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The anniversary is today. The American Journal of Law and Equality is publishing a symposium on Brown to mark the occasion. I am one of the contributors.

Brown v. Board of Education. (NA) This year is the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, arguably the Supreme Court's most iconic decision. The…

Economist Michael Clemens has the most extensive and sophisticated analysis of this issue to date.

What do the country’s founding documents actually say about who can and can’t enter the country? 

Some scholars and commentators argue that legacy preferences at public universities are unconstitutional because they are a form of hereditary privilege. If so, the same is likely true of the far more consequential hereditary privilege of citizenship that severely restricts the right to live and work in the United States.

Ilya Somin writes that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is right because, if the administration had won, “Biden and future presidents would have been empowered to use vague statutes to usurp Congress’ constitutional control over the federal budget.”

Legal scholar and blogger Eric Segall puts forward several excellent suggestions.

In this Nov. 30, 2005 file photo, an anti-abortion supporter stands next to a pro-choice demonstrator outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (AP…

In this Nov. 30, 2005 file photo, an anti-abortion supporter stands next to a pro-choice demonstrator outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (AP…

When we talk about political freedoms, we usually talk about the essential freedom to vote. In recent years especially, we’ve heard a lot about “voting