What Did the Opponents of Affirmative Action Get Wrong About Affirmative Action?
Affirmative action aims not just to repair the historical injustices that are sexism, slavery, and racism (and, to some extent, colonialism) but also aims...
Putting Gender Back into Transgender Equality: On Iglesias v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
Author’s Note: This article discusses sexual and physical violence targeting incarcerated trans women.
Amid the ongoing wave of anti-trans legislation in the U.S., it can...
The Curse, the Prison Cell, and the Lynching Mob: Revisiting the Limits of Law...
In a time that seems almost defined by social instability, “law” seems at once essential and treacherous. On the one hand, the law (as...
Violence Against Asian Women: The Enduring Legacy of 1875 Page Act
On March 21, 2021, eight people were murdered as a man drove across the Atlanta metro area attacking massage parlors owned or operated by...
Samuel Alito’s Histories of Freedom
In early May, Politico published a leaked draft of Samuel Alito’s forthcoming opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which affirms Mississippi’s law...
The Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850: Law as a Tool of Oppression
On February 12, 1793, Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Act entitled, “An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service...
Why Law
Law is not the only way to try and control behavior. Psychological manipulation, brute force, and managerial direction are other alternatives. The complaints about...
The State of Climate Exception
In the two decades since the enactment of the Patriot Act, the concept of the “state of exception” has become common parlance in the...
The Contingent Risk of Humane Entrenchment
In my recent book Humane, I outline a modest and narrow argument that making objectionable practices less objectionable—especially in the name of reducing suffering—can...
Introducing: Law and Philosophy Series
The APA is excited to launch its new blog series, Philosophy and Law, with Sabeen Ahmed as series editor. In this introductory post, Sabeen...