How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama
The NRA’s dire warnings that the president is a threat to the Second Amendment are bogus—but profitable.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy
Free Pussy Riot Comes to the Ace Hotel Free Pussy Riot Comes to the Ace Hotel
At a solidarity event in Manhattan, Pussy Riot supporters drew connections between threats to free expression in Russia and in the United States.
Aug 17, 2012 / Lucy McKeon
How the Supreme Court Came to Embrace Strip Searches for Trivial Offenses How the Supreme Court Came to Embrace Strip Searches for Trivial Offenses
The Fourth Amendment was designed to guard against arbitrary governmental authority. That shield has been shattered, leaving our liberty and personal integrity subject to the whi...
Aug 16, 2012 / Herman Schwartz
Paul Ryan Doesn’t Follow Ayn Rand on Civil Liberties Paul Ryan Doesn’t Follow Ayn Rand on Civil Liberties
For all his talk of being guided by the libertarian philosopher, his record is weak on individual freedom.
Aug 15, 2012 / Ben Adler
Ten Takeaways From Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Trial Ten Takeaways From Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Trial
The state of Pennsylvania did a terrible job defending its voter ID law—but today a judge ruled it constitutional anyway.
Aug 3, 2012 / Ari Berman
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Goes to Court Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Goes to Court
A 93-year-old woman who voted in every election for five decades will lose her right to vote this November. The question of constitutionality that presents goes before a judge tomo...
Jul 24, 2012 / Ari Berman
Liberals Win Big on Supreme Court ACA Decision Liberals Win Big on Supreme Court ACA Decision
But the fact that five justices were nearly willing to strike it down shows just how conservative this Court truly is.
Jul 11, 2012 / David Cole
The GOP’s Attack on Voters The GOP’s Attack on Voters
The GOP admits that it believes voter ID laws will win Romney the election.
Jul 9, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Justice Roberts’s Decision Is Not for Cheering Justice Roberts’s Decision Is Not for Cheering
There are booby traps in the Court’s Commerce Clause reading, and the traps are baited and ready for tripping in the Medicaid part of the ruling.
Jun 29, 2012 / Laura Flanders
The Supreme Court Leaves Romney in the Cold The Supreme Court Leaves Romney in the Cold
Mitt's reaction to today's decision was feeble, and telling.
Jun 28, 2012 / Robert Scheer