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Government

When Will Texas Stop Executing People Whose Death Sentences Are Unconstitutional?

6/22/2022 Slate

In commentary in Slate, Joseph Margulies, writes that the Supreme Court refused last week to hear an appeal from Terence Andrus, a prisoner on Texas’ death row.

Government

Vigilantes claim to preserve law and order. Their true goal is to save Whiteness.

8/28/2020 Washington Post

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Joseph Margulies, professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences, writes about the root causes of recent vigilante violence across the U.S.

Government

How a conservative Supreme Court could actually benefit progressives

10/12/2018 Time Magazine

Government Professor Joseph Margulies writes in this Time opinion piece that Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court may cause progressive voters to stop thinking of the court as an agent ot change.

Government

The Innocence of Abu Zubaydah

9/28/2018 The New York Review of Books

Joseph Margulies, professor of Law and Government, writes in this The New York Review of Books article that due to the demonization of radical Islam since 9/11, a signficant portion of the U.S. population and its leaders have uncritically embraced the torture and emprisonment without trial of those accused of being followers of radical Islam.

Government

Govt. professor has questions for new CIA director

3/14/2018 Time Magazine

In this opinion piece in Time magazine, Joseph Margulies, professor of government and law and a civil rights attorney, writes about one of his clients and President Trump's new nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

Step one in transforming the criminal justice system: Articulating a new vision

9/21/2015 Verdict

Joseph Margulies, professor of government and law, writes in this column in Verdict about the lack of alternatives to the criminal justice system in the U.S., which he says has gone "horribly awry."