The Assault on Intelligence : American National Security in an Age of Lies by Michael V. Hayden
Call Number: JK468.I6H388 2018
American Intelligence – the ultimate truth teller – has a responsibility in a post-truth world beyond merely warning of external dangers, and in The Assault on Intelligence, General Michael Hayden takes up that urgent work with profound passion, insight and authority. It is a sobering vision. The American intelligence community is more at risk than is commonly understood, for every good reason. Civil war or societal collapse is not necessarily imminent or inevitable, but our democracy’s core structures, processes, and attitudes are under great stress. Many of the premises on which we have based our understanding of governance are now challenged, eroded, or simply gone. Because when we lose our intelligence, literally and figuratively, democracy dies.

Handcuffs and Chain Link : Criminalizing the Undocumented in America by Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien
Call Number: JV6483.O47 2018
Handcuffs and Chain Link enters the immigration debate by addressing one of its most controversial aspects: the criminalization both of extralegal immigration to the United States and of immigrants themselves in popular and political discourse. Looking at the factors that led up to criminalization, Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien points to the alternative approach of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and how its ultimate demise served to negatively reinforce the fictitious association of extralegal immigrants with criminality.

Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court by Richard H. Fallon
Call Number: KF8748.F284 2018
In Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court, Richard H. Fallon reframes and ultimately transcends familiar debates about constitutional law, constitutional theory, and judicial legitimacy. Drawing from ideas in legal scholarship, philosophy, and political science, Fallon presents a theory of judicial legitimacy based on an ideal of good faith in constitutional argumentation. Good faith demands that the Justices base their decisions only on legal arguments that they genuinely believe to be valid and are prepared to apply to similar future cases. Originalists are correct about this much. But good faith does not forbid the Justices to refine and adjust their interpretive theories in response to the novel challenges that new cases present. Fallon argues that theories of constitutional interpretation should be works in progress, not rigid formulas laid down in advance of the unforeseeable challenges that life and experience generate. This book offers theories of constitutional law and judicial legitimacy that accept many tenets of legal realism but reject its corrosive cynicism. Fallon’s account both illuminates current practice and prescribes urgently needed responses to a legitimacy crisis in which the Supreme Court is increasingly enmeshed.

Legally Straight : Sexuality, Childhood, and the Cultural Value of Marriage by Joe Rollins
Call Number: KF539.R65 2018
Legally Straight offers a critical reading of the legal debates over lesbian and gay marriage in the United States. The book draws on key judicial opinions to trace how our understanding of heterosexuality and marriage has changed. Upon closer inspection, it seemed that the cultural value of marriage was becoming tarnished and the trouble appeared to center on one very specific issue: reproduction. As opponents of lesbian and gay marriage emphasized the link between marriage and accidental pregnancy, the evidence mounted, the arguments proliferated, and resistance began to turn against itself. Heterosexuality, it seemed for a moment, was little more than a set of palliative prescriptions for the worst of human behavior, and children became the victims. It thus became the province of the courts to reinforce the cultural value of marriage by resisting what came to be known as the “procreation argument,” the assertion that marriage exists primarily to regulate the unruly aspects of heterosexual reproduction. Cultural conceptions of children and childhood were being put at risk as gays and lesbians were denied marriage, so that writing lesbian and gay families into the marriage law became the better option.

Speak Freely : Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech by Keith E. Whittington
Call Number: LC72.2.W46 2018
Free speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened, and classes are disrupted. In Speak Freely, Keith Whittington argues that universities must protect and encourage free speech because vigorous free speech is the lifeblood of the university. Examining such hot-button issues as trigger warnings, safe spaces, hate speech, disruptive protests, speaker disinvitations, the use of social media by faculty, and academic politics, this book describes the dangers of empowering campus censors to limit speech and enforce orthodoxy. Timely and vitally important, Speak Freely demonstrates why universities can succeed only by fostering more free speech, more free thought–and a greater tolerance for both.

Exploding Data : Reclaiming Our Cyber Security in the Digital Age by Michael Chertoff
Call Number: KF1263.C65C44 2018
In this bracing book, Michael Chertoff makes clear that our laws and policies surrounding the protection of personal information, written for an earlier time, need to be completely overhauled in the Internet era. On the one hand, the collection of data–more widespread by business than by government, and impossible to stop–should be facilitated as an ultimate protection for society. On the other, standards under which information can be inspected, analyzed, or used must be significantly tightened. In offering his compelling call for action, Chertoff argues that what is at stake is not so much the simple loss of privacy, which is almost impossible to protect, but of individual autonomy–the ability to make personal choices free of manipulation or coercion. Offering colorful stories over many decades that illuminate the three periods of data gathering we have experienced, Chertoff explains the complex legalities surrounding issues of data collection and dissemination today, and charts a path that balances the needs of government, business, and individuals alike.

Strategic Networking for Introverts, Extroverts, and Everyone in Between by Carol S. Greenwald
Call Number: HM741.G75 2019
Strategic Networking for Introverts, Extroverts, and Everyone in Between provides a nuts-and-bolts guide for turning socializing into business development opportunities. By detailing first-hand accounts alongside visuals, charts and checklists, the author introduces a high-level approach to making connections, and offers helpful tips and tricks that any lawyer can use to grow their client base.

Putting Children’s Interests First in U.S. Family Law and Policy : With Power Comes Responsibility by Helen M. Alvaré
Call Number: KF505.5.A949 2018
The well-being of children should be a social priority, and should consider the family circumstances into which children are born. Putting Children’s Interests First in U.S. Family Law and Policy details the rise of a federal policy of ‘sexual expressionism’, which prioritizes adults’ interests over children’s welfare. It describes the costs to children in the areas of family structure and stability, and the federal programs attempting to ameliorate the situation of non-marital children. Offering a detailed empirical and ethical critique both of ‘sexual expressionism’ and of the related federal programs, this study will be of interest to scholars and activists supporting children, women and the poor.

Estate Planning for the Muslim Client by Yaser Ali; Ahmed Shaikh
Call Number: KF750.A76 2019
Islamic law provides a non-discretionary system of rules that governs the distribution of a Muslim’s estate. Designing an estate plan based upon these rules presents unique challenges and opportunities. As the demand for faith-based planning increases, there is a growing need for culturally competent advisors who understand how these complex rules interplay with state and federal law. This first-of-its-kind practice guide serves as an authoritative resource for practitioners on how to ethically and effectively draft and administer estate plans for Muslim clients seeking to comply with their faith.

American Dialogue : The Founders and Us by Joseph J. Ellis
Call Number: E183.E436 2018
The award-winning author, Joseph J. Ellis, gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today. The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and in American Dialogue, Joseph J. Ellis focuses the conversation on the often-asked question “What would the Founding Fathers think?” He examines four of our most seminal historical figures through the prism of particular topics, using the perspective of the present to shed light on their views and, in turn, to make clear how their now centuries-old ideas illuminate the disturbing impasse of today’s political conflicts. He discusses Jefferson and the issue of racism, Adams and the specter of economic inequality, Washington and American imperialism, Madison and the doctrine of original intent. Through these juxtapositions, Ellis illuminates the obstacles and pitfalls paralyzing contemporary discussions of these fundamentally important issues.