Thousands of mail-in ballot applications may have been unfairly rejected.
Legal Affairs
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Privacy Catch-22
Clapper v. Amnesty International takes on warrantless wiretapping.
Posted inLaw and Justice
“Sustaining a Seemingly Permanent War”
The problem with giving “emergency” powers to the executive branch? Once claimed, they are too rarely surrendered.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
In Minnesota, Voting Blind on Voter ID
The state’s voters will decide whether to require a photo ID at the polls. But they’ll get no say in the specifics of the provision.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Making Prisoners Count
For legislative districts, inmates are considered part of communities where they’ll likely never live as free citizens.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Stronger Argument against DOMA
The Second Circuit strikes against the DOMA, bringing it that much closer to the Supreme Court.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Arlen Specter: A Poor Man’s Richard Nixon
From Democrat to Republican to Democrat again, from his fierce opposition of Robert Bork to his cutthroat cross examination of Anita Hill, Specter was always, above all, a politician.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Color-Blinded
Nine years ago, the Supreme Court affirmed the value of cultivating a diverse student body. Don’t expect it to remember that this time around.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Courting Chaos in Ohio Elections
The Republican secretary of state appeals a decision allowing early voting on the weekend before Election Day to the Supreme Court—prolonging the electoral insanity in battleground Ohio. Meanwhile, voters still don’t know whether thousands of provisional ballots will be counted.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Make Your Own Gun!
3-D printing could bring small-scale mass production to mass murder.
