{"id":52942,"date":"2016-09-30T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/supreme\/legal-commentary\/scripts\/david\/archive.html"},"modified":"2016-09-30T11:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:27:00","slug":"archive","status":"publish","type":"supreme","link":"https:\/\/supreme.findlaw.com\/legal-commentary\/scripts\/david\/archive.html","title":{"rendered":"FindLaw&#8217;s Writ &#8211; Legal Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7  fl-block-columns fl-sectionWithSidebar fl-container fl-flex fl-flex-wrap fl-gap30\">\n    \n    <div class=\"fl-page-articles   fl-block-column fl-section-main fl-section-main-full-width\">\n        <td bgcolor=\"#333333\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://supreme.findlaw.com/static/f/images\/shared\/spacer.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://supreme.findlaw.com/static/f/images\/shared\/spacer.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"472\">\n\n<!-- Right Line of Links Section -->\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n\n<tr bgcolor=\"#f5f5f0\">\n<td height=\"25\"><span class=\"header\">FindLaw Columnists<\/span><\/td>\n<td height=\"25\" align=\"right\"><a class=\"contrib\" href=\"\/legal-commentary\/contributors.html\">FindLaw Guest Columnists<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#999999\" height=\"1\" colspan=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://supreme.findlaw.com/static/f/images\/shared\/spacer.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"95%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\">\n\n\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n\n<p><a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/amar\/\" class=\"authorname\">Akhil and Vikram Amar<\/a>  <span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nAkhil Reed Amar and Vikram David Amar are brothers who write about law. Akhil is a professor  \nat Yale Law School. Vikram is a professor at U.C. Hastings College of Law. \n\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n \n<p><a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/aronson\/\" class=\"authorname\">Bart Aronson<\/a>  <span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nBart Aronson is a prosecutor in the District of Columbia. He covers Criminal Law,\nConstitutional Law, Class Action, and Tort Reform.\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/colb\/\" class=\"authorname\">Sherry Colb<\/a> <span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nSherry F. Colb is Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School. She writes on\nConstitutional Law, Equality Rights, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and Mental\nHealth Law.\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/dean\/\" class=\"authorname\">John Dean<\/a> <span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nJohn Dean has served as Counsel to the President of the United States. Now a\nwriter, lecturer, and a private investment banker, he writes on The Presidency,\nthe Department of Justice, and Congress.\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/dorf\/\" class=\"authorname\">Michael C. Dorf<\/a> <span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nMichael C. Dorf is Vice Dean and Professor of Law at Columbia University School\nof Law.  He covers Constitutional Law, the Supreme Court, as well Law and\nPolitics.\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/grossman\/\" class=\"authorname\">Joanna Grossman<\/a> <span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nJoanna Grossman is an Associate Professor of law at Hofstra Law School.  She\nwrites on Family Law, Sexual Harassment and Discrimination, as well as Trusts and\nEstates.\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/hamilton\/\" class=\"authorname\">Marci Hamilton<\/a> <span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nMarci Hamilton is a Visiting Professor of Law at New York University School of\nLaw. Her areas of expertise are the Supreme Court, Church and State,\nConstitutional Law, and Copyright Law.\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/hilden\/\" class=\"authorname\">Julie Hilden<\/a> <span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nJulie Hilden is a novelist and a former Williams and Connolly Attorney. She\nwrites on issues involving 1st Amendment Law.\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/lazarus\/\" class=\"authorname\">Edward Lazarus<\/a>\n<span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nEdward Lazarus is an author and a Former Federal Prosecutor. His areas of\nexpertise include Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Criminal Law, and Legal\nHistory.\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/mariner\/\" class=\"authorname\">Joanne Mariner<\/a>\n<span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nJoanne Mariner is the deputy director of the Americas division of Human Rights Watch. She writes on\nInternational Human Rights Issues, War Crimes, and Prosecuting Leaders.\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/ramasastry\/\" class=\"authorname\">Anita Ramasastry<\/a>\n<span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nAnita Ramasastry is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle and the Associate Director of the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce &amp; Technology.\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/legal-commentary\/sebok\/\" class=\"authorname\">Anthony Sebok<\/a>\n<span class=\"smalltext\"><br>\nAnthony Sebok is a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School. 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