As the Dorsey and Knox decisions make clear, the Supreme Court should be a bigger issue in the presidential election than it currently is.
Blog: The Docket
Posted inLaw and Justice
Issa’s Contemptible Vote
The congressional committee’s charge against Eric Holder is nothing but symbolic.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Lethal Injection and the New Immigration Policy
“Prosecutorial discretion” is nothing new
Posted inLaw and Justice
Diluting the Sixth Amendment
We’re still waiting on the big Supreme Court decisions to come down, but a ruling from today illuminates the character of the Court.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Department of Justice Acts to Prevent Disenfranchisement in Florida
The Obama administration’s reaction to illegal voter disenfranchisement may seem like no-brainer … but remember 2000?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Supreme Court’s Passive-Aggressive Gutting of Habeas Corpus
The latest outrage from the Roberts Court involves not something the Court did but what it didn’t do. Today, the Court refused to hear appeals from seven people who have been detained without charges at Guantanamo Bay. In 2008, the Supreme Court formally posed as a defender of habeas corpus in Boumediene v. Bush, holding […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
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.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Prop. 8 Heads for the Show
The one conservative dissent in yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling shows how little sizzle remains in the gay-marriage issue.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Should Obama Have Abandoned Health Care Reform?
The small benefits that would have been reaped from leaving health care on the drawing board weren’t worth it in the long run.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Filibuster Reform Lies in the Voters
Asking today’s federal courts to restore democracy is like asking the Taliban to restore religious freedom.
