“Elie Mystal offers a searing, deeply analytical but accessible critique of the prevailing legal regimes in the U.S., which are vestiges of the racism and misogyny that define much of our country’s history. Using the wit and insight he has become known for in his writing and commentary, Mystal makes the compelling case that there is a profound disconnect between the laws that we have and the laws that we need and want. Anyone who supports achieving a truly pluralistic, multiracial democracy in this nation should take this analysis seriously.”

—Russ Feingold, former U.S. senator and president of the American Constitution Society

“Elie Mystal is a grassroots legal superhero, and his superpower is the ability to explain to the masses in clear language the all-too-human forces at play behind the making of our laws. In Bad Law, Mystal also speaks as an irreverent Moses throwing down on the Ten Commandments of Lousy Laws, replacing ‘Thou Shalt Not’ with ‘Should Not Be,’ since this legislation should no longer be on the books or on our backs. Thank God this brilliant and angry prophet doesn’t stutter as he tosses these laws into a burning bush of common sense that fuels the common good.”

—Michael Eric Dyson, university distinguished professor, Vanderbilt University, and New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop