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About Jim von der Heydt
NBN Episodes hosted by Jim:
April 24, 2013
The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform
Every hundred years or so, the Supreme Court decides a question with truly vast economic implications. In 2012 such a decision was handed down, in a c…
May 1, 2012
Reptile
"I am not smart. I invented smart to compel you to do what I want." -- The Reptile Any civil trial represents the culmination of many, many years o…
February 22, 2012
Cultivating Conscience
Lynn Stout's pathbreaking book Cultivating Conscience:How Good Laws Make Good People (Princeton University Press, 2010) represents a much-needed updat…
September 6, 2011
In Brown's Wake
What can judges do to change society? Fifty-seven years ago, the Supreme Court resolved to find out: the unanimous ruling they issued in Brown v. Boar…
August 4, 2011
Creative License
One hallmark of important art, in any medium, is a thoughtful relation with artistic precursors. Every artist reckons with heroes and rivals, influenc…
March 25, 2011
Convicting the Innocent
Wrongful conviction is, both morally and practically, the worst mistake that society can inflict on an individual. From Franz Kafka to Errol Morris, f…
March 3, 2011
Scorpions
Franklin D. Roosevelt promised the country "bold, persistent experimentation" to address the Great Depression - but for quite a while his ideas were a…