{"id":26468,"date":"2026-03-12T10:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=26468"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:23:35","slug":"human-costs-of-court-rulings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/human-costs-of-court-rulings\/","title":{"rendered":"Student&#8217;s Book Reviews Show Human Costs of Court Rulings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>While some pre-law students focus on statutes and precedents, Ella Miller \u201926 has spent her senior year exploring the emotional truths and human lives that exist in the gaps between court rulings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/programs\/english\/\">English major<\/a> at Kalamazoo College, Miller\u2019s Senior Integrated Project (SIP) began as an ambitious challenge to bridge the plain reasoning of the U.S. Supreme Court with the realities of immigrant experiences. Her Race, Law and Politics class, along with her Advanced Nonfiction course, inspired her to pair four major Supreme Court cases on immigration with four books written by authors deeply connected to the decisions\u2019 impacts. Through the combination of case briefs and literary analysis, Miller examined how legal reasoning resonates beyond the courtroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was stylistically interesting to insert a Supreme Court opinion while also providing facts, and the organization intrigued me,\u201d she said. \u201cI thought it would be interesting to write reviews about books that were influenced by these major Supreme Court decisions, some of which I was learning about in class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Connecting Law and Literature<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller organized her SIP around four immigration-related groups and eras: Chinese immigrants during the Chinese Exclusion Era, Japanese Americans during World War II, Latin American immigrants affected by contemporary policies, and refugees impacted by the 2018 Trump v. Hawaii ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She selected landmark cases associated with each topic, then sought books across genres that offered lived perspectives on the decisions\u2019 consequences. Her final author list included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Okada, <em>No-No Boy<\/em>, paired with Korematsu v. United States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erika Lee and Judy Yung, <em>Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America<\/em>, tied to the era of Chinese exclusion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sandra Uwiringiyimana and Abigail Pesta, <em>How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child<\/em>, connected to modern refugee issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Areli Morales, <em>Areli Is a Dreamer<\/em>, linked to DHS v. Regents of the University of California, related to the recent Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) case.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By examining fiction, nonfiction, a memoir, and even a children\u2019s book, Miller highlighted the diverse ways personal stories illuminate historical and legal realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat makes them all special is the different ways a story can be told,\u201d she said. \u201cA historical nonfiction book offers documented evidence, while a novel can convey emotional truths through fictional characters. And the children\u2019s book, which was my favorite, brings hope and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bringing Clarity to Complex Cases<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on skills from her constitutional law coursework, Miller began each book review with a one-page case brief, which is a concise summary designed to make a legal case accessible to any reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCase briefs can be eight pages long, so I wanted to take the most prominent parts and briefly summarize them with background, the main issue, and the court\u2019s ultimate decision,\u201d she said. \u201cI talk about the author, how we can see some of the big issues in society reflected in how the decision was reached, and how that decision was then felt by the people impacted by the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5042-600x449.jpeg\" alt=\"Ella MIller in Salamanca, Spain, before studying court rulings\" class=\"wp-image-26470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5042-600x449.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5042-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5042-150x112.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5042.jpeg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ella MIller &#8217;26 stands in the historic inner courtyard of the Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca in Salamanca, Spain, during her study abroad experience.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"794\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5045-600x794.jpeg\" alt=\"Miller with a group in Le\u00f3n, Spain, before studying court rulings\" class=\"wp-image-26471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5045-600x794.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5045-300x397.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5045-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5045-1160x1536.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2026\/03\/IMG_5045.jpeg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Miller with a group at the joined cathedrals of Salamanca in Castile and Le\u00f3n, Spain.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With that foundation in place, she used each book to explore how the court\u2019s rulings were experienced by real people. For Miller, the contrasts revealed what legal texts alone seldom show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think each of these books is valuable, and you can take away a lot on your own,\u201d she said. \u201cBut having a real understanding of how the court was reasoning through these decisions adds another layer to how people are affected. In Korematsu v. the United States, for example, the decision allowed for Japanese internment to be held constitutional for domestic safety. But when you read <em>No-No Boy<\/em>, you can see that Japanese Americans on the West Coast were not a threat in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ichiro, the protagonist of <em>No-No Boy<\/em>, returns home from years in an internment camp and has to come to terms with his dual heritage and how to build a future in the country that imprisoned him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Project That Shaped a Future Career<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the SIP more than satisfied academic requirements, it also reshaped Miller\u2019s confidence and confirmed her path toward law school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cK is great with giving you lots of creative control in your work, and I&#8217;ve never felt stifled,\u201d she said. \u201cBut to be given a blank slate where I could choose the topic and my sources while exploring what\u2019s interesting to me gave me a lot of confidence as a writer. It made me feel more prepared for the next steps in my life because I plan to go to law school, and writing is super important. I need to think argumentatively and critically, so I feel my SIP was valuable in giving me the confidence to know that I can produce something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty mentors played a key role. Miller credits Associate Professor of English Shanna Salinas for ongoing guidance, Associate Professor of Political Science Justin Berry for deepening her interest in law, and Professor of English Amelia Katanski \u201992, her advisor, for helping her explore connections between law and literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside the classroom, Miller holds leadership roles in K\u2019s student organizations related to law. She\u2019s the president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pad.org\/\">Phi Alpha Delta<\/a> law fraternity chapter and the secretary for the Aspiring Law Students Organization. She said the experiences strengthened her sense of purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Next Steps: Spain, Service and Law School<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating this spring, Miller hopes to spend a year teaching English in Spain through a Fulbright grant. If she\u2019s not selected, she will teach through the North American Language and Culture Assistants Program (NALCAP), which is also based in Spain. She studied abroad in Madrid and hopes to return to deepen her language skills and global perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInternational relationships are really relevant to law,\u201d she said. \u201cThe experience would help shape the kind of legal career I want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law school applications will follow next year. But if there\u2019s one lesson Miller hopes readers take from her SIP, it\u2019s that Supreme Court decisions are not abstract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe law impacts people in enormous ways,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you\u2019re not directly affected, it can be hard to understand that. Literature gives us a way to see what those impacts look like in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some pre-law students focus on statutes and precedents, Ella Miller \u201926 is exploring the human lives in the gaps between court rulings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":26470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,231],"tags":[54,189,161],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-26468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-students","tag-english","tag-law","tag-senior-integrated-project"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Student&#039;s Book Reviews Show Human Costs of Court Rulings - News and Events<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While some pre-law students focus on statutes and precedents, Ella Miller \u201926 is exploring the human lives in the gaps between court rulings.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/human-costs-of-court-rulings\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Student&#039;s Book Reviews Show Human Costs of Court Rulings - 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