For over a century, the Yale Law Journal has been at the forefront of legal scholarship, sparking conversation and encouraging reflection among scholars and students, as well as practicing lawyers and ...

For over a century, the Yale Law Journal has been at the forefront of legal scholarship, sparking conversation and encouraging reflection among scholars and students, as well as practicing lawyers and ...

This Essay argues that President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order and subsequent actions challenging the Smithsonian Institution’s curatorial and organizational autonomy exemplify executive ...

abstract. In March 2025, President Donald Trump, by executive order, launched an unprecedented attack against the Smithsonian Institution’s leadership structure and curatorial autonomy. This Essay ...

The First Amendment’s religious-freedom provisions are best understood as protecting “freedom for religion”—religious liberty for the benefit of religion, for generous protection of its free exercise ...

Conversation about Masterpiece Cakeshop has focused on the Court’s holding that decisionmakers must treat those seeking religious exemptions with respect. This Essay brings to light the case’s broader ...

Articles and publications by Dean Harold Hongju Koh in the Yale Law Journal.