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Mike Sacks

Update to bio: Mike Sacks is a journalist and lawyer. He was the Huffington Post's Supreme Court Correspondent and a founding host of HuffPost Live. Follow him on Twitter @MikeSacksEsq.

articles/2014/05/01/the-supreme-court-will-never-kill-the-death-penalty-even-with-botched-executions/140430-sacks-scotus-death-penalty-tease_pffjuj
Immortal

Supreme Court Won’t Kill Death Penalty

Capital punishment is constitutional, but the way it's performed may never be. Only the public can shut down the machinery of death—if it sees it killing.

Mike Sacks

articles/2014/04/23/affirmative-action-isn-t-oppressive-but-the-roberts-court-wants-to-end-it-anyway/140422-sacks-aa-tease_jthh81
Death Watch

Affirmative Action on the Ropes

By upholding Michigan’s ban on race as a factor in college admissions, the Supreme Court chips away at the idea that diversity is good for all and worth promoting via special treatment.

Mike Sacks

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