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Steven Lubet

Steven Lubet is the Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University. His most recent book is John Brown’s Spy: The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook.

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks about her work and gender equality at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Is it ethical for Ruth Bader Ginsburg to accept a $1 million prize? Yes, but it’s hard to explain

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FILE - In this April 29, 2011, file photo, Attorney John Dowd walks in New York. Down, one of the key lawyers in President Donald Trump’s corner navigated a popular United States senator through crisis, produced a damning investigative report that drove a baseball star from the game and, early in his career, took on organized crime as a Justice Department prosecutor. Dowd assumed a more prominent place on the legal team after another lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, took a reduced role. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

When presidents lawyer up: A brief history

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Scalia’s torture debacle: Why the right scarily keeps missing the point

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New Hampshire Rep. William O'Brien (Associated Press)

GOP’s most shameful shutdown moment

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Ted Cruz’s origins continue to haunt him

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Ted Cruz’s ironic birther predicament

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Ted Cruz (Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com)

What if we demanded Ted Cruz’s papers?

Steven Lubet

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (Cliff Owen)

Haley Barbour, slavery and the citizenship test

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John Brown

Remembering the roots of a real Civil War

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I made the government admit it was wrong

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The citizenship test: New, improved and wrong

Steven Lubet