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Should We Be Polite as the GOP Stomps on Our Democratic Rights? Mar. 27, 2024
When a fox attacks a hen house, is it uncivil for the hens to raise a ruckus? Two Supreme Court just... Read More
Things Are Great, but They're Miserable, Too Mar. 27, 2024
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." In rereading the opening lines of Charles Dic... Read More
Some Call It Influence Peddling, Others Call It the 'Biden Lift' Mar. 21, 2024
WASHINGTON — "This is the best guy they can get?" Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., asked rhetorica... Read More
Justice Clarence Thomas Is a Great Candidate -- for Impeachment Mar. 20, 2024
"I can resist everything except for temptation," the Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde wrote in ... Read More
The Supreme Court Is the Last Properly Functioning Institution in America Mar. 08, 2024
In a 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court ruled states cannot use Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to kick... Read More
Crime Hits Home Feb. 15, 2024
To know my Aunt Maggie is to adore her. She is a 92-year-old retired nurse who lives in Cleveland. ... Read More
Senate Rejects Deal Threatening Protections for Asylum Seekers Feb. 12, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The Senate voted against a bill that would have been the first major overhaul of asylum and immigrat... Read More
The Myth of 'Out-of-Control Crime' Jan. 30, 2024
Last fall, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote "public views about crime needn't have much t... Read More
The Slow Undoing of America's Death Penalty Jan. 23, 2024
On Jan. 25, Alabama intends to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith by a method known as nitrogen hypoxia. T... Read More
Doing Time Without Committing a Crime Jan. 09, 2024
Everyday throughout America, people plead guilty to crimes they did not commit. There are countless ... Read More
What Ordinary Americans Want Jan. 04, 2024
The leisurely pace of the new year gives birth to reflection. We celebrate the new year, but from ti... Read More
Stop Funding the 'Rights for Migrants' Legal Scam Dec. 27, 2023
As a record number of migrants invade the U.S., wreaking pain on New York City and other communities... Read More
The Drive-by Smears of Clarence Thomas Never End Dec. 22, 2023
Most Clarence Thomas hit pieces can't stand up to perfunctory scrutiny. But the newest doesn't even ... Read More
Destroying the Rule of Law to Get Trump Dec. 21, 2023
Robert Bolt's prize-winning play "A Man for All Seasons" takes place in 16th-century England during ... Read More
Arizona's High Court Must Protect Abortion Access Dec. 18, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The Arizona Supreme Court is currently considering whether to resurrect a more than 150-year-old cri... Read More
I Can't Breathe Dec. 08, 2023
However you vote, whichever lives you think matter, you may be forgiven for asking one question. Whe... Read More
O'Connor's Parting Dissents Highlighted the Twin Perils of Local Tyranny and Federal Overreach: The Late Supreme Court Justice Eloquently Defended Property Rights and State Autonomy Dec. 06, 2023
The month before Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement in 2005, she dissented from Su... Read More
Lifting the Veil on the Design of Predictive Tools in the Criminal Legal System Dec. 04, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Recently, the National Institute of Justice — the research arm of the Department of Justice &#... Read More
New York's Adult Survivors Act Combats Sexual Offenses by Offending the Principles of Justice Nov. 30, 2023
Beneath the surface of many legislative acts with good intentions, there often lurks a sinister real... Read More
When the Spirits Call You to Action Nov. 19, 2023
An older gentleman in a well-used pickup pulled up in front of our driveway as we were setting up Ha... Read More
