Noah R. Feldman, 49, is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. One focus of his work is the relationship between law, politics, and religion — including the First Amendment’s bearing on church-and-state issues. He’s also an expert on issues related to Islam. In 2019, Feldman testified before the House Intelligence Committee…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer has been a member of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1994. Prior to that, he was a professor at Harvard Law School. In addition, Breyer was special assistant to the United States Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, and assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. From 1980 to 1994,…
In March of this year, House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff hired attorney and former federal prosecutor Daniel Goldman as the committee’s senior adviser and director of investigations. Goldman had an impressive success record as a prosecutor for Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office. He has also been a frequent legal analyst on MSNBC. Quote: “Goldman…
Gloria Allred, 78, is a nationally known attorney who often represents clients in high-profile cases — especially cases involving women’s rights issues. She herself speaks openly about her experience being raped, becoming pregnant as a result, and almost dying from terminating the pregnancy. In addition to her women’s rights advocacy, Allred has been a staunch…
A noted legal historian described fifty-five-year-old Jeffrey Rosen as “the nation’s most widely read…
Robert Shapiro, 76, was the original member of what became known as O.J. Simpson’s “Dream Team” of lawyers, when the legendary football player was tried for the brutal murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman. No matter what one thinks of the innocent verdict in the 1995 “Trial of the…
Although Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg receives an enormous amount of adulation and media…
Judge Judith Sheindlin hardly needs an introduction here: Her semi-eponymous reality courtroom…
As an attorney, Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) fought tirelessly on behalf of progressive causes and against public corruption, powerful corporations and business monopolies. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson nominated him for the U.S. Supreme Court — a nomination that anti-Semites and big-business interests strongly opposed. Once on the Supreme…
Dahlia Lithwick, 50, is a Canadian-American attorney, journalist and writer. A contributing editor at Newsweek and senior editor at Slate, Lithwick focuses on the law and politics. At Slate, she writes for the “Supreme Court Dispatches” and “Jurisprudence” columns; she also hosts the podcast “Amicus.” Her writing has appeared in The New Republic, The Washington…
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