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[W]ithout lawyers — what they are charged to do and the constitutional oath they take — we have no democracy.
— Dean Anthony Crowell of New York Law School, commenting on the Capitol riot that rocked the nation as Congress attempted to certify the 2020 election results. Law school deans from across the country have written a book about the events of January 6, 2021, entitled, “Beyond Imagination? The January 6 Insurrection,” which will be released this week.
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.