civil liberties
The guy responsible for wasting in excess of $50 million prosecuting Barry Bonds is so Serious I'm surprised that Fred Hiatt hasn't already given him a sinecure. If you're the.
John Thompson has an eloquent reply to a bare majority of the Supreme Court's appalling recent contention that nobody should be held accountable if prosecutors decide to railroad an innocent.
More on Connick v. Thompson. I would excerpt, except that it might provide a disincentive to Read the Whole Thing. I'm glad that Lithwick highlights the remarkable Scalia concurrence, which.
I have an article up at the Prospect about the most recent Roberts Court excrescence, which adds some further context. I remain deeply unpersuaded by the majority's reasoning that 5.
Among its many bad elements tends to breed police corruption.
Serwer: It doesn't of course -- Republicans arguing that Gitmo is open because Obama has recognized the wisdom of using the facility is like a bully stealing a kid's lunch.
To its substantial credit, in an 8-1 ruling today the Court held that the civil suit against Fred Phelps violated the First Amendment. It's hard to celebrate any victory for.
I arrived to my office having finished two lectures that spent a fair amount of time discussing the confrontation clause of the 6th Amendment. I did not expect to find.