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Democrats turn a venerable legal tool into a declaration of war

  • Written by Austin Sarat, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
The Supreme Court in JuneAP/J. Scott Applewhite

Legal briefs, in even the most high profile cases, rarely make headlines. They are technical documents intended to persuade judges in a case about particular points of law.

In American law schools, students now take courses to help them master the arcane genre of brief writing. Their persuasiveness dep...

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