Kathy Boudin’s Time Kathy Boudin’s Time
Kathy Boudin's parole from Bedford Hills Correctional Facility after twenty-two years is welcome and overdue.
Aug 28, 2003 / The Editors
The Drug War Goes Up in Smoke The Drug War Goes Up in Smoke
A budget crisis and a prison boom make the states a vanguard for drug reform.
Jul 31, 2003 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Lady Day Lady Day
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's new book, The Majesty of the Law, appears at a particularly auspicious moment. As the swing vote on and author of Grutter v.
Jul 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Herman Schwartz
A New Hard-Liner at the DEA A New Hard-Liner at the DEA
Bush's new appointee Karen Tandy has a professional history deserving serious Congressional scrutiny.
Jul 15, 2003 / Feature / Jason Vest
The Legacy of Guantánamo The Legacy of Guantánamo
The hard lessons of Guantánamo have yet to be learned, while many of the old mistakes are being repeated.
Jul 14, 2003 / Feature / Lizzy Ratner
A Summary of Justice Antonin Scalia’s Dissent In Lawrence v. Texas A Summary of Justice Antonin Scalia’s Dissent In Lawrence v. Texas
So what if it's private, in their hacienda? It's sodomy still, and enough to offend a Respectable man, and we must never lend a Leg up to that vile homosexual agenda!
Jul 2, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Queer Cheer Queer Cheer
The Supreme Court's sweeping June 26 ruling in Lawrence v. Texas came almost seventeen years to the day after one of the darkest moments in the history of the gay movement.
Jul 2, 2003 / Richard Kim
Court-Watching Court-Watching
Nation readers should be excused for wondering whether they were in some sort of time warp as the Supreme Court closed its term with a slew of decisions that recalled the halcy...
Jul 2, 2003 / David Cole
Lost Innocents Lost Innocents
Every day, DNA testing overturns another man's rape or murder conviction.
Jun 26, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Diversity Over Justice Diversity Over Justice
Eric Foner was an expert witness in Grutter v. Bollinger, the University of Michigan law school case.
Jun 26, 2003 / Eric Foner