Law

A Human Rights Court Gives Torture the Green Light A Human Rights Court Gives Torture the Green Light

In refusing to block the extradition of terror suspects to the US, the European Court for Human Rights has condoned a brutal regimen of long-term solitary confinement.

Sep 26, 2012 / Jeanne Theoharis and Saskia Sassen

Progressives Must Work to Retake the Supreme Court Progressives Must Work to Retake the Supreme Court

Presidential picks for the Supreme Court bench will be crucial, as many justices move further to the extreme right. 

Sep 20, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

PA Supreme Court Doubts the State Can Comply With Its Own Voter ID Law PA Supreme Court Doubts the State Can Comply With Its Own Voter ID Law

Law expert says the state can change the law again to win judge's approval.

Sep 19, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch

Is Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law Headed for Defeat? Is Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law Headed for Defeat?

Voting rights advocates scored a partial victory today when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sent the state’s voter ID law back to the lower court for a new hearing.

Sep 18, 2012 / Ari Berman

GOP Mogul Behind Drug Rehab ‘Torture’ Centers Is Bankrolling Opposition to Pot Legalization in Colorado GOP Mogul Behind Drug Rehab ‘Torture’ Centers Is Bankrolling Opposition to Pot Legalization in Colorado

Mel Sembler, a major fundraiser for Romney, led a drug "treatment” center that was forced to shut down because of allegations of child abuse. 

Sep 18, 2012 / Lee Fang

More Than 180 Arrested on Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary More Than 180 Arrested on Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary

According to the mainstream media, Occupy is dead. So why are the police taking so many into custody? 

Sep 18, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

After 225 Years, It’s Time to Respect the Constitutional Rights of Workers After 225 Years, It’s Time to Respect the Constitutional Rights of Workers

The overturn of Scott Walker’s anti-labor law reminds us that workers and their unions have a right to equal protection under the law.

Sep 17, 2012 / John Nichols

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Supreme Court Works for Corporate Power Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Supreme Court Works for Corporate Power

The Citizens United decision of the “most powerful branch in government” demonstrates that it’s a Court for the 1 percent.

Sep 17, 2012 / Press Room

The 1 Percent Court The 1 Percent Court

A Court for the money power, and our democracy is at stake.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Bill Moyers and Bernard A. Weisberger

How the Right Packed the Court How the Right Packed the Court

The long-term campaign to roll back the New Deal.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / William Yeomans

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