Legal Scholar of the Reconstruction Era
My favorite quote? “There are but few who stand rooted, like the oak, against the storm.” — Charles Sumner
https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw
Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.
https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan
Director, State Law Research Initiative (SLRI) http://state-law-research.org; Formerly @theappeal.bsky.social, NAACP LDF, @afjustice.bsky.social. I write about state courts & dismantling mass incarceration. https://open.substack.com/pub/slri
Senior counsel at the Brennan Center w/ a focus on using state constitutions to protect rights. Managing editor of State Court Report. In a past life I was an appellate attorney combating cruel & inhumane prison conditions.
Counsel, Judiciary & Democracy Programs, Brennan Center for Justice. State courts, state constitutions, and SCOTUS reform. All opinions are my own.
Journalist. Author of Thank You for Voting (adult + kids editions) @thankyouforvoting on Insta.
@BrennanCenter.org, focus on courts + state constitutions. Co-founding editor @StateCourtReport.org. Dad.
Law Professor at Wisconsin Law; Faculty Co-Director @UWLawDemocracy
Director of the Judiciary Program at the Brennan Center for Justice and the Kohlberg Center on the U.S. Supreme Court. Editor-in-chief of State Court Report. All opinions are my own.
State Court Report is a nonpartisan news source, resource, and commentary hub covering state constitutional developments in high courts across the 50 states. Visit StateCourtReport.org.
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