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Jurisprudence 2010:
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- How To Nail Blagojevich Prosecutors can ask for a five-year sentence for Illinois' ex-governor—but they shouldn't.
Sept. 2, 2010 - The Mother of All Grizzlies Ruth Bader Ginsburg shows how feminism is done. Again.
Aug. 30, 2010 - The Female Factor Will the presence of three women really change the court in any real way?
Aug. 27, 2010 - In Ken We Trust Why do Ken Cuccinelli's legal opinions always match his personal ambitions?
Aug. 25, 2010 - What Will Anthony Kennedy Do on Gay Marriage? It's the question driving the entire Prop 8 train.
Aug. 13, 2010 - The Best Way for Proposition 8 To Lose Let's cheer if gay marriage opponents decide not to appeal—but not if they can't.
Aug. 13, 2010 - The Memory Hole The real tragedy of the Omar Khadr trial.
Aug. 13, 2010 - In Defense of the New Judicial Activists In California and Arizona, Judge Walker and Judge Bolton are just doing their jobs.
Aug. 9, 2010 - A Brilliant Ruling Judge Walker's decision to overturn Prop 8 is factual, well-reasoned, and powerful.
Aug. 5, 2010 - TK
Aug. 4, 2010 - Roberts v. Kagan? Will there be friction between the chief justice and Elena Kagan on the Supreme Court?
July 30, 2010 - More Nuttism From Alberto Gonzales The former attorney general misinterprets a handslap as exoneration.
July 28, 2010 - Feinberg's Wizardry How he'll help the down-and-out businesses of the Gulf states—despite the law.
July 22, 2010 - Closing Arguments The case against Kagan is a case against these hearings.
July 20, 2010 - The Fair Use Senator Can Harry Reid really post Sharron Angle's old campaign Web site?
July 9, 2010 - Why Doesn't the FBI Prosecute More Spies? The logic behind swapping the Russian agents rather than bringing them to trial.
July 9, 2010 - Gay Marriage, the Old-School Way Judge Joseph Tauro's courageous ruling in favor of same-sex marriage.
July 9, 2010 - Thurgood Marshall Made Them Do It How Republicans inadvertently made the case for confirming Elena Kagan.
July 3, 2010 - The Kagan Hearings Elena Kagan's hearings give Democrats and Republicans a chance to rewrite constitutional history.
June 29, 2010 - Constitutional Interpretation? There's No App for That. Elena Kagan needs to talk honestly about what Supreme Court justices really do.
June 23, 2010 - The Justice of Oz As Elena Kagan shows, you need to lose your heart, brain, and courage to get on the Supreme Court.
June 22, 2010 - The Fear Factor What happens to democracy when everyone's too scared to show up?
June 19, 2010 - A Visa To Snitch U.S. visa holders should be required to disclose what they know about potential threats.
June 18, 2010 - Nowhere To Hide Ignoring Maher Arar won't make his torture claims go away.
June 16, 2010 - Shoot Me Now Are firing squads a better means of execution than lethal injection?
June 16, 2010 - A Dahlia Lithwick TV Special How a Supreme Court decision has changed life in the nation's crime labs.
June 15, 2010 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? It's time for legislators to look more closely at familial searches of DNA databases.
June 14, 2010 - Too Sexy for My Bosses Why lawsuits based on looks discrimination—even good ones—are a bad idea.
June 11, 2010 - It's Complicated David Souter finally tells Americans to grow up.
June 9, 2010 - What Kagan Should Say Elena Kagan should use her confirmation hearings to defend the Constitution. All of it.
June 8, 2010 - Certain Knowledge Why all crime-scene evidence should be DNA tested.
June 8, 2010 - "Light Him Up Before the Jury Goes Home" How can Georgia let a prosecutor tell a judge to kick a defense lawyer off a capital murder case?
June 2, 2010 - Jefferson v. Cuccinelli Does the Constitution really protect a right to "academic freedom"?
June 1, 2010 - Torturing the Law Jay Bybee models conservative judicial activism in the 9th Circuit.
May 28, 2010 - The Kagan Kids Why the younger generation doesn't care about the debate over the latest Supreme Court nominee.
May 26, 2010 - The Big Ban Theory Does Elena Kagan want to ban books? No, and she might even be a free-speech zealot.
May 24, 2010 - The Arizona Solution The state should try checkpoints instead of suspicion-based stops.
May 24, 2010 - Open the Door and Turn On the Lights The Supreme Court is making it distressingly difficult to get into court.
May 21, 2010 - Detention Slip The Obama administration wants to hold terrorists. Did SCOTUS just give them a green light?
May 18, 2010 - They're Just Kids The Supreme Court rules that juveniles can't be sentenced to life without parole.
May 17, 2010 - Insta-Gov Can America oust our electoral losers from Washington as fast as Britain does from 10 Downing Street?
May 14, 2010 - What Does He See in Her? What Obama's choice of Kagan tells us about his own judicial philosophy.
May 13, 2010 - Slate on Elena Kagan Our complete coverage of Obama's Supreme Court nominee.
May 11, 2010 - Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Rock the Boat Kagan's position on military recruiters at Harvard was hardly radical.
May 10, 2010 - The Sphinx Why the inscrutable Elena Kagan makes everyone nervous.
May 10, 2010 - Untried, Untested, and Ready Elena Kagan's youth and judicial inexperience recommend her for the Supreme Court.
May 10, 2010 - The Limits of Influence Asking "Who can sway Kennedy?" is no way to pick a justice.
May 7, 2010 - Miranda Worked! The bizarre criticism of the Faisal Shahzad interrogation.
May 5, 2010 - Lawsuit Abuse, GOP Style The state attorneys general efforts to block health care reform aren't just wrong. They're frivolous.
