Now that the Rutgers spying case is over, we can turn our attention back to keeping the culture accountable for anti-gay bias.
Legal Affairs
Posted inAmerica and the World
A Plan to Privatize a State’s Entire Male Prison System
Will New Hampshire become the first state in the country with such a system?
Posted inLaw and Justice
A State-Federal Standoff over the Death Penalty
Is United States v. Pleau really about federalism, or fundamental morality, colonialism, and the rule of law?
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Unecessary Radicalism of Citizens United
Jeffrey Toobin’s New Yorker piece has the details.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Keyboard Jihadist?
The government prosecuted Tarek Mehanna because of what he wrote online in a case that raises fundamental questions about First Amendment rights in post-9/11 America.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Supporters of Marriage Equality Need to Quit Whining
Don’t worry, be happy. Obama has done much more than you’re giving him credit for.
Posted inLaw and Justice
For Conservatives, There’s Never A “Right Way” To Change the Status Quo
In an unfortunately timed post last week calling out Obama for being incoherent on same-sex marriage, Ross Douthat made a familiar claim: The first reason is that while the increase in public support for same-sex marriage over the last two decades has been astonishingly swift, it has not been irreversible. Instead, sudden bursts of legal […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
“Inspired” But Not Read
Romney misses the chance to explain that “I disagree with your view of the Commerce Clause” and “Traitor!” can’t mean the same thing.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Striking Down the PPACA: Still Not A Desirable Outcome
Jon Rauch has an imaginary dialogued with the late Ted Kennedy in which he argues that a Supreme Court decision striking down the Affordable Care Act (a k a the PPACA) might actually be good for liberals. “If the Supreme Court guts another important law and conservatives cheer even louder,” Rauch argues, “their credibility as […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
In Voter ID Case, Court Tells Texas to Quit Stalling
Unless it produces key documents and meets deadlines, Texas will not be able to implement its voter ID law in time for the November elections.
