Lincoln Caplan, a senior research scholar at Yale Law School, teaches writing there and in Yale’s English Department. He is the author of six books about legal affairs and is a member of the Scholar's editorial board.
Lincoln Caplan
Cultural or Criminal?
How to explain Texas’s hunger for executions
by Lincoln Caplan | Monday, February 08, 2021
Indefensible Torture, Unfree Speech
What Censorship Kept America from Learning about the Futility of “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques”
by Lincoln Caplan | Saturday, November 07, 2020
Billy Joe Wardlow, RIP
The subject of a Scholar cover story, executed in Texas
by Lincoln Caplan | Thursday, July 09, 2020
This Man Should Not Be Executed
Billy Joe Wardlow murdered a man, but mitigating facts say he should not pay for that crime with his life
by Lincoln Caplan | Monday, December 02, 2019
Leaks and Consequences
Why treating leakers as spies puts journalists at legal risk
by Lincoln Caplan | Thursday, September 05, 2013
A Blueprint for a Safer, Saner Society
How to reduce crime and warehousing in America’s prisons
by Lincoln Caplan | Thursday, April 18, 2019
Stress Test for Free Speech
Social media are destroying the democratic culture that the First Amendment is meant to protect
by Lincoln Caplan | Tuesday, September 04, 2018
The Fear Factor
Long-held predictions of economic chaos as baby boomers grow old are based on formulas that are just plain wrong
by Lincoln Caplan | Monday, June 09, 2014
The Embattled First Amendment
The Supreme Court is interpreting free speech in new ways that threaten our democracy
by Lincoln Caplan | Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Chicago Hope
Can the collaboration between a progressive boarding school and a big-city charter academy transform American Public High School Education?
by Lincoln Caplan | Tuesday, September 06, 2016
Courting All Voters
The judicial effects of American civic engagement
by Lincoln Caplan | Monday, June 06, 2016
Justice for Sale
How big money is overwhelming judicial elections and corroding our confidence in the courts
by Lincoln Caplan | Friday, June 01, 2012
Anthony Lewis and the March to Equality
In his writing, he explained an activist Supreme Court to the nation
by Lincoln Caplan | Monday, March 25, 2013
Truth and Consequences
In the Whitewater investigation, the biggest loser was the legal profession
by Lincoln Caplan | Monday, March 01, 2010
Who Cares About Executive Supremacy?
The scope of presidential power is the most urgent and the most ignored legal and political issue of our time