Dahlia Lithwick
Jurisprudence
Guilt by AssociationSenate blocks Obama’s pick to head the civil rights division because he’s fought for civil rights.
Jurisprudence
Pre-RacialJustice Clarence Thomas says blacks didn’t think about race in the 1950s South.
Jurisprudence
God vs. the GovernmentThe Little Sisters case is not about a form. It’s about who gets to decide what the form means.
Politics
Lessons of the Bob McDonnell ScandalWealthy donors are never your friends, and living within your means is only a rule for chumps.
Jurisprudence
Judge Leon’s NSA #SlatepitchThe wacky idea that giving away your data creates a greater expectation of privacy.
Jurisprudence
Un-PeopleThe conservative crusade to declare everything a “person”—corporations, fertilized eggs—will have disastrous consequences.
Jurisprudence
Taking the “Meh” out of MetadataHow the government can discover your health problems, political beliefs, and religious practices using just your metadata.
Doublex
Finally!Anti-choice activists have been gunning hard to outlaw abortion. Today, the Democrats pushed back.
Supreme Court Dispatches
Say a Prayer for the Supreme CourtCan the justices settle the world’s religious differences? Not a chance in hell.
Jurisprudence
“Stand Your Ground” NationAmerica used to value the concept of retreat. Now we just shoot.
Science
How Can You Explain “Color” to an 11-Year-Old?Alan Alda’s challenge to scientists: Let kids be the judges.
Politics
The Left Fights BackThis weekend’s massive protest in North Carolina shows that the GOP doesn’t own morality.
The XX Factor
Next in the War on the War on Women, Republicans Debut the "Who Are You Callin' a Lady?" Tack
Doublex
The Blame Maureen GameBob McDonnell was greedy for golf clubs while Maureen coveted clothes. Why is it so much easier to despise the wife?
Jurisprudence
Corporations Are People, the Biblical SequelThe Supreme Court will decide whether companies don’t have to cover contraception because they have religious beliefs.
Hey, Wait A Minute
Toronto’s GolemRob Ford delights Canadians by ending their centuries-long reputation for dorkiness.
