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October 25, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
The Edward Snowden Documentary Accidentally Exposes His Lies
October 24, 2014
Rafia Zakaria
Polygamy and Child Wives: Women's Rights Are Going in the Wrong Direction in Pakistan
October 24, 2014
Jonathan M. Katz
The U.N. Caused Haiti's Cholera Epidemic. Now the Obama Administration Is Fighting the Victims.
The death toll is nearly double the Ebola outbreak
October 24, 2014
Sigrid Fry-Revere, David Donadio
America's Organ Transplant Law Is Criminally Unfair to Donors
October 22, 2014
Michelle Minton
Let Chris Christie Legalize Sports Gambling. It Won't Ruin the Game.
October 20, 2014
John B. Judis
The Supreme Court Isn't Likely to Stop Texas' Xenophobic Voting Laws
October 15, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
Judges Have Two Ways to End the Assault on Abortion and Voting Rights. Here's the Right One.
October 15, 2014
Jack Goldsmith, Matthew Waxman
Obama, Not Bush, Is the Master of Unilateral War
The president must force Congress to vote on his military powers
October 12, 2014
Judith Shulevitz
Accused College Rapists Have Rights, Too
The victims deserve justice. The men deserve due process.
October 10, 2014
Nina Martin
This Alabama Judge Has Figured Out How to Dismantle Roe v. Wade
Tom Parker's writings fuel the biggest threat to abortion rights in a generation
October 8, 2014
Danny Vinik
Obama Is Siding Against Workers at the Supreme Court
And the reason may have nothing to do with the law
October 8, 2014
Mugambi Jouet
America's Great Big Blind Spot on Human Rights
September 28, 2014
Jeffrey Rosen
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is an American Hero
She's staying put—and has some choice words for young feminists. An interview.
September 25, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
A Dash Cam Didn't Stop This White Officer From Shooting an Unarmed Black Man
But it did lead to his firing and arrest
September 25, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Gay-Marriage Hero David Boies Has an Infuriating New Cause
The Prop. 8 lawyer is helping a former Wall Street CEO sue the U.S., and it's costing taxpayers a fortune
September 16, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Obama's Legal Basis for Bombing Iraq Keeps Shifting
The 2002 AUMF is politically disastrous for the Obama administration
September 6, 2014
Ian McEwan
The Heartwrenching Court Cases That Inspired My New Novel
September 4, 2014
Brian Beutler
Antonin Scalia Used This Wrongful Conviction to Defend the Death Penalty
September 3, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Is Revenge Porn Legal in Your State?
Based on this map, it probably is
August 25, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
The Hague Treats War Criminals More Humanely Than Gitmo Treats Its Detainees

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