Duncan Hosie

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The Apathetic Court | Duncan Hosie

2 weeks ago | nybooks.com | Duncan Hosie

James Broadnax spends nearly all his time alone, locked in a concrete cell in a remote corner of eastern Texas. When he was twenty, a nearly all-white jury sentenced Broadnax, who is black, to death for murdering two white people. He is now thirty-six, having spent the past decade and a half awaiting his execution in near-constant isolation. Prison rules promise him two hours of recreation on most days, but guards routinely withhold even that reprieve.
The Degradation of Big Law

3 weeks ago | dissentmagazine.org | Duncan Hosie |Joseph A. McCartin |Michael Walzer |Bill Fletcher Jr

The Degradation of Big Law By intimidating and disarming potential sources of legal resistance, Trump weakens one of the last institutional barriers standing between his administration and unbridled executive power.
Why liberals should celebrate the end of diversity statements at UC

4 weeks ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Duncan Hosie

Amid the Trump administration's assault on higher education and academic freedom - shaking down institutions like Columbia, targeting pro-Palestinian scholars and students for deportation and dispatching chilling letters meant to silence dissent - last week brought an unexpected but welcome development: The University of California announced its campuses will no longer be able to require diversity statements in hiring.
Contributor: Why liberals should celebrate the end of diversity statements at UC

4 weeks ago | latimes.com | Duncan Hosie

Amid the Trump administration’s assault on higher education and academic freedom — shaking down institutions like Columbia, targeting pro-Palestinian scholars and students for deportation and dispatching chilling letters meant to silence dissent — last week brought an unexpected but welcome development: The University of California announced its campuses will no longer be able to require diversity statements in hiring.
A Very Trumpian Moral Panic Has Struck the Art World

1 month ago | newrepublic.com | Duncan Hosie

Last November, less than two weeks after Donald Trump waselected president for a second time, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth,Texas, launched an exhibit featuring some of America’s foremost photographers,including Nan Goldin and Sally Mann.
A Very Trumpian Moral Panic Has Struck the Art World

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Duncan Hosie

Last November, less than two weeks after Donald Trump was elected president for a second time, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, launched an exhibit featuring some of America’s foremost photographers, including Nan Goldin and Sally Mann.
The Late Supreme Court Chief Who Haunts Today’s Right-Wing Justices

Oct 22, 2024 | newrepublic.com | Duncan Hosie

On a balmy day inNovember 1962, a Republican activist set up shop in a poor precinct in SouthPhoenix. He wasn’t there to vote or volunteer with the nonpartisan pollworkers. He came to harass Black voters. The man—who was white and tall—quizzedwould-be voters about their backgrounds and demanded they recite theConstitution to him. “You are not able to read, are you?” he reportedly askedBlack people as they queued up to vote outside an elementary school.
The Supreme Court’s Shockingly Effective Tactic for Having Toxic Opinions Ignored

Jul 5, 2024 | slate.com | Duncan Hosie

Skip to the content Jurisprudence This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. Alongside Amicus, we kicked things off this year by explaining How Originalism Ate the Law. The best way to support our work is by joining Slate Plus. (If you are already a member, consider a donation or merch!) The Supreme Court’s conservative justices have delivered seismic shocks to the legal system in recent days. In Trump v.
Samuel Alito's cosplay as a scientific expert is the future of America law

Jun 29, 2024 | sfchronicle.com | Duncan Hosie

Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito wears a black robe, not a white coat. But this week, you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise. In his dissenting opinion in Moyle v. United States, Alito argued that Idaho should be able to block pregnant women from receiving medically necessary abortions to save their lives or prevent serious injury.
The Hollowing of the Eighth Amendment | Duncan Hosie

Jun 18, 2024 | nybooks.com | Duncan Hosie

In 1991 an inmate named Dee Farmer sued prison officials at the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, for violating the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Penitentiary staff had placed Farmer, a Black transgender woman incarcerated for credit card fraud, with male prisoners, one of whom had beaten and raped her.