Articles

The Supreme Court Issue The Supreme Court Issue

The Rehnquist Court's paeans of praise for state government are belied by reality.

Sep 25, 2000 / Herman Schwartz

Earth in the Judicial Balance Earth in the Judicial Balance

To date, the Rehnquist Court's environmental record has been mixed. While no darling of the greens, neither has it been consistently "brown."

Sep 25, 2000 / Feature / James Salzman

Is the Wall Crumbling? Is the Wall Crumbling?

The current Supreme Court is so divided on fundamental questions of separation of church and state. that the appointment of one or two conservative Justices could well tip the bala...

Sep 25, 2000 / Feature / Norman Redlich

First Amendment for the Rich? First Amendment for the Rich?

At stake is whether the twenty-first-century First Amendment will be a protector of the powerful or a resource for the weak and disfranchised.

Sep 25, 2000 / Feature / Burt Neuborne

Putting a Radical Right Team on the Bench Putting a Radical Right Team on the Bench

The future of the Supreme Court is the most important issue in the most important election year since 1932. Progressive Americans should treat it that way. The radical right does. ...

Sep 25, 2000 / Feature / Ralph G. Neas

A Full Tank of Paradoxes A Full Tank of Paradoxes

Contrary to the impression fostered by the government's supporters, not all the fuel protesters are selfish, gas-guzzling throwbacks greedy for a bigger TV.

Sep 25, 2000 / Maria Margaronis

On Painting Reality On Painting Reality

We've got too many stimuli and not enough places to put them. And so, perhaps, we keep moving around the surplus excitement, sticking it onto this or that image, with the unint...

Sep 25, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

No Love Lost for Labor No Love Lost for Labor

Right now, what hurts labor, day to day, is the wins and losses in the lower courts.

Sep 25, 2000 / Feature / Thomas Geoghegan

Chase’s Historical Ledger Chase’s Historical Ledger

Chase should immediately open its archives to slavery researchers.

Sep 25, 2000 / John S. Friedman

In Business We Trust In Business We Trust

The Supreme Court once championed antitrust laws as valued tools to limit corporate power and to promote the autonomy, diversity and economic rights of people and firms without pow...

Sep 25, 2000 / Feature / Eleanor Fox

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