Law

The Crackdown on Dissent The Crackdown on Dissent

Police are up to old tricks: disrupting and spying on legal political activities.

Jan 18, 2001 / Feature / Abby Scher

Did Ashcroft Take the Low Road on the Highroad? Did Ashcroft Take the Low Road on the Highroad?

When George W.

Jan 15, 2001 / Feature / David Corn and Dan Moldea

The Clinton Era by the Numbers The Clinton Era by the Numbers

Far more federal investigators. Many more prosecutions of illegal immigrants. The continuing dominant role of the war on drugs. A decreasing emphasis on white-collar crime. More ...

Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / David Burnham and Susan Long

Executioners’ Swan Song Executioners’ Swan Song

Capital punishment will be one of the defining issues of the coming year.

Dec 22, 2000 / The Editors

Return of Legal Realism Return of Legal Realism

Bush v. Gore may have superficially resolved a short-run political crisis, but it has triggered a deep intellectual crisis.

Dec 22, 2000 / Sanford Levinson

Thou Shalt Not Kill Thou Shalt Not Kill

Christians are drifting away in their support of the death penalty.

Dec 22, 2000 / Feature / Marion Gross

Death Trip: The American Way of Execution Death Trip: The American Way of Execution

Dec 22, 2000 / Feature / Robert Sherrill

A Talk With Governor George Ryan A Talk With Governor George Ryan

The governor issued a moratorium on executions in Illinois a year ago, after investigative-reporting students and their professor saved an innocent man from the death chamber.

Dec 22, 2000 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

What Must Have Happened to Create the Supreme Court Decision in Bush v. Gore What Must Have Happened to Create the Supreme Court Decision in Bush v. Gore

Though "activist" is what they've railed against, These five Supremes said, "Just this once, let's try it. We know which candidate we want to win. We'll simply find some law to justify it."

Dec 22, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Democratic Vistas Democratic Vistas

We shall see very little of the charmingly simian George W. Bush—the military—Cheney, Powell et al.--will be calling the tune, and the whole nation will be on constant ...

Dec 22, 2000 / Gore Vidal

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