Garrett Epps

Garrett Epps, a law professor at the University of Baltimore and a former reporter for the Washington Post, is a legal correspondent for The Atlantic Wire. He is the author of Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America.

Stealing the Constitution

Stealing the Constitution Stealing the Constitution

Inside the right's campaign to hijack our country's founding text—and how to fight back.

Jan 20, 2011 / Feature / Garrett Epps

The ‘FCC-Word’ The ‘FCC-Word’

Censorship is a really dirty word.

May 29, 2008 / Garrett Epps

The Voter ID Fraud The Voter ID Fraud

The conservatives ensconced on the Supreme Court are set to uphold draconian ID requirements on voters that will redefine electoral politics in America.

Jan 10, 2008 / Feature / Garrett Epps

We Need a Nobel Prize in Law We Need a Nobel Prize in Law

Those who serve the law in dangerous and original ways are deserving of the recognition--and the protection--that a Nobel Prize would bring them.

Oct 10, 2007 / Garrett Epps

The Nino Scalia Guide to Sicilian Hand Gestures The Nino Scalia Guide to Sicilian Hand Gestures

It can now be revealed that Justice Antonin Scalia has compiled his own secret list of Sicilian hand gestures expressing subtle jurisprudential points.

Apr 10, 2006 / Feature / Garrett Epps

Judicial Jeopardy Judicial Jeopardy

Questions the Senate should address to any Supreme Court nominee.

Mar 2, 2005 / Feature / Garrett Epps

“…the evidence indicates a pattern of abuse…” “…the evidence indicates a pattern of abuse…”

Post-9/11 detainees at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn were held in lockdown twenty-three hours a day (an

Jul 2, 2003 / Keith Aoki and Garrett Epps

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