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<title><![CDATA[Steven Lubet - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/38118.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Steven Lubet]]></description><category domain="38118">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Fall of Academic Freedom With a DEI Twist]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5039227-aaup-academic-freedom-under-threat/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' incoming'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump administration all but declaring war on American universities, it is essential for educators of every persuasion to close ranks in defense of academic freedom. Unfortunately, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), once the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'most'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Echoes of McCarthyism Ring in Charges of Israeli &lsquo;Entanglement&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/07/echoes_mccarthyism_ring_in_aaup_charges_israeli_entanglement_151743.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In theory, it should be possible to oppose the Israeli military actions in Gaza, and defend the rights of campus protesters, without descending into anti-Jewish tropes. In reality, not so much. Even otherwise responsible university professors have seemed unable to resist embellishing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Term Limits Aren&rsquo;t Enough. Expand the Supreme Court]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4808114-biden-proposal-supreme-court-reform/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is a patient man, with an abiding respect, bordering on reverence, for American political institutions.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The War of Words Over Gaza Makes Entire World Less Safe]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4306053-the-war-of-words-over-gaza-makes-the-entire-world-less-safe/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The war between Israel and Hamas will be decided on the tragically blood-soaked ground of Gaza. In the meantime, there has been an ongoing war of words in the U. S., in which distortions of language, from simple to profound, have been manipulated to discredit Israel.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump&rsquo;s January 6 Defense Is Even Worse Than It Seems]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/28/opinions/trump-january-6-indictment-2020-election-lubet/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The best defense former President Donald Trump has against his indictment in Washington for multiple conspiracies to defraud the United States as part of the events of January 6, 2021, hinges on his purportedly sincere belief that he actually won the 2020 election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas Is Running Out of Excuses]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/opinions/opinion-clarence-thomas-grand-nephew-mark-martin-lubet/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has had to explain decades of omissions on his annual financial reports. The most recent revelation, as reported by ProPublica, is that Thomas did not mention Republican donor Harlan Crow'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s private school tuition payments for the justice'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rushdie Attack Births New Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theory]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/10/01/rushdie_attack_births_new_anti-israel_conspiracy_theory_148267.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Anti-Jewish conspiracy theories never die; they simply assume new forms and content. From the murder of Little St. Hugh in medieval England to the Tsarist prosecution of Mendel Beilis for killing a Christian child, Jews have been ritually accused of heinous crimes, based on flimsy or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Witness Tampering Would Be Hard To Prove]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-appearance-jan-6-committee-witness-tampering-hard-prove-rcna40698</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[there is a lot of territory between what everyone naturally assumes and bringing a criminal charge, much less securing a conviction.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Really Behind Declining Respect for Supreme Court]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3491941-clarence-thomas-is-right-about-declining-respect-for-the-supreme-court-but-wrong-about-its-cause/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thomas is oblivious to the true nature of the court's legitimacy problem, which has almost nothing to do with its internal dynamics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Jackson's Confirmation Should Be a Slam Dunk]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ketanji-brown-jackson-biden-s-supreme-court-nominee-should-sail-ncna1289971</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was no doubt a factor for Biden that Jackson was confirmed to her current position on the appellate court just last year in a bipartisan vote.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who's Most Qualified to Become Next High Court Justice?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/595115-whos-most-qualified-to-become-the-next-supreme-court-justice</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The idea that someone can be the most qualified has been a running theme among Republicans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Politicized Supreme Court? That Was Republicans' Point]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/577428-a-politicized-supreme-court-that-was-the-point</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Steven Lubet</author>
							<description><![CDATA[However much the Barrett/Thomas/Alito/Breyer attestations resonated with their friends and supporters, they did nothing to defuse the increasing claims of politicization.]]></description>
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