Joseph Margulies
Professor of the practice of government at Cornell University, civil-rights litigator, and author known for work on Guantanamo litigation and critiques of post-9/11 legal policy.
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Jan 31, 2026 • 48min
Legal Blinkers, Moral Hazards
Joseph Margulies, a Cornell professor and civil-rights litigator who worked on post-9/11 Guantanamo cases, warns about legal language replacing moral judgment. He discusses how memos can justify torture and other abuses. He connects post-9/11 law to demonization, border expansion, and the criminalizing of dissent. He urges pairing law with popular moral pressure to prevent state overreach.
