Law

Never Again Will We View the Judiciary as Nonpolitical Never Again Will We View the Judiciary as Nonpolitical

Wait until next season. I've already started practicing my chad-punching, and I suggest the same as therapy for all who feel ripped off by the collusion between the US Supreme ...

Dec 14, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Partisanship Rules Partisanship Rules

Abolishing the Electoral College is one way the Florida fiasco could be addressed.

Dec 14, 2000 / Eric Foner

This Is Your Country on Drugs This Is Your Country on Drugs

Our drug laws, like those concerning voting, reveal bias and backward thinking.

Dec 14, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

GOP Could Be Courting a Disaster GOP Could Be Courting a Disaster

We know what they're afraid of. Cut through the Republican verbiage that has clogged the airwaves and courts and you find one simple but disturbing point: They fear an accurate...

Dec 9, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Marital Color Line Marital Color Line

On November 7, voters in Alabama erased from that state's Constitution a provision dating from 1901 that declared that "the legislature shall never pass any law to authorize or l...

Dec 7, 2000 / Randall Kennedy

‘Torture Them’ ‘Torture Them’

Do we want a Vice President who endorses illegal detention and torture of Palestinians? Anthony Cordesman, a national security type frequently deployed as a television pundit, re...

Nov 27, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Antichoice Intimidation Antichoice Intimidation

While partisans debate whether a victorious George W. Bush would nominate Supreme Court Justices who would overturn Roe v.

Nov 27, 2000 / Katha Pollitt

Caught in the WAVE Caught in the WAVE

A corporate antiviolence program targets students who don't fit in.

Nov 16, 2000 / Feature / Jane Spencer

A DNA Balance Sheet A DNA Balance Sheet

DNA testing can convict the guilty; it can also destroy the privacy of millions.

Nov 10, 2000 / Feature / Jonathan Kimmelman

Just a Needle-Stick Away Just a Needle-Stick Away

In New Mexico, communists who fail to register their party affiliation with the state commit a felony. Under New Mexico's DNA databanking law, if they are caught they are require...

Nov 10, 2000 / Feature / Jonathan Kimmelman

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