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Lincoln Caplan

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America the Beautiful

The poem that became a hymn to the nation came about in troubled, polarizing times.

by Lincoln Caplan via The American Scholar on July 4, 2025
Learned Hand’s Spirit of Liberty

Eighty years ago, Americans embraced a new definition of their faith: “The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.”

by Lincoln Caplan via The New Yorker
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on July 4, 2024
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Footnote Four

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's solo dissent from an affirmative action case was inspired by a footnote.

by Lincoln Caplan via The New Yorker
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on September 13, 2013

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