Research insights, data stories, and public-interest analysis from the ISSUES Lab
In Batson v. Kentucky (1986), the Supreme Court held that prosecutors may not exclude potential jurors solely because of their race. Nearly four decades later, questions about racial disparities in jury selection continue to arise.
A practical walkthrough for accessing Indian Child Welfare Act caselaw from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener API in R — covering search, pagination, full-text download, and visualization.
A complete walkthrough for downloading, importing, and querying the 2024 HMDA Modified LAR dataset in PostgreSQL — covering table creation, bulk import, and spatial analysis of lending disparities in Chicago.
