Executive Obstruction Executive Obstruction
The Bush administration's insistence on secrecy in the Whitey Bulger case raises some unsettling questions.
Dec 19, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Gore’s Supreme Challenge Gore’s Supreme Challenge
If I had been so bold as to have wagered that Al Gore would succeed in the latest Supreme Court round, I would have quickly called my bookie this morning after breakfasting in the...
Dec 11, 2001 / David Corn
No Finality Without Fairness No Finality Without Fairness
The US Supreme Court's stunning 5-4 stay Saturday of the Florida undervote count--less than 24 hours after the equally stunning Florida Supreme Court decision ordering that same...
Dec 9, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro
Deported… Disappeared? Deported… Disappeared?
Recently deported, Ghasson Dahduli is now missing in Jordanian custody, and his family worries about what he's being subjected to.
Dec 7, 2001 / Amy Bach
Ashcroft Skates Ashcroft Skates
Cowed Democrats fail to confront Ashcroft's civil liberties violations.
Dec 6, 2001 / Feature / David Corn
It Is Crazy to Curtail Due Process Rules It Is Crazy to Curtail Due Process Rules
America's enemies are not uniquely 'evil,' and it's naive to think of them as such.
Dec 4, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer
Alien’s Law Alien’s Law
Noncitizens in the United States face an increasingly harsh Ashcroft-run Justice Department.
Nov 29, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro
National Security State National Security State
Even stalwart liberals are knuckling under to the security state in the wake of September 11.
Nov 29, 2001 / David Cole
Ashcroft Justice Ashcroft Justice
The Justice Department under John Ashcroft is alienating allies in the 'war on terror.'
Nov 29, 2001 / The Editors
Disorder in the Court Disorder in the Court
George W. Bush wants to try terror suspects in in secret military courts. Guilt is presumed over innocence.
Nov 21, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams