Law

More Danger in Sniper Case More Danger in Sniper Case

With sniper suspect now in jail, DAs are fighting tooth and nail. They're in a monumental race To see who gets to try this case

Oct 31, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Home on the Range Home on the Range

There's a joke circulating on the Internet: A grandmother overhears her 5-year-old granddaughter playing "wedding." The wedding vows go like this: "You have the right to remain...

Oct 17, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The NRA Sees Room to Grow As Faithful Adjunct to the GOP The NRA Sees Room to Grow As Faithful Adjunct to the GOP

It's filling the grassroots role once played by the Christian Coalition.

Oct 17, 2002 / Feature / Dick Dahl

Fire at Will Fire at Will

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Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Domestic Terror Domestic Terror

When several soldiers killed their wives, an old problem was suddenly news.

Sep 26, 2002 / Feature / Catherine Lutz and Jon Elliston

The Right’s Judicial Juggernaut The Right’s Judicial Juggernaut

Democrats, faced with Scalia and Thomas clones, are finally saying: Ideology matters.

Sep 19, 2002 / Feature / Jack Newfield

Infallible Justice Infallible Justice

I saw a puzzling banner on the door of a restaurant the other day. It was a flag flanked by two aphorisms: God bless America and America bless God.

Sep 19, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

A Cancer Grows A Cancer Grows

Medical treatment in women's prisons ranges from brutal to nonexistent.

Sep 11, 2002 / Feature / Cynthia Cooper

The Liberal Riposte The Liberal Riposte

Liberal groups are also concentrating on influencing the next generation of legal scholars.

Sep 11, 2002 / Feature / Amy Bach

Prison’s Shameful Secret Prison’s Shameful Secret

Roderick Johnson, a 33-year-old African-American Navy veteran from a small town in rural Texas, didn't ask for it. Prison did it to him, and his life will never be the same.

Sep 9, 2002 / Feature / Silja J.A. Talvi

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