Perhaps I'm missing something, but my impression is that we've seen a little less of the backlash argument in response to Windsor than usual. Even from the right, invocations of the public rising up against judicial tyranny seem to be more hope than prediction. But it's...
I was interviewed for this Jake Blumgart article at Alternet on attempts by United Students Against Sweatshops and others in the U.S. to hold apparel corporations accountable for the terrible.
On July 2, 1822, Denmark Vesey, a free African-American living in Charleston, South Carolina, was executed for his role in leading a purported slave rebellion. This event marked a significant.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ranks among the worst shows on television. Not because of the acting -- though the fact that Richard Belzer's been going through John Munch's motions since 1993 has been obvious for about a decade now -- but because it's all...
You know that ongoing decline in humanities enrollments that you're heard so much about that? Well, the World's Most Dangerous Postmodern Opponent of Truth, Beauty and Reason would like to.
Today is the 150th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg. I'll have a Bloggingheads diavlog with Kevin Levin up shortly; until then... Five lessons from Gettysburg.
1. The law school has given notice to its entire junior faculty, approximately seven untenured professors, that their contracts might not be renewed for 2014-2015. 2. The affected professors will be able to teach for the 2013-2014 academic year, but could be terminated after that. 3....
A real victory for UNITE-HERE today, as their long and contentious campaign against Hyatt has resulted in a nearly total victory, with the hotel chain agreeing to recognize the union.
As you would expect given the parties involved, Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick's argument that with the progress towards SSM the agenda of the left is exhausted is smart and.
Updated below Thomas M. Cooley Law School is the largest in the nation by a healthy margin. The school, which was founded in 1973 by former Michigan supreme court justice and current right-wing crank Thomas Brennan, has four campuses in Michigan, and recently opened a fifth...
[caption id="attachment_45149" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Above: The Republican Coalition. Credit: Karen Kasler via ThinkProgress"][/caption] John Kasich has signed an abominable bill into law: The new budget, which takes effect on Monday,.
I have my wrap-up on the end of term at the Supreme Court. In brief, 1)the Court had a larger impact than unusual, 2)this impact was mostly bad, and 3)bad.