Florida’s latest effort to cleanse its voting rolls has led to accusations of racism and a suit from the U.S. Department of Justice. But is there a fair way for states to clean up their lists?
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Ending the Practical Argument About the Death Penalty
We’re left to argue only the moral question.
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Racist Searches and Drug Arrests Fine With New York GOP
The governor is proposing decriminalizing the public possession of small amounts of marijuana, but don’t expect the legislation to get past state Republicans.
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Filibuster Reform Lies in the Voters
Asking today’s federal courts to restore democracy is like asking the Taliban to restore religious freedom.
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A Gun to the Debt-Ceiling Fight
John Boehner is once again threatening to wreck the economy. The president should use the Fourteenth Amendment to stop him.
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1st Circuit Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
And the fact that Republican judges wrote the opinion augurs well for future repeal on the Supreme Court-level.
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I’m Married in Massachusetts—But Am I Married in the United States?
A federal judge has struck down DOMA’s Section 3—and hopefully a repeal of the rest will follow.
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27th Amendment or Bust
How the newest amendment to the Constitution was ratified, and why it’s so hard to change the law of the land.Â
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Far-Off State Capitals Are More Corrupt
Places like Albany, Trenton, and Springfield don’t look so hot in a new academic paper.
