Susan Estrich
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Is underwear now a criterion for judging rape?Jan 18, 2022 12:00 am - The most unusual thing about the decision of a Quincy, Illinois, judge to throw out the conviction of an 18-year-old man who raped an unconscious 16-year-old girl is tha...
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The next year of COVID-19Jan 12, 2022 12:00 am - The year began with such great optimism when it came to COVID-19. Science had produced a miracle or, rather, multiple miracles named Pfizer and Moderna and Johnson & Joh...
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One year laterJan 09, 2022 12:00 am - Banned from social media, impeached for a second time, former President Donald Trump might have disappeared in the sunset. And there are days when it almost seems as if ...
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The new mantra of our era: Be wellJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - For too much of my life, New Year's resolutions were all about diets. One year, after I had half-tamed the monster, I managed to monetize my obsession by writing and, mo...
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Hello, no one can help youDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - "A supervisor will just write down your complaint and send a message. I just sent a message. There's no one you can talk to. There's no one anyone can talk to. The super...
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Transition: From just me to #MeToo to not you - Part IIDec 02, 2021 12:00 am - In the last 40 years, I have counseled, represented, supported and cried with thousands of women, many of them students in those criminal law classes, many of them telli...
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From just me to #MeToo to not you - Part IDec 01, 2021 12:00 am - In 1974, when I walked out of an alley in Boston's Back Bay, it was pretty much "just me." Of course, millions of women were raped (we didn't have a word for sexual hara...
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Panels may not end politics in redistricting, but they're better than what we use nowNov 23, 2021 12:00 am - The most famous person from my hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts, is a former vice president of the United States by the name of Elbridge Gerry. Gerry is, fairly or ...
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Calling speech you don't like 'misinformation' doesn't solve a problemNov 17, 2021 12:00 am - I missed the national moment that was Brandon. Blame it on work. If your head has been similarly buried in the sand, the Brandon moment involved a NASCAR audience yellin...
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Investigate women's claims, but don't simply assume all are trueNov 02, 2021 1:00 am - "Billionaire Being Investigated for Rape ..." I plead guilty. If I didn't know better, I would just assume that the billionaire being investigated must be guilty. I migh...