Law

Enron Is a Cancer on the Presidency Enron Is a Cancer on the Presidency

Enron's Ken Lay is no stranger to not only the Bush family, but the Bush administration. Finally, reporters are starting to take notice and ask questions.

Jan 2, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

You Mean, We Won Something? You Mean, We Won Something?

With developments in the Mumia Abu-Jamal case and Pacifica's re-emergence, the left has a couple of victories under its belt; the Enron scandal develops further.

Dec 20, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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

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