Papers, Please
Driving while holding a burrito is grounds for concern in Arizona.
This Ruling Is Good for Your Health
Despite years of polarized debate, many people still don’t know what’s in this law.
Chief Justice Roberts Saves the Day
The individual mandate won’t get the axe; the Court just affirmed that the key is the tax.
United States of Walmart
Buy two congressmen, get one free.
Romney’s Borking Strategy
Romney’s choice of a Reagan administration relic for judicial guidance offers a scary glimpse of his plans for America.
Immigration is a Human Rights Issue
Millions of lives have been disrupted and torn apart by harsh immigration enforcement practices.
The Freedom to Fear
The only change the Supreme Court’s majority believes in is change that takes us back to the 18th century.
Breathing While Black
Strip searches are now legal after arrests for violating leash laws or riding a bicycle without an audible bell.
If Health Care Reform Falls, Look in the Mirror
It didn’t have to be this way. We had the power to make things different. In fact, we still have the power to make things different.
Corporations Commit Atrocities, My Friend
The Supreme Court is weighing a case with major ramifications for corporate accountability.
Interview with Roe v. Wade Lawyer Sarah Weddington
Nearly 40 years after the landmark Supreme Court decision, Sarah Weddington is still a tireless advocate for women.
A Long Shadow of Doubt: The Execution of Troy Davis
As Justice Marshall once said, “the scandalous state of our present system of capital punishment will cast a pall of shame over our society for years to come.”
Too Many Rulings are Supremely Courteous to Corporations
The Walmart case is only one example of the Supreme Court’s growing tendency to side with the interests of big corporations over the rights of ordinary citizens.
Supreme Corp.
See no corporate malfeasance, hear no corporate malfeasance, speak no corporate malfeasance.
A Little Less Corporate Political Corruption
Obama is thinking about issuing an executive order that would mitigate some of the damage done to our democracy by the Supreme Court’s dastardly Citizens United edict.