Research and Commentary

The DOJ Attempt to Block School Vouchers in Louisiana Undermines Civil Rights

September 11, 2013, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

Australia's Inefficient Coalition Asylum Policy Will Flood the Courts

August 16, 2013, Jane McAdam and Ben Saul, Australian Research Council Future Fellow

John Roberts Appoints Judges to More Than the FISA Court

August 8, 2013, Russell Wheeler

Navalny Case Offers 'Chilling Effect' for Russians Considering Political Action

July 18, 2013, Fiona Hill

Rios Montt Trial an Example of National, International Courts Working Together

June 4, 2013, Ted Piccone and Ashley Miller

An Examination of the Judicial Conduct and Disability System

April 25, 2013, Russell Wheeler

Strangeness at Guantanamo

January 29, 2013, Paul R. Pillar

Flowchart: How the Government Handles a Terrorist Threat

January 4, 2013, Benjamin Wittes and Daniel L. Byman

How to Handle a Citizen Terrorist? We Have an App for That

January 3, 2013, Benjamin Wittes and Daniel L. Byman

Putin's Artful Jurisprudence

January 2, 2013, William Partlett

The Supreme Court Takes Up Same-Sex Marriage

December 11, 2012, Jonathan Rauch

Constitution-Making by "We the Majority" in Egypt

November 30, 2012, William Partlett

Can Copyrighted Works Purchased Abroad Be Resold In the United States?

October 21, 2012, John Villasenor

The Case for Confirming District Court Judges

September 18, 2012, Russell Wheeler

Why Wasn't it Africa that Found Charles Taylor Guilty?

April 26, 2012, Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku

Judicial Confirmations: What Thurmond Rule?

March 19, 2012, Russell Wheeler

Vladimir Putin and the Role of Law in Russia

February 28, 2012, William Partlett

The Impact of Density and Diversity on Reapportionment and Redistricting in the Mountain West

January 26, 2012, David F. Damore

The International Criminal Court’s Ruling and Kenya’s Politics and Prospects for Peace

January 20, 2012, Anne W. Kamau and Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Judicial Nominations and Confirmations after Three Years—Where Do Things Stand?

January 13, 2012, Russell Wheeler

What’s So Hard About Regulating Supreme Court Justices’ Ethics? — A Lot

November 28, 2011, Russell Wheeler

@ Brookings Podcast: The Supreme Court and the Presidential Election

October 7, 2011, Russell Wheeler

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Options for Federal Judicial Screening Committees (Second Edition)

September 13, 2011, Rebecca Love Kourlis and Russell Wheeler

The Emerging Law of Detention 2.0: The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking

May 12, 2011, Benjamin Wittes, Robert M. Chesney, Larkin Reynolds and The Harvard Law School National Security Research Committee

Regulating the Ethics of Supreme Court Justices?

March 21, 2011, Russell Wheeler