Two Prospect writing fellows offer their best of 2021.
Law & Justice
Posted inLaw and Justice
Goldman Sachs Finds No Problem With Forced Arbitration
A review conducted by the law firm that represented Jeffrey Epstein determines that Goldman blocking employee access to courts is no problem.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice Is Perpetuating Climate Destruction
When the government’s lawyers defend fossil fuel interests, people and the planet pay the price.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Shadow Courts for Fossil Fuels Want a Green Makeover
Under the Energy Charter Treaty, investors can sue governments for loss of future profits. Champions say this will be an ‘indispensable tool’ for the green transition.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Court and the Rise in Vigilantism
Last Friday’s ruling on Texas’s new anti-abortion law makes it possible to undo long-established rights.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Guantanamo in 2021: Are We a Nation of Laws or a Nation of Fears?
A Senate hearing last week recontextualized the debate over the prison.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Trump Officials Still Running Biden’s Justice Department
Two senior career staffers continue to work in Attorney General Merrick Garland’s office, and he’s shown no signs of doing anything about it.
Posted inTAP
January 6th Defendants Allege Police Brutality. Come Again?
Today on TAP: Cops to blame for violence during riots? That would be a novel, and whites-only, development.
Posted inPolitics
Gillibrand Slams ‘Four Men’ for Watering Down Military Sexual Assault Reform
The New York senator worked for a decade and assembled two-thirds of the Senate to support her reform, only to see it wither in a closed-door conference.
Posted inLaw and Justice
God Save the United States and This Honorable Court
The Supreme Court is poised to act on radical arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.
