PA Supreme Court Doubts the State Can Comply With Its Own Voter ID Law PA Supreme Court Doubts the State Can Comply With Its Own Voter ID Law
Law expert says the state can change the law again to win judge's approval.
Sep 19, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Is Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law Headed for Defeat? Is Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law Headed for Defeat?
Voting rights advocates scored a partial victory today when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sent the state’s voter ID law back to the lower court for a new hearing.
Sep 18, 2012 / Ari Berman
After 225 Years, It’s Time to Respect the Constitutional Rights of Workers After 225 Years, It’s Time to Respect the Constitutional Rights of Workers
The overturn of Scott Walker’s anti-labor law reminds us that workers and their unions have a right to equal protection under the law.
Sep 17, 2012 / John Nichols
The 1 Percent Court The 1 Percent Court
A Court for the money power, and our democracy is at stake.
Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Bill Moyers and Bernard A. Weisberger
‘Citizens United’ and the Corporate Court ‘Citizens United’ and the Corporate Court
Giving corporations the inalienable right to buy elections.
Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Jamie Raskin
The Way Forward The Way Forward
Fight for a Court that speaks of and for the rest of us.
‘Nightmare’ Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Revisited in Court ‘Nightmare’ Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Revisited in Court
Will Pennsylvania be the next major swing state where a restrictive voting law is struck down by the courts?
Sep 13, 2012 / Ari Berman
Katrina vanden Heuvel: A Supreme Court for the 1 Percent Katrina vanden Heuvel: A Supreme Court for the 1 Percent
Whose interest does the highest court in the country have in mind?
Sep 13, 2012 / Press Room
Will Pennsylvania Execute a Man Who Killed His Abusers? Will Pennsylvania Execute a Man Who Killed His Abusers?
When a Pennsylvania jury sentenced Terrance Williams with the death penalty, they didn't know he had suffered years of violent sexual abuse at the hands of his victim.
Sep 12, 2012 / Liliana Segura
In Sentencing Criminals, Is Norway Too Soft? Or Are We Too Harsh? In Sentencing Criminals, Is Norway Too Soft? Or Are We Too Harsh?
If Anders Breivik’s twenty-one-year sentence is shocking to Americans, it is largely because we are so uniquely punitive, whether the crime is murder or drug possession.
Aug 28, 2012 / Liliana Segura