Today's decision in Kennedy v. Louisiana is a fairly typical Eighth Amendment case. The relevant textual language -- "nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- can evidently accommodate multiple outcomes in any case sufficiently interesting to get to the Supreme Court, and this case is no...
djw -- who thankfully encouraged me to a see a rare screening of L'Eau Froide at a tiny theater in Seattle -- will be especially happy with this addition...
In a 5-4 opinion written by Kennedy, the Court has ruled that the Eight Amendment makes the death penalty unconstitutional in cases where the defendant did not intend to cause.
Given the credible assumption that Scalia will be writing the Court's likely-to-be-a-landmark 2nd Amendment opinion in Heller, Mike O'Shea claims that this is "great news for those who are mainly concerned with the Second Amendment as a limit on federal gun control" but "somewhat ambiguous news...
Dodd and Feingold to filibuster the House's awful FISA bill in the Senate. And Reid is co-sponsoring an amendment stripping the bill of the provisions providing retroactive immunity for corporations.
Apparently all the Mariners needed was a trip to Shea Stadium, which suddenly turned R.A. Dickey into Phil Niekro. (And it's hard to even bring up Wright being out of.
Like Publius, I don't know why the hell I keep reading Richard Cohen. Probably for the same reason some people cut themselves or compulsively pick their own scabs. But today's column at least reassures me that if John McCain were president, he will continue "to refuse...
To add a couple things to Bean's post below, there's another glaring flaw with respect to Saletan's argument here:One of this country's greatest achievements is its separation of legality from.
Not to be mysterious and alarming or anything, but if any of our readers know of a place in Tel Aviv that could be rented for cheap for the month.
Weak, even for him:But before long, the more honest among the surge opponents will concede that Bush, that supposed dolt, actually got one right. Some brave souls might even concede that if the U.S. had withdrawn in the depths of the chaos, the world would be...
What Digby said. Especially this:These negative "feminine" stereotypes not only perpetuate noxious myths about female and gay leadership abilities in the culture at large, they consistently favor the right wing.
The Guardian is reporting that Heinz has been forced to pull this television ad in response to viewer complaints.From the Guardian:The Heinz Deli Mayo ad has been pulled after less.