Steven Goldman

May 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

No serious person would suggest that a lawyer who represents someone accused of a terrible crime is themself a bad person by dint of that representation, a contributor writes in response to a column that the New York Law Journal published last week.

By Steven Goldman

8 minute read

September 19, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The Second Amendment comes closest to defining the myth of what it means to be an American—fierce self-reliance combined with deep skepticism of government authority—in a way that no other provision of the constitution does. Behind this myth, however, is a less savory reality.

By Steven Goldman

7 minute read

January 23, 2023 | New York Law Journal

While the Court's decisions surely haven't caused the epidemic of firearm deaths, they make it all but impossible for the states to regulate guns in a way that would effectively reduce the number of such deaths.

By Steven Goldman

7 minute read

April 26, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"It's time to end the war Nixon began and move toward a more humane and sensible approach to dealing with this problem. It's time to legalize narcotics."

By Steven Goldman

6 minute read