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Most non-Black Americans will be surprised to learn that a quarter of all African-American employees report experiencing racial discrimination during the past year. Many white people find themselves frustrated with the attention paid to racial difference and...
Why should police officers be allowed to lie to citizens? They should not— but it is a standard practice and, amazingly, legal. Routinely, interrogators obtain confessions by lying to defendants. “We already have your fingerprints—just tell us what happened” when...
It is one thing to know about slavery and about racial segregation. But whites, including me until well into adulthood, tend to be unaware of the scale of violence visited by whites on blacks in the 20th century. One good place to begin is Isabel Wilkerson’s The...
Shortly after the terrible attacks of 911, on Sept. 11, 2001, the Federal Government created a database of people that it held could not board an airplane. Many of these people were US citizens and had never been convicted of a crime. But when they tried to buy an...
David Nacht defends University of Michigan fraternity sued for admitting women, non-binary members. While the lawsuit is steeped in arguments around issues of trademark, it raises a host of questions, including whether women should be allowed to join a fraternity on a...
Every once in a while a decision comes down from a court that shows incredibly poor judgment. Judge Murray has decided that the Michigan Secretary of State cannot ban guns at polling places. Our firm has brought a case defending gun owners from facing discrimination...
We are about to get another supreme court justice. Non-lawyers sometimes think that the personal political preferences of judges is what is most important in selecting them. I say it is a useful way of understanding how a judge views society, but it does not...
When a university destroys a professor’s career because some students are insulted, we expect them to do so only in the most extreme cases. We would expect a university to look at how reasonable it is for the students to be insulted, and the social harm caused by the...
There is a big difference between political belief in the abstract and legal and career consequences Many professors support the notion of rules that prohibit the creation of a hostile environment on campus. But when humorless bureaucrats interpret such policies to...
As fall approaches, there is a great deal of uncertainty about whether Michigan Universities, Colleges, and Secondary Schools are going to require teachers and other employees to return to in-person classes and work. And many employees have already returned to...