Diary of a Mad Law Professor

Patricia Williams

The Audacity of Oprah (Barack Obama, Presidential Election 2008, Politics)

The combined power of Oprah & Obama could reinvigorate our embattled political landscape.

Judicial Activism in a Time of No Irony (Law, Regions and Countries, Society)

Contemplating Mukasey, Musharraf and the imprisoned lawyers of Pakistan: how easily a modern liberal democracy can slide into a totalitarian state.

Patricia J. Williams

Strange Culture (Fine Art, Society)

If the stuff of life is corporatized, does art about it become a form of interference in business?

Patricia J. Williams

Playing With Numbers (Racism and Discrimination, Society)

The Bush Administration's Civil Rights Commission would like us to believe that affirmative action harms black students by placing them in situations where they can't keep up.

Patricia J. Williams

The Protect Alberto Gonzales Act of 2007 (Law, Society)

Congress bows to Bush and passes a law that allows blanket data-mining of all phone calls or e-mail by anyone, anywhere.

Patricia J. Williams

Mourning in America (Racism and Discrimination, Law, Politics, Society)

As the Supreme Court rules public schools cannot take voluntary action to overcome racial inequality, what's surprising is the lack of outcry.

Patricia J. Williams

Divining Demeanor (Death Penalty, Law, Society)

The latest Supreme Court ruling on the death penalty will give prosecutors huge latitude to pick jurors who enthusiastically embrace capital punishment.

Patricia J. Williams

Colorstruck

A "wrongful birth" suit by the parents of a dark-skinned baby conceived in vitro raises disturbing questions about the perception of race.

Patricia J. Williams