Law

Cautious Yet Troubling Pick in Kagan Cautious Yet Troubling Pick in Kagan

Katrina vanden Heuvel describes Kagan as a careful choice, who needs to be pressed about her views on executive power.

May 11, 2010 / Press Room

Cautious Yet Troubling Pick in Kagan Cautious Yet Troubling Pick in Kagan

Katrina vanden Heuvel describes Kagan as a careful choice, who needs to be pressed about her views on executive power.

May 11, 2010 / The Ed Show

Elena Kagan Is Not Gay

Elena Kagan Is Not Gay Elena Kagan Is Not Gay

Andrew Sullivan thinks Elena Kagan should be grilled about her sex life. What a bad idea.

May 10, 2010 / Richard Kim

Will Kagan Take Up Stevens’s Fight for Checks on Executive Power?

Will Kagan Take Up Stevens’s Fight for Checks on Executive Power? Will Kagan Take Up Stevens’s Fight for Checks on Executive Power?

The Solicitor General is a (very) "safe" pick, but observers raise doubts about whether she is committed to putting the brakes on the imperial presidency.

May 10, 2010 / John Nichols

Diamondbacks Owner Ken Kendrick Continues to Support SB 1070 Diamondbacks Owner Ken Kendrick Continues to Support SB 1070

On May 20th Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick will a private fundraiser inside his owners box at Chase Field for SB 1070 supporter State Senator Jonathan Paton. While Kendric...

May 10, 2010 / Dave Zirin

When Wall Street Trades Move Too Fast To Avoid Crashing the Economy, Regulators Should Slow Things Down When Wall Street Trades Move Too Fast To Avoid Crashing the Economy, Regulators Should Slow Things Down

Thursday's almost 1,000-point collapse in the Dow may have resulted from a mistake. But the mistake was almost certainly made possible—and dramatically more threatening&mdash...

May 8, 2010 / John Nichols

Los Angeles Law Shows US Trending Toward Drug Liberalization Los Angeles Law Shows US Trending Toward Drug Liberalization

The progressive trend towards comprehensive drug law reform continues. 

May 7, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Glenn Beck Gets It Right Glenn Beck Gets It Right

The attempted Times Square bombing is a reminder that the defense budgets for high-tech warfare are beside the point in countering terrorists who turn firecrackers into bombs.

May 5, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Arizona D-backs Owner Comes Out Against Anti-Immigrant Bill Arizona D-backs Owner Comes Out Against Anti-Immigrant Bill

Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick says, through his PR people, that he opposes Arizona's anti-immigration legislation. Can't truss it.

May 3, 2010 / Dave Zirin

GOP Governors, Rated VVV GOP Governors, Rated VVV

Vendetta or not, Republican ad sings the end-times tune. 

May 2, 2010 / Leslie Savan

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