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Abigail DeHart

Michigan Law School

Abigail is a second-year student at University of Michigan Law School, where she is the Executive Articles Editor of the Michigan Law Review and one of the project managers of the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. Before law school, she volunteered with AmeriCorps NCCC tutoring and rebuilding houses, and spent a year in India, mainly doing research on educational systems. She received her B.A. in Philosophy and Classics from Grand Valley State University and MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History from the University of Cambridge.

 

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A Conservative’s Conservative Before He Was Nominated and An Open-Minded Jurist After

7/31/18  //  Commentary

Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s supporters claimed that his nomination would mean a sharp right turn for the Court; but since his nominated, they have promised he will review cases as they come.

Helen Marie Berg

Michigan Law

Abigail DeHart

Michigan Law School

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Prison and Jail Conditions Worsen Under the Trump Administration—Unless You Are Paul Manafort

7/18/18  //  Commentary

In the U.S. there are many “very unfair” situations involving prisons. But Trump’s policies are making prisons worse.

Helen Marie Berg

Michigan Law

Abigail DeHart

Michigan Law School

Religious Animus or Reality?

7/2/18  //  Commentary

In a recent case, the Court suggested that calling out an attempt to use religion to justify harming others was evidence of animus. That’s wrong.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Abigail DeHart

Michigan Law School

Entry Ban Animus Revisited

6/25/18  //  In-Depth Analysis

Many of the Supreme Court’s recent decisions tell us what we need to know: Under any meaningful standard for assessing government motives, the entry ban must fail.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Abigail DeHart

Michigan Law School

Jeff Sessions's Latest Asylum Atrocity

6/18/18  //  Commentary

Coretta Scott King was right. Jeff Sessions is a horrible man to be Attorney General.

Leah Litman

Michigan Law School

Abigail DeHart

Michigan Law School