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Of Witches, and Witch Burnings
Note: this piece is adapted from a new essay I wrote for the Southwestern Law Review that is available here.
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I'm not a cat. I'm a monster.
This post is really more of a question than a comment.
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The Last Kings of Plague Mountain
I hiked up an unkempt trail, past what battered signs promised was a scenic overlook.
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How Can You Tell When the Government Is Lying?
Always Check the Footnotes
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Good Morning I Am Full of Rage
The last time I read something that made me feel quite this flavor of incandescent was a decade ago, in law school — it was Scalia’s dissent in Lawrence…
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My Father, at the Arraignment
My father was on his back in the emergency room bed, doing what I can best describe as an impression of a bug trying to turn over, his arms and legs…
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Nine Families from Missouri
Nor shall children be put to death for their fathers
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The Violence of Voicelessness
Punishment—when it becomes divorced from notions of redemption, rehabilitation, and proportionality—becomes little more than a poison that diminishes us…
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The Missouri Supreme Court Can't Read
Which is like, a big part of the job of being a judge I think
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The Win in the Fight
I went to law school because I wanted to be a public defender.
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No, Chat Room Sting Operations Don't Violate Wiretap Laws
And, even if they did, it doesn't matter.
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On ending civil commitment
It's like Guantanamo Bay, but for a different kind of 'terrorist'
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