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Its illegitimacy goes far beyond the war on drugs.
We must reject the legal liberalism that attempts to cordon off constitutional questions from democratic politics.
Critics say human rights discourse blunts social transformation. It doesn’t have to.
Amidst the January 6 hearings, the fiftieth anniversary of Nixon’s scandal reminds us that it has only gotten harder to hold presidents accountable.
The language of universal rights can be a powerful tool for advancing social justice.
Recent union drives point the way to more effective action against corporate power.
It is time to stop talking about Roe as the touchstone for abortion rights and to start imagining what law and policy can do to facilitate affordable and available services.
In the fight for LGBTQ equality, the law is often the last thing to change.
In a deeply unequal society, the law can certainly impede progress, but it also remains an essential resource in building a more just world.
When we think, write, and act alongside movements, we help disrupt the everyday violence of law and imagine more radical transformation.
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Professor of Law and Government at Cornell University. Margulies was Counsel of Record in Rasul v. Bush (2004), involving detentions at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station.
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