In the US Court of Appeals, a panel of judges can vote to rehear a case which had previously been heard by the court, a procedure known as en banc review. In new research, Deborah Beim and colleagues find that when a judge who is an ideological ally dissents with the majority decision, this can act as a strong […]
A recent spate of apparently botched executions has once again brought the death penalty and defendants’ appeals against their sentences into the spotlight. But are decisions about sentences made consistently across the federal judiciary? By examining over 1,400 death penalty decisions made by three-judge panels over a thirty year period, Deborah Beim and John Kastellec find that panels with […]
Book Review: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Obama’s legacy is as a disappointingly conventional president
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Justin Amash’s presidential bid shows that some Republicans’ future may be with the Libertarian Party.
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Sander Hölsgens reviews Muddied Waters: The Fictionalisation of Ethnographic Film by Toni de Bromhead 
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