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Annals of Law features in-depth reporting and essays exploring this subject through rigorous journalism and compelling narrative.

13 picks · 1993–2023

Top authors: Jeffrey Toobin (12), Eli Hager (1)

When Foster Parents Don’t Want to Give Back the Baby
Eli Hager · October 23, 2023

In many states, a new legal strategy called intervention forces birth parents to compete for custody of their children with foster parents seeking to adopt, Eli Hager writes.

Gawker’s Demise and the Trump-Era Threat to the First Amendment
Jeffrey Toobin · December 19, 2016

Hulk Hogan’s smashing legal victory shows us that publishing the truth may no longer be enough.

Money Unlimited
Jeffrey Toobin · May 21, 2012

Jeffrey Toobin on how Chief Justice John Roberts orchestrated the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, dramatically changing campaign-finance laws.

Casualties of Justice
Jeffrey Toobin · January 3, 2011

The Justice Department clearly wronged Senator Ted Stevens. Did it also wrong one of his prosecutors?

The Celebrity Defense
Jeffrey Toobin · December 14, 2009

Sex, fame, and the case of Roman Polanski.

Name That Source
Jeffrey Toobin · January 16, 2006

Why are the courts leaning on journalists?

Swing Shift
Jeffrey Toobin · September 12, 2005

Jeffrey Toobin’s 2005 piece on Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy opposes racial preferences and argues for expansive Presidential powers, yet he wrote the two most important pro-gay-rights decisions in the Court’s history. One conservative called him “the most dangerous man in America.”

The Driver
Jeffrey Toobin · June 10, 2002

Did the prosecutors in the Louima case have the right man all along?

Women in Black
Jeffrey Toobin · October 30, 2000

ANNALS OF LAW about women judges and executions in Texas. . . Since 1976, Texas has executed two hundred and thirty-two people, which is more than a third …

Terms of Impeachment
Jeffrey Toobin · September 14, 1998

ANNALS OF LAW about Washington's nascent impeachment drama. The writer describes the newly renovated suite H2-186, in the Gerald R. Ford House Office …

Juries on Trial
Jeffrey Toobin · October 31, 1994

ANNALS OF LAW about jury trials, peremptory challenges, and two new books on juries; Jeffrey Abramson's "We, the Jury", and Stephen J. Adler's "The Jury.O …

An Incendiary Defense
Jeffrey Toobin · July 25, 1994

Jeffrey Toobin writes about the legal strategies in the O. J. Simpson trial.

Two Years After the Anita Hill Hearings, Clarence Thomas Strikes Back
Jeffrey Toobin · September 27, 1993

The Supreme Court Justice is still fuming about his tumultuous confirmation, Jeffrey Toobin writes. In an unprecedented step, he is going public with his grievances—and lashing out in his votes.

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