The presidential candidate denies a request for further DNA testing before a Nov. 9 execution.
Legal Affairs
Posted inLaw and Justice
Here’s to You, Mrs. Robinson!
Vermont nominates a marriage-equality advocate to the state supreme court.
Posted inBooks
A Jew of No Religion
An Israeli novelist gets a legal writ of divorce between Jewish ethnicity and religion.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Constitution: A Love Story
It’s time for liberals to reclaim our founding document from fanatics who worship its name but not its meaning.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Marry Me
Yesterday the Washington Post published a nice summary of the various federal lawsuits underway in the court battles over same-sex marriage, a piece occasioned by a panel at the College of William and Mary Law School’s Institute of Bill of Rights Law. The panel, according to reporter Robert Barnes, was debating whether the government’s political […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Global Patriot Act
From the end of World War II to the start of the “global war on terror,” international law provided crucial support for the promotion of human rights around the world. But the response to the September 11 attacks has had a profound and little-appreciated impact on international law with devastating global consequences for human rights, […]
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Extreme Measures
Since September 11, the Fourth Amendment has been eroded in ways we do not even know. The scary part is that it’s going to take years to undo the damage.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Reading Between the Rights
Nearly 50 years after Griswold v. Connecticut, conservatives think the Constitution protects your privacy.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trumped Up
Monica Potts, Jamelle Bouie, and Adam Serwer discuss Donald Trump’s rumored presidential run and a recent Supreme Court decision absolving prosecutors of any responsibility for wrongdoing.
