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
Affirmative Action Lives Affirmative Action Lives
In one of its most important cases in decades, the Supreme Court on June 23 upheld the prerogative of colleges and universities to give preferences to members of minority group...
Jun 26, 2003 / The Editors
Buyer Beware Buyer Beware
Speaking at a conference this winter on Internet crime, eBay.com's director of law enforcement and compliance, Joseph Sullivan, offered law-enforcement officials extensive access...
Jun 20, 2003 / Feature / Jonah Engle
Anonymous Detentions Ruled Legal Anonymous Detentions Ruled Legal
"Citizens have a compelling interest in ensuring that their government does not abuse one of its most awesome powers, the power to arrest and jail."
Jun 17, 2003 / Feature / The Nation
New Law Assists Political Intimidation New Law Assists Political Intimidation
An unnecessary new law is used to undermine legitimate dissent.
Jun 15, 2003 / Feature / Daniel Forbes