By William H. Freivogel Ten years after the Ferguson uprising, five years after “The 1619 Project” and four years after the murder of George Floyd, the racial reckoning that seemed at hand has largely dissipated amidst a political and legal backlash — laws outlawing “DEI,” attacks on a “DEI vice president” and bans on books
By William H. Freivogel In the U.S. Supreme Court term just concluded, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote landmark opinions that may further undermine the legitimacy of the court that carries his name in the history books. The decision recognizing broad immunity for former President Donald Trump shocked many legal commentators because it granted
By Maggie Jones Patterson The New York Times recently ran a front-page article by Justin Scheck and Jo Becker exposing questionable ethical practices by two British journalists who had been hired as the Washington Post’s new leaders. The Post, The Guardian, Vanity Fair and others news outlets carried similar exposés. According to these articles, both
Tony Messenger delivers Millstone Lecture at Saint Louis University Law School By Tony Messenger If you look on Missouri’s court website today, you’ll see that I have a bad muffler. Or had one, anyway. In fact, the muffler on my 2016 Camry Hybrid is just fine. It’s pristine. The truth is, I have a lead
