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ESTRICH: A broken system
What does it mean that an alleged murderer has become a folk hero, that literally millions of people in this country have taken his side — in social media, at least, if not as potential […]
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ESTRICH: The mixed and muddled results of banning affirmative action
In the arguments before the Supreme Court on affirmative action in college admissions, proponents of affirmative action claimed that the number of blacks admitted to selective colleges and universities would plummet absent affirmative action. And […]
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ESTRICH: Back to school
“Welcome to MIT!” the flyers being handed out to incoming students announce, next to a drawing of Tim the Beaver, MIT’s mascot. The flyers go on to comment on the conflict in the Middle East […]
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ESTRICH: Religious freedom on campus
“Jewish students were excluded from portions of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their faith. This fact is so unimaginable and so abhorrent to our constitutional guarantee of religious freedom that it bears […]
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ESTRICH: Crazy
Donald Trump is clearly flailing. He has reportedly taken to complaining about his campaign, which candidates tend to do when they are looking for someone to blame. He is, in the words of The Washington […]
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ESTRICH: ‘Donald being Donald’
In her 2019 memoir, Kamala Harris wrote, “My mother understood very well that she was raising two black daughters. She knew her adopted homeland would see Maya and me as black girls, and she was […]
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ESTRICH: King Trump
“With fear for our democracy,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor concludes in her brilliant dissent in Trump v. United States, “I dissent.” She is right. Very frighteningly right. After reading what happened at the oral argument, I […]
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ESTRICH: Biden in the bunker
He just doesn’t get it. And neither do those closest to him. Asked by George Stephanopoulos how he would feel if he loses, he told the truth and it was the wrong answer. “I’ll feel […]
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ESTRICH: Blind loyalty
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he has President Joe Biden’s back. It’s almost enough for me to take him off my list of possible successors to the incumbent president. Having Biden’s back is not a […]
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ESTRICH: Crime in the neighborhood
It happened right in front of my house. Last Friday morning, at 3:30 a.m. to be exact, my nanny heard noises. She went to the window and saw two men climbing under her late-model Toyota […]