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Sara Mayeux

Sara

 is an associate professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School, where she researches and writes about criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, and American legal history. From 2009-12, she ran the 

Prison Law Blog

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How We Learned to Love the Bill the Rights

A new book argues that the fetishization of the first ten amendments is a recent thing – and that it comes at a cost.
by Sara Mayeux on February 8, 2018
A prison cell with a television tuned to election coverage.
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Why Felon Disenfranchisement Doesn't Violate the Constitution

The justification can be found in an obscure section of the Fourteenth Amendment.
by Sara Mayeux on December 21, 2017
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Law & Order, Philadelphia Style

The city that just elected a civil rights lawyer as D.A. is the same city presided over for years by "Mayor Cop" Frank Rizzo.
by Sara Mayeux, Timothy Lombardo on November 17, 2017
John Lewis speaking in front of the Supreme Court.
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Litigating the Line Between Past and Present

The Supreme Court is about to take up another blockbuster voting rights case. At its core is a struggle over the limits of history.
by Sara Mayeux on September 29, 2017
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