Habeas corpus, the age-old means for prisoners to challenge their detention, has never been more restricted than it is now.
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How to Keep Bad Cops on the Beat
A few states forego a key tool protecting the public from rogue police officers.
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Two Cheers for the Supreme Court on LGBT Rights
The justices give us at least a couple of reasons to celebrate.
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The Class-Based Future of Affirmative Action
Progressives must move on from the idea of race-based admissions policies.
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The Supreme Court’s War on the Great Society
The ignoble American tradition of using “states’ rights” to trump real, fundamental human rights carries on with the Roberts Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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SCOTUS On the Wrong Side of Workplace Harassment
Two employment law rulings have made it more difficult for harrassed employees to lodge complaints.
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The Most Pro-Business Court Since the New Deal Strikes Again
It’s not exactly news that the Republican majority on the Supreme Court has been the consistent agent of powerful corporate interests. On Thursday, however, the Court provided us with a particularly striking example of this well-established phenomenon. In American Express v. Italian Colors the Court’s five Republican appointees bizarrely twisted the Court’s precedents to give […]
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Cops Gone Wild
Bad cops will keep sexually assaulting women they’re sworn to protect until we get stronger laws and better data on the number of victims.
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Cops Gone Wild
Bad cops will keep sexually assaulting women they’re sworn to protect until we get stronger laws and better data on the number of victims.
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Anonymous Is Interested in You
Hacktivists continue to carve out new modes of political action.