Law

Let Freedom Roll Let Freedom Roll

Immigrants hit the road for civil rights.

Oct 9, 2003 / Feature / Julie Quiroz-Martínez

Pay Artists, Not ‘Owners’ Pay Artists, Not ‘Owners’

Eben Moglen has been representing parties sued by the recording industry and is working on a book about the death of intellectual property.

Oct 9, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Eben Moglen

Recall Recalls 2000 Recall Recalls 2000

The tangled web that a narrow Supreme Court majority wove to shut down the Florida recount of presidential ballots in December 2000 made it possible for Republican George W.

Sep 18, 2003 / The Editors

Children Left Behind Children Left Behind

In his State of the Union speech this past January, President Bush appeared to make a compassionate gesture toward children with incarcerated parents when he proposed an initia...

Sep 11, 2003 / Chesa Boudin

Why Estrada Went Down Why Estrada Went Down

A few hours after Miguel Estrada withdrew his name for a judgeship on the Court of Appeals for the Washington, DC, Circuit, a leading Senate liberal was asked about the meaning...

Sep 11, 2003 / Jack Newfield

The Twilight-Zone Court The Twilight-Zone Court

The attacks of September 11, 2001, ushered in a multitude of legal transformations that restrict civil liberties in the name of national security.

Sep 4, 2003 / Feature / Steven Donziger

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

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