jurists

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Many jurists are not all that comfortable having conversations around these threats.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

As I’ve written in the past, Rakoff is one of our most percipient jurists about the impact of new technologies on the law.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

In the late Middle Ages, Christian theologians and jurists began to advance more humane views regarding the treatment of captured enemy combatants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

This is an astonishing piece of reporting, but also an astonishing decision by jurists who are loath to criticize anyone.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that “justice too long delayed is justice denied.”

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry