Law

Dangerous Privilege Dangerous Privilege

We need a law to define and limit the President's claim of executive privilege, and should set a process for Congress to overcome it.

Jul 26, 2007 / Aziz Huq

A Migrant Summit A Migrant Summit

Immigration reform may have crashed in Washington, but a very different discussion of the same issues continues below the border.

Jul 13, 2007 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

Mourning in America Mourning in America

As the Supreme Court rules public schools cannot take voluntary action to overcome racial inequality, what's surprising is the lack of outcry.

Jul 12, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Pardon Whom? Pardon Whom?

Dear George Bush: Don't stop with Scooter Libby. Why not go all the way and pardon everyone unfairly held behind bars?

Jul 12, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Racists & Robber Barons Racists & Robber Barons

Rather than build a unified culture in a diverse society, the conservative Gang of Five that now dominates the Supreme Court is polarizing the country.

Jul 12, 2007 / David Kirp

What We Owe the Working Poor What We Owe the Working Poor

The Supreme Court's recent decision to deny home-care workers the right to overtime pay is speeding a race to the bottom that will affect every working person.

Jul 9, 2007 / Feature / Annette Bernhardt

Independence Day for Libby Independence Day for Libby

Liberated from having to serve time for his crime, he shares a perch with Bush and Cheney, somewhere high above the law.

Jul 4, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Supremely Bad Decisions Supremely Bad Decisions

With gleeful judicial activism, the Roberts Court swings right and sides with the interests of power.

Jun 29, 2007 / Bruce Shapiro

Zyklon B on the US Border Zyklon B on the US Border

A grim history lesson of what happened in the 1920s when fears of alien infection inflamed American eugenicists.

Jun 21, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

A New Green Card Deal A New Green Card Deal

History is full of examples showing that policies designed to exclude immigrants are doomed to fail.

Jun 21, 2007 / Mae Ngai

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