Law and Justice
When the Umpire Throws the Pitches
The Court is not simply deciding which cases to hear, but is also directing the parties to address issues the justices want to take up.
What’s a Right Without a Remedy?
The Supreme Court may be signaling potential wrongdoers that they can infringe rights with impunity.
Digital Culture Wars
Contemporary American politics privileges policing and punishment, while marginalizing the arts and the commons.
The Cost of Death
Ineffective trial lawyers, inconclusive evidence, inconsistent testimony, and impenetrable procedural thickets are not unique to capital cases.
Sometimes an Amendment Is Just an Amendment
Anti-immigrant activists argue that the citizenship clause does not mean what it says. They are wrong.
Advertising Away Our Privacy
By routinely giving away a huge amount of personal data, everyday Internet users might already have become law enforcement’s greatest ally.
Me, Inc.
Even if the Supreme Court decided that corporations are in every way like persons, there might be limits on the corporate role in politics.
It Takes Two
In contrast to Loving v. Virginia, on the same-sex marriage issue the Court may have to make a decision before a national consensus emerges.
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