Sonia Sotomayor is uniquely and exquisitely sensitive to race issues because she is a Latina.
Dahlia LithwickThurgood Marshall was uniquely able to understand and comprehend what it meant to grow up in the Jim Crow south.
Dahlia LithwickThe fact that the Constitution is sufficiently open-ended to infuriate all Americans almost equally is part of its enduring genius.
Dahlia LithwickIn [Philip] Howard's view, our reliance on law, lawyers, and lawsuits has turned Americans into fat, neurotic cowards who 'go through the day looking over their shoulder instead of where they want to go.'
Dahlia LithwickWhat's exquisitely weird about the Donald Trump/Judge [Gonzalo] Curiel formulation is that this isn't even a case about race.
Dahlia LithwickIf Americans actually have the conversation about our disastrous prison policies, we'll understand the trends all move in very dangerous directions: we lock up more people, for less violent crime, at ever greater expense, breeding more dangerous criminals who often come out unemployable, violent and isiolated.
Dahlia Lithwick