Roe = Dred Roe = Dred
Many viewers were puzzled when, toward the end of the second debate, George W. Bush answered a question about Supreme Court nominees by referring to the Dred Scott case.
Oct 14, 2004 / Katha Pollitt
The Right Wing’s Drive for ‘Tort Reform’ The Right Wing’s Drive for ‘Tort Reform’
Thanks to damage caps and other measures, victims are often unable to sue.
Oct 7, 2004 / Feature / Dan Zegart
Bush’s Court Picks: Be Afraid. Very Afraid. Bush’s Court Picks: Be Afraid. Very Afraid.
Democrats haven't made much of what would happen to the courts should Bush win a second term.
Oct 7, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Forgotten Issue The Forgotten Issue
In The Nation's October 9, 2000, special report on the Supreme Court, Tom Wicker wrote, "No issue is more vital...repeat, no issue is more important than the makeup of the next S...
Oct 7, 2004 / The Editors
This Canadian Life This Canadian Life
The reviewer's galley of Natasha, David Bezmozgis's short-story collection about a Russian émigré family in Toronto, begins with words not from the writer but the p...
Sep 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / D.T. Max
Missouri’s Female Trouble Missouri’s Female Trouble
Women may decide Kerry's fate.
Sep 30, 2004 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
You Can’t Bomb Beliefs You Can’t Bomb Beliefs
Aaron Maté provided research assistance for this column.
Sep 30, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
Dumb and Dumber (and Dumber Still) Dumb and Dumber (and Dumber Still)
One problem with trying to write critically about this year's election coverage is that by choosing any single aspect of its manifold failures, one automatically does an injustic...
Sep 30, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Wonderland Wonderland
It is exasperating listening to the news as we approach this most important election. The coverage is all about comparing the length of the candidate's sentences. How many big wo...
Sep 30, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Death on the Border Death on the Border
Now that a summerlong Homeland Security crackdown along the Arizona border is concluding, the results are in and they spell lethal failure.
Sep 30, 2004 / Marc Cooper