Stuart Taylor Jr. is a columnist for "National Journal "and contributing editor for "Newsweek", writing about legal, policy, and political issues. A Harvard Law graduate, he covered legal affairs and the Supreme Court during eight years at "The New York Times". He is a nonresident senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and was nominated by "The New York Times "for a Pulitzer Prize for his Supreme Court coverage and by "National Journal "for a National Magazine Award for his columns on the Duke case.