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Joseph Margulies

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Joseph Margulies is a writer and litigator, and Professor of the Practice of Government at Cornell University. As a civil rights lawyer, he was Counsel of Record in Rasul v. Bush in 2004, which gave Guantánamo detainees the right to challenge their detention in federal court, and in Munaf v. Geren in 2008, which gave American citizens the right to challenge their detention by the U.S. government.

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Aug. 16, 2026

Law, Race & Empathy Featuring Michael Klarman and Joseph Margulies

In this episode, Harvard Law Professor Michael Klarman gives his thoughts on white supremacy in America and Cornell Law Professor Joseph Margulies talks about his new book, Cast Out.