Mia Brett

Mia Brett, PhD, is the Editorial Board's legal historian. She lives with her gorgeous dog, Tchotchke. You can find her @queenmab87.

The GOP’s answer to labor shortages? Put kids to work

April 4, 2023 / Comments Off on The GOP’s answer to labor shortages? Put kids to work

They’d rather erode child labor laws than raise wages, writes Mia Brett.

Anti-drag laws are part of a long history of policing gender

March 15, 2023 / Comments Off on Anti-drag laws are part of a long history of policing gender

And they won’t stop at drag, writes Mia Brett.

Turns out the Satanists aren’t really the good guys this time

February 13, 2023 /

The TST offers bad legal advice, writes Mia Brett.

A huge step toward controlling the academy by Ron DeSantis

January 25, 2023 /

The anti-critical race theory panic just won’t die, writes Mia Brett.

If there’s a ‘crisis at the border,’ it’s of the government’s making

January 18, 2023 / Comments Off on If there’s a ‘crisis at the border,’ it’s of the government’s making

No matter how you cross the border, you are not illegal. 

Abortion pills, abortion bans and Republican policies that kill

December 20, 2022 / Comments Off on Abortion pills, abortion bans and Republican policies that kill

Anti-abortionists claim in a new suit that the Food and Drug Administration shouldn’t have approved it in the first place. 

Ye’s antisemitism is straight from the white supremacist playbook

December 13, 2022 / Comments Off on Ye’s antisemitism is straight from the white supremacist playbook

And it only serves white supremacy.

SCOTUS is dirty. Let’s clean it up

November 28, 2022 /

Rightwing justices aren’t going to police themselves.

No, Texas can’t invoke the invasion clause

November 23, 2022 /

It’s politics, not a legal theory.

The Supreme Court controlled the midterms 

November 16, 2022 / Comments Off on The Supreme Court controlled the midterms 

It drove the issues. It dictated access to the ballot.