Justice Abandoned with Professor Rachel Barkow

Join us for lunch and a dynamic conversation with Professor Rachel Barkow discussing her new book, Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration. Student questions are encouraged and will be collected via the RSVP form above. In the book, Professor Barkow discusses six Supreme Court cases that she argues were wrongly decided. The cases are:

· United States v. Salerno (1987) discussing pretrial detention

· Bordenkircher v. Hayes (1978) discussing plea bargaining

· Harmelin v. Michigan (1991) discussing cruel and unusual punishment

· Rhodes v. Chapman (1981) discussing prison conditions and overcrowding

· Terry v. Ohio (1968) discussing stop-and-frisk

· McCleskey v. Kemp (1987) discussing racial discrimination challenges