Member Since 2009

Joshua Dunn

Joshua Dunn is professor of political science at the University of Colorado–Colorado Springs. His research focuses on judicial policymaking and in particular the influence of the courts on education. He is the author of Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins (University of North Carolina Press 2008) and the co-editor, with Martin West, of From Schoolhouse to Courthouse: The Judiciary’s Role in American Education (Brookings 2009). He also authors a quarterly article on law and education for Education Next.

Published Articles & Media

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Supreme Court Denies Review but Offers Roadmap for High School Coach Who Prayed

Four justices hint they might be willing to overturn a Scalia opinion some saw as curtailing the free exercise of religion.

By Joshua Dunn

Courts and Law

Good Advice

Trump overturns Obama guidance on race in public schools

By Joshua Dunn

Charter Schools

Judging Choice

Court victory for charter schools in Louisiana

By Joshua Dunn

Blog

Quelle Horreur! New York Times Shocked to Learn That People Who Disagree with the New York Times Have Constitutional Rights

Conservatives didn’t weaponize the First Amendment; the authors of the Bill of Rights did.

By Joshua Dunn

Courts and Law

Judgment Day for Union Agency Fees

High court hears oral argument in Janus v. AFSCME

By Joshua Dunn

Courts and Law

Snap Judgment

Should schools act as community hall monitors?

By Joshua Dunn

Courts and Law

Narrow Opening for School Choice

But Blaine Amendments stand, for now

By Joshua Dunn

Blog

Agency Fees Could Be Back on Death Row

If the four Supreme Court justices who sided with Friedrichs vote to hear Mark Janus’s case, and if Neil Gorsuch votes according to expectations, agency fees could be dead by the end of the court’s next term.

By Joshua Dunn

Courts and Law