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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

SCOTUSBlog

Yet his record is not unblemished: He distrusted immigrants from China and even voted to deny citizenship to their U.S.-born He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. In the end, though, a large part of the story turned on the question of just what it was that enabled Harlan to see the law so differently from his peers.

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The ‘Pro-Life’ Pipeline to Prison

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Before I became a law student, I was tried and convicted by white folks who looked strikingly like the ones surrounding the Black woman in my mind’s eye. Just consider some of the policies opposed by many conservatives who are celebrating their Supreme Court victory. Mazie Hirono , a Democrat from Hawaii.

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