No, ‘Independent State Legislatures’ Can’t Shred Constitutional Rights
Far-right state lawmakers say the Constitution gives them the right to stiff voters. Legal experts say that’s bogus.
Rep. Jamie Raskin on Chile’s Proposed New, More Equitable and Democratic Constitution
The Maryland Democrat draws from his constitutional scholarship in analyzing the proposal that will be on the September 4 ballot in Chile.
There’s No Defending Founding Fathers Who Practiced Slavery
Men who imagined brilliant new freedoms failed to imagine them for enslaved Americans. That means we have to be revolutionary today.
African Americans Are Still Treated as Second-Class Citizens By the Law
The infamous Dred Scott Supreme Court ruling once denied African Americans any and all rights as human beings. Has anything changed?
What Clinton Got Wrong About Snowden
The former secretary of state attacked the NSA whistleblower without bothering to get her facts straight.
Venezuelan Constitutional Expert Hermann Escarr Speaks
IPS’ Foreign Policy In Focus hosts a talk with Venezuelan law professor about the current situation in Venezuela and the dialogue for peace, moderated by IPS boardmember James Early.
Rally: Restore the Fourth
Join in a direct action to promote the defense of civil liberties in response to the recent attacks by the Federal Government on the 4th and 1st Amendments.
Tunisia Must Not Fail
Tunisia’s stagnant economy could also stagnate its democracy–the good news is Washington can actually help.
Civil Liberties Coalition Challenges Secret National Security Agency Spying
A press conference and rally protesting the National Security Agency’s abuses of law-abiding Americans will be held on Friday, June 14, 2013 at 12:00 pm on Capitol Hill
Gun Ownership Is a Hobby, Not a Right
Sure, some people can use guns safely. Some people can also smoke crack safely, drink and drive safely and handle explosives safely. We don’t let them because too many other people can’t.
Cleaning Up Campaign Finance
Citizens United is here to stay unless we show it the door.
Romney’s Borking Strategy
Romney’s choice of a Reagan administration relic for judicial guidance offers a scary glimpse of his plans for America.
What I’m Giving Up in 2012
Big money makes writing about climate change action and gun control a lost cause.
American History Requires Study, not Plastic Surgery
The Constitution, like Huckleberry Finn, is in many ways a reflection of its time.
Baby Scapegoats
GOP lawmakers are shamefully seeking to score political points at the expense of undocumented workers’ children.