May 5, 2010 - Suing Science Virginia's Ken Cuccinelli's dangerous suit against climate change.
May 4, 2010 - Tweet Justice Should judges be using social media?
April 30, 2010 - Crush Democracy but Save the Kittens Justice Alito's double standard for the First Amendment.
April 30, 2010 - The Legal Black Hole in Lower Manhattan The unfairness of the trial of Muslim activist Syed Fahad Hashmi.
April 27, 2010 - Courting Disaster The most outrageous thing about the Texas judge who slept with the prosecutor in a death-penalty case.
April 24, 2010 - The Surrendered Court Maybe America doesn't want an immobilized judicial branch after all.
April 22, 2010 - Elena Kagan Is a Progressive on Executive Power Look closely at what the Supreme Court shortlister has said about presidential authority.
April 16, 2010 - What Are Liberal Law Students So Sad About? They have no one to look up to.
April 15, 2010 - Defining Radical Down Are Judge Diane Wood's abortion rulings truly indefensible?
April 13, 2010 - Is Net Neutrality Dead? A calmer view of the recent ruling that hamstrings the FCC.
April 13, 2010 - Scalia's Retirement Party Looking ahead to a conservative vacancy can help the Democrats at the polls.
April 12, 2010 - Justice Brennan Can't Be Reincarnated Liberals can dream, but a consensus-builder has little to work with on today's Supreme Court.
April 10, 2010 - The Unsung Empathy of Justice Stevens Justice John Paul Stevens is the model for why empathy matters.
April 9, 2010 - Who Should Replace Justice Stevens? An offbeat shortlist.
April 9, 2010 - Myriad Genetics Can't Patent a Human Gene The wise judicial ruling in a lawsuit over a test for breast cancer.
April 7, 2010 - Hushed Money Could Karl Rove's new 527 avoid campaign-finance disclosure requirements?
April 6, 2010 - Short Shrift The Supreme Court shortlist as political anthropology.
April 5, 2010 - The Get Out of Jail Free Card for Torture It's called a declination—just ask the CIA.
March 29, 2010 - Quick-Draw Cuccinelli Why high-speed lawyering can be hazardous to your health.
March 26, 2010 - It's Not Me. It's Yoo. The author of the "torture memos" loves a good fight way more than a good debate.
March 19, 2010 - Cross Talk The unfathomable Supreme Court penchant for talking politics.
March 16, 2010 - Et Tu, SOTU? John Roberts' nonpartisan attack on presidential partisanship.
March 10, 2010 - Gun Points History reveals a long-standing local authority to regulate guns. Shouldn't that matter?
March 8, 2010 - More Than Words Liz Cheney says terrorists have no rights. Also, you're a terrorist.
March 5, 2010 - Courting Fear A former military interrogator unpacks the errors and fear-mongering in Marc Thiessen's Courting Disaster.
March 3, 2010 - Mass Media Can a family court prevent a parent from taking his daughter to church?
Feb. 27, 2010 - Torture Bored How we've erased the legal lines around torture and replaced them with nothing.
Feb. 22, 2010 - David Margolis Is Wrong The Justice Department's ethics investigation shouldn't leave John Yoo and Jay Bybee home free.
Feb. 22, 2010 - Seven Deadly Traits Decoding the confession of the Austin plane bomber.
Feb. 19, 2010 - Hear the Uighurs The critical Guantanamo case the Supreme Court should not duck.
Feb. 17, 2010 - A Separate Peace Specialized courts for war veterans work wonders. But why stop at veterans?
Feb. 11, 2010 - Watering Torture Down Why are the media so happy to use the T word in a child-abuse case?
Feb. 10, 2010 - Fill the Bench Now Now is the time for Obama to move on judicial nominations.
Feb. 5, 2010 - Take the Money and Run The crazy perversities of civil asset forfeiture.
Feb. 4, 2010 - Terrorism Derangement Syndrome The GOP's scare tactics work so well because the public is terrified already.
Feb. 3, 2010 - Ghosts in the Machine What happens when justices get personal.
Jan. 30, 2010 - Murder He Wrote A jury convicted Scott Roeder of killing Dr. George Tiller after a rocky trial.
Jan. 29, 2010 - Who Will Win the Gay Marriage Trial? A road map to the routes to victory for both sides.
Jan. 29, 2010 - Open the Shut Case Why is KBR so afraid of letting Jamie Leigh Jones have her day in court?
Jan. 28, 2010 - The Floodgates Were Already Open What will the Supreme Court's campaign finance ruling really change?
Jan. 25, 2010 - Speeding Locomotive Did the Roberts Court misjudge the public mood on campaign finance reform?
Jan. 25, 2010 - Money Isn't Speech and Corporations Aren't People The misguided theories behind the Supreme Court's ruling on campaign finance reform.
Jan. 22, 2010 - Money Grubbers The Supreme Court kills campaign finance reform.
Jan. 21, 2010 - Too Terrible To Be True? Why aren't we talking about the new accusations of murder at Gitmo?
Jan. 21, 2010 - Public Enemies How the Supreme Court managed to insult both the law and the public.
Jan. 15, 2010 - Blackout The Supreme Court's awful, heavy-handed decision to block videotaping of the gay marriage trial.
Jan. 14, 2010 - Defining Murder Down Why does Dr. Tiller's killer get to argue that his alleged crime was justified?
Jan. 13, 2010 - Blind Justice The Supreme Court blacks out the YouTubing of the gay-marriage trial.
Jan. 11, 2010 - For Better or for Worse California's gay-marriage trial is an all-star, high-stakes affair.
Jan. 8, 2010 - The Sins of Guantanamo We're keeping detainees in the camp because we're afraid of things they haven't done yet?
Jan. 6, 2010
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