The battle over voter ID
Legal Affairs
Posted inLaw and Justice
Face It: SB 1070 Is about Race
The Supreme Court pulls Arizona’s anti-immigrant bill apart like a Barbie. Will they reassemble it or throw it away?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Shooting Blanks
Just like his administration, Barack Obama’s re-election campaign isn’t even fighting on guns.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Dworkin on Why the PPACA is Constitutional
Ronald Dworkin has an article defending the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the New York Review of Books that offers an excellent primer on the relevant issues. There are two sections I’d recommend in particular. First, in Section II Dworkin does the most lucid job I’ve seen so far in […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Arizona Asks the Court Not to Trust the Feds
In state immigration law, local authorities offer to “help” the federal government by taking over its job.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Bush-Appointed Judge Does the Full Lochner
In order to argue against the Affordable Care Act, one has to disavow the entire modern welfare state.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
What Does an Abortionist Look Like?
Even with the new regime of restrictive abortion laws, women will still get abortions. They’ll just be unsafe ones.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Don’t Blame “Corporate Personhood”
Citizens United decimated what remained of campaign-finance reform, but the damage has been long in the making.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Arizona’s Unconstitutional New Abortion Law
Yesterday, Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a draconian abortion law that, among other things, effectively bans abortions after 18 weeks after conception. This law, like other attempts by state legislatures to ban pre-viability abortions, represents a substantial dilution of a woman’s right to choose. In addition, it’s worth noting that the law is plainly unconstitutional […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
Zimmerman’s Fair Trial
Whether or not Treyvon Martin’s shooter is found guilty of second-degreee murder, at least the facts will be aired and evaluated in open court.
