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‘Damenkneipe,’ or ‘Ladies’ Saloon,’ painted by Rudolf Schlichter in 1923. In 1937, many of his paintings were destroyed by the Nazis as ‘degenerate art.’

July 4, 2017

How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement

John Broich, Case Western Reserve University

The 1920s and early ‘30's looked like the beginning of the end for centuries of gay intolerance. Then came fascism and the Nazis.

Justice Scalia speaking in 2014. Darren Ornitz/Reuters

February 15, 2016

Justice Antonin Scalia: more quotable than influential

Robert Schapiro, Emory University

The long-serving justice changed how judges talk about statutes, but not, argues one law professor, how they ultimately interpret them.

“No duh” was the reaction of some to the Supreme Court’s same-sex ruling. Reuters

June 27, 2015

Same-sex ruling was no surprise to Supreme Court gamblers — and shouldn’t be to you either

Leighton Vaughan Williams, Nottingham Trent University

Lawyers and law students betting on recent decisions have been spot on predicting outcomes. It isn't all that hard, when you think about it.

June 26, 2015

The Supreme Court upholds same-sex marriage: expert reaction

Danielle Weatherby, University of Arkansas; Robert Schapiro, Emory University, and Timothy Holbrook, Emory University

Same-sex marriage is now a legal right. How the justices arrived at this ruling. the critical role of Anthony Kennedy and the potential impact of the dissenters' decisions.

Top contributors

Robert Schapiro
Dean and Professor of Law, Emory University
Leighton Vaughan Williams
Professor of Economics and Finance and Director, Betting Research Unit & Political Forecasting Unit, Nottingham Trent University
Danielle Weatherby
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Arkansas
Timothy Holbrook
Professor of Law, Emory University
John Broich
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University