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Jeannie Suk Gersen
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The Challenges of Trump’s Third, Momentous Indictment
August 7, 2023
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: We have long known that Donald Trump is a font of falsehoods. Embedded in the recounting of national horrors…
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The Harvard University law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has been following the Students for Fair Admissions’ (SFFA) legal challenges to affirmative action closely — more…
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Story by Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law: Race-conscious affirmative action, in which schools consider applicants’ race as a factor in…
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What Comes After Affirmative Action
June 29, 2023
[Podcast] In October, the Supreme Court heard two cases—against Harvard and U.N.C.—that are expected to bring about the end of affirmative action at American colleges…
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After Affirmative Action Ends
June 29, 2023
Editorial by Jeannie Suk Gersen, Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law: What happens after the Supreme Court ends affirmative action, as…
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An article by Jeannie Suk Gersen: In the next few weeks, the Supreme Court is expected to declare it unlawful for colleges and universities to…
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An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: Donald Trump has been so many “first” and “unprecedented” things since he entered the political and legal scene that…
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The Real Scandal Surrounding Clarence Thomas’s Gifts
May 15, 2023
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: Law and ethics are two different things. In 1991, the year Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court,…
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The Dark Side of Defamation Law
May 11, 2023
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: In the early years of our country, public men who felt maligned could end up killing over it. The…
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Harvard law professors and two other attorneys have asked to stop representing a former North Carolina public defender suing the federal judiciary for allegedly mismanaging…
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4th Circ.’s Chief Judge Must Sit For Depo In Harassment Suit
April 21, 2023
A former federal public defender in North Carolina can depose the chief judge of the Fourth Circuit in her sexual harassment suit against the federal…
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The U.S. government asked a North Carolina federal judge to deny a former assistant federal public defender’s deposition of Chief Circuit Judge Roger L. Gregory…
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Revisiting the Brock Turner Case
March 29, 2023
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: In 2016, Brock Turner, a former swimmer at Stanford University, was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside…
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An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: Last fall, some mysterious new activity appeared on the Supreme Court’s docket. It was one week after oral arguments…
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‘They see the Court in a different light’
March 21, 2023
A Harvard Law panel on "Teaching the Roberts Court," moderated by Professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, examined the ways today’s Court shapes legal pedagogy.
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The Expanding Battle Over the Abortion Pill
March 13, 2023
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: More than half of abortions in the United States are accomplished with pills, rather than with surgeries. So, when…
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Committee named to lead Legacy of Slavery memorial project
February 10, 2023
Guy-Uriel Charles and Jeannie Suk Gersen will join the Harvard committee that will lead an effort to memorialize the enslaved individuals whose labor was instrumental in the establishment and development of Harvard.
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The Conservative Who Wants to Bring Down the Supreme Court
January 6, 2023
An essay by Jeannie Suk Gersen: On the day that the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the lawyer Jonathan Mitchell was at the National…