Did backlash to judicial decisions play a destructive role in debates over same-sex marriage, as was so often claimed? The article argues that the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell was possible not simply because public opinion changed, but...