… and some good news in Utah. Are you listening, Mitt?
Legal Affairs
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.
Posted inLaw and Justice
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.
Posted inLaw and Justice
1st Circuit Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
And the fact that Republican judges wrote the opinion augurs well for future repeal on the Supreme Court-level.
Posted inLaw and Justice
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.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How to Save the Internet—Again
Online organizing helped stop SOPA and PIPA, but how much staying power does the internet freedom movement have?
Posted inLaw and Justice
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.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Democrats Support the Drug War Status Quo
Because there’s so little to be gained politically from not doing so.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Far-Off State Capitals Are More Corrupt
Places like Albany, Trenton, and Springfield don’t look so hot in a new academic paper.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The War on Contraception Enters the Courts
A new lawsuit has petitioners fighting for the right to impose their beliefs on others with taxpayer money. And the federal courts, increasingly filled with the fringes of the Republican Party—might take the claims seriously.
