legal scholar
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As a legal scholar researching the evolution of modern presidential clemency, I have reviewed every individual pardon and commutation granted by U.S. presidents since 1989, spanning seven administrations, from George H.W.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
In this academic setting a consensus emerged, as the legal scholar Henry Sumner Maine argued, that sacrifice had been the basis for social order and political association.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
When I first deployed during the troop surge in Iraq, I was a 20-year-old with just a high school diploma—no one could have mistaken me for a legal scholar.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2025
Harvard’s Jill Lepore is a triple threat: lauded historian, prominent legal scholar and New Yorker journalist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
As legal scholar John A. Powell once commented, only half in jest, “It’s actually better to be exploited than marginalized, in some respects, because if you’re exploited presumably you’re still needed.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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