Block Ashcroft–II Block Ashcroft–II
Just how bad an Attorney General would John Ashcroft be? And is his nomination worth fighting? To answer the first question, talk to those who have experienced Ashcroft up close ...
Jan 5, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro
Let the Whitewash Begin Let the Whitewash Begin
If the absence of soldiers seizing cable networks is the ultimate standard of meaningful democratic empowerment, we're not doing half bad.
Dec 22, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
Questions for Powell Questions for Powell
Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell needs to explain his participation in several sordid episodes of the United States' past.
Dec 22, 2000 / David Corn
Executioners’ Swan Song Executioners’ Swan Song
Capital punishment will be one of the defining issues of the coming year.
Dec 22, 2000 / The Editors
Thou Shalt Not Kill Thou Shalt Not Kill
Christians are drifting away in their support of the death penalty.
Dec 22, 2000 / Feature / Marion Gross
Return of Legal Realism Return of Legal Realism
Bush v. Gore may have superficially resolved a short-run political crisis, but it has triggered a deep intellectual crisis.
Dec 22, 2000 / Sanford Levinson
A Talk With Governor George Ryan A Talk With Governor George Ryan
The governor issued a moratorium on executions in Illinois a year ago, after investigative-reporting students and their professor saved an innocent man from the death chamber.
Dec 22, 2000 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Death Trip: The American Way of Execution Death Trip: The American Way of Execution
Dec 22, 2000 / Feature / Robert Sherrill
What Must Have Happened to Create the Supreme Court Decision in Bush v. Gore What Must Have Happened to Create the Supreme Court Decision in Bush v. Gore
Though "activist" is what they've railed against, These five Supremes said, "Just this once, let's try it. We know which candidate we want to win. We'll simply find some law to justify it."
Dec 22, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Democratic Vistas Democratic Vistas
We shall see very little of the charmingly simian George W. Bush—the military—Cheney, Powell et al.--will be calling the tune, and the whole nation will be on constant ...
Dec 22, 2000 / Gore Vidal