There is no such thing as ‘illegal protest’
President Donald Trump has made headlines recently for threatening to stop federal funding of “any college, school or university that allows illegal protests.” However, there is no such thing as an “illegal” protest, said an expert on constitutional law in the School of Law. The First Amendment explicitly protects the right of peaceable assembly.
Nichols Lodato to serve on national psychology committee
Adolescent and young adult development expert Bronwyn Nichols Lodato, in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will serve as a member of the U.S. National Committee for Psychological Science.
Lindquist installed as Nickerson Dean of the School of Law
Stefanie A. Lindquist, professor and dean of the School of Law, was installed Feb. 4 as the inaugural Nickerson Dean, named in honor of Steven “Cash” Nickerson, chairman and CEO of Nickerson Stoneleigh Inc. and a member of the university’s Board of Trustees.
The Coerced Conscience
The Coerced Conscience examines liberty of conscience, the freedom to live one’s life in accordance with the dictates of conscience, especially in religion. It offers a new perspective on the politics of conscience through the eyes of some of its most influential advocates and critics in Western history, John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, and […]
Still Needs Work
A novel
A novel by Ellen Barker, AB ’07, “Still Needs Work” is an irreverent look at the alien denizens of the tech world, the fraught business of mergers and acquisitions, and the parallel universe of job openings.
Against the Liberal Order
The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919-1939
Samuel J. Hirst, AB ’04, writes a history of interactions between the interwar Soviet Union and early Republican Turkey. The book, which begins in the aftermath of World War I, documents a distinctly state-led international politics.
The United States of no states?
What would America look like if there were no state governments? Stephen H. Legomsky, the John S. Lehmann University Professor Emeritus at WashU Law, tackles that question in his new book, “Reimagining the American Union: The Case for Abolishing State Government,” published by Cambridge University Press.
Collective action, ongoing advocacy
WashU Advocates are raising awareness about the university’s mission with government officials, communicating how WashU works to solve societal challenges and improve lives.
Study highlights barriers to genetic testing for Black children
A recent study by WashU Medicine researchers found Black children were about half as likely as white children to obtain genetic testing ordered by their neurologists.
Creating a federal government
Politicians often claim to know what kind of government the founders would have wanted. Presidential historian Peter Kastor was struck by the relative lack of scholarship around an obvious follow-up question: What kind of government did the founders actually create?
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