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Scott Lemieux
Scott Lemieux is a political science professor at the University of Washington. He writes for the blog Lawyers, Guns & Money. Follow @lemieuxlgm
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Against Douthat on Abortion Restrictions, Round Two
Or why “pro-life liberalism” is impossible
Posted inLaw and Justice
SCOTUS’s Meaningless Death Penalty Rules
The Eighth Amendment forbids the execution of the mentally ill. So why did we kill John Errol Ferguson?
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Will the Department of Justice Find Zimmerman Guilty?
Critics of the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case have applauded the federal government’s civil-rights probe. But it’s unlikely to lead anywhere.
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The Obama Administration’s Unhealthy Obsession with Whistleblowers
 It’s very hard to square Bradley Manning facing decades in prison while the people who designed and implemented torture policies under the Bush administration walk free.
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The Filner Scandal Isn’t a “Sex Scandal”
It’s crucial not to conflate consensual and nonconsensual actions together into a single catch-all category of “sex scandals.”
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Why the Courts Matter to LBGT Rights
The eminent legal scholar and federal judge Richard Posner has a self-described “revisionist” piece on litigation and same-sex marriage in The New Republic. Since it is partly a review of Michael Klarman’s From the Closet to the Altar, much of what I have to say about Posner’s piece is contained in my review of the […]
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A Guide to Anti-Choice Concern Trolling
Opponents of abortion rights often make the same misleading arguments. Here’s why they’re wrong.
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California’s Teeming Prisons
Tens of thousands of prisoners are on hunger strike in California. What policies led to the state’s dysfunctional correctional system?
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Ginsburg’s (Pyrrhic?) Triumph
The Court’s decisions on the same-sex marriage cases seem to be following the path Ginsberg wished the Supremes had taken with Roe. Is this a good thing?
