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  • Outrage on the Court

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Outrage on the Court, Am. Law., Feb. 2000.

  • Contempt of Court

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Contempt of Court, Am. Prospect, Jan. 1, 2001, at 15.

  • In Extremis

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, In Extremis, Am. Prospect, Feb. 26, 2001, at 14, 15.

  • The Case for Borking

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, The Case for Borking, Am. Prospect, July 2, 2001, at 26, 27.

  • The Triumph of Robust Tokenism

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, The Triumph of Robust Tokenism, Atlantic Monthly (Feb. 2001)…

  • Rejection Sustained

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Rejection Sustained, Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 2002.

  • Affirmative Reaction

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Affirmative Reaction, Am. Prospect, Feb. 19, 2003, at 9.

  • Race and the Fourteenth Amendment: The Power of Interpretive Choice

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Race and the Fourteenth Amendment: The Power of Interpretive Choice, in A Less Than Perfect Union: Alternative Perspectives on the U.S. Constitution…

  • A Comment on “Gibson v. Florida Legislative Committee”

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, A Comment on Gibson v. Florida Legislative Committee, in Secret Agents: The Rosenberg Case, McCarthyism and Fifties America (Marjorie Garber & Rebecca…

  • The Phony War

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, The Phony War, in The Bell Curve Wars: Race, Intelligence, and the Future of America (Steven Fraser ed., 1995).

  • Reasonable v. Unreasonable Doubt

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Reasonable v. Unreasonable Doubt, in Postmortem: The O.J. Simpson Case: Justice Confronts Race, Domestic Violence, Lawyers, Money, and the Media 33 (Jeffrey…

  • Comment and Discussion on Hate Crimes/Hate Speech

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Comment and Discussion on Hate Crimes/Hate Speech, in Speech and Equality: Do We Really Have to Choose? (Gara LaMarche ed., 1996).

  • “Dred Scott” and African American Citizenship

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, “Dred Scott” and African American Citizenship, in Diversity and Citizenship: Rediscovering American Nationhood (Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn & Susan Dunn eds., 1996).

  • Reflections on Black Power

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Reflections on Black Power, in Reassessing the Sixties: Debating the Political and Cultural Legacy (Stephen Macedo eds., 1997).

  • Supreme Court as Teacher: Lessons from the Second Reconstruction

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Supreme Court as Teacher: Lessons from the Second Reconstruction, in The Supreme Court and American Constitutionalism (Bradford P. Wilson & Ken Masugi…

  • A Natural Aristocracy?

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, A Natural Aristocracy?, in Constitutional Stupidities, Constitutional Tragedies (William N. Eskridge & Sanford V. Levinson eds., 1998).

  • Cast a Cautious Eye on the Supreme Court

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Cast a Cautious Eye on the Supreme Court, in Covering the Courts: Free Press, Fair Trials & Journalistic Performance (Robert Giles &…

  • Facing the Dilemmas of Difference: Comments on the Essay by Mamphela Ramphele

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Facing the Dilemmas of Difference: Comments on the Essay by Mamphela Ramphele, in Promise and Dilemma: Perspectives on Racial Diversity and Higher…

  • Omissions in “Patriotic Gore”

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy & Toni Morrison, Omissions in “Patriotic Gore”, in Edmund Wilson: Centennial Reflections (Lewis M. Dabney ed., 1997).

  • Preface

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, Preface, in Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921, Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation (Alfred L. Brophy, 2002).

  • The Triumph of Robust Tokenism

    January 25, 2024

    Randall L. Kennedy, The Triumph of Robust Tokenism, in Best American Political Writing 2002 (Royce Flippin ed., 2002).