Filibustering the Truth Filibustering the Truth
For more on judicial nominations, see Garrett Epps's "Judicial Jeopardy: Questions for Nominees."
Mar 3, 2005 / Judd Legum and Christy Harvey
Accounting for Torture Accounting for Torture
As an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, David Cole represents Maher Arar and Ahmed Abu Ali in their civil cases against the government.
Mar 3, 2005 / David Cole
Too Young to Die Too Young to Die
The immediate outcome of the Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision in Roper v.
Mar 3, 2005 / The Editors
Judicial Jeopardy Judicial Jeopardy
Questions the Senate should address to any Supreme Court nominee.
Mar 2, 2005 / Feature / Garrett Epps
Playing by the Numbers Playing by the Numbers
My friend L., a magistrate in Britain, is appalled by American-style sentencing, which has taken hold there recently.
Feb 24, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Lynne Stewart Trial The Lynne Stewart Trial
Click here for info on how you can help Lynne Stewart.
Feb 17, 2005 / David Cole
Chertoff and Torture Chertoff and Torture
Back on Friday, June 12, 2002, the Defense Department had a big problem: Its new policy on torture of captives in the "war on terror" was about to be exposed.
Jan 27, 2005 / Dave Lindorff
Waiting for Roper v. Simmons Waiting for Roper v. Simmons
A forum on the juvenile death penalty.
Jan 23, 2005 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney
In the Penal Colony In the Penal Colony
Alberto Gonzales's nomination to succeed John Ashcroft as Attorney General put the Abu Ghraib torture scandal back on the front pages, since he was directly implicated, as White ...
Jan 20, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lisa Hajjar
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
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Jan 20, 2005 / Jonathan Schell