The law, lawyers, and the court.

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• Wall Nuts The wall between intelligence and law enforcement is killing us.
  Stewart Baker Dec. 31, 2003
  
• French Dressing Lessons for America from the proposed French ban on religious garb.
  Avi Schick Dec. 30, 2003
  
• Getting to the Source The curious evolution of reporters' privilege.
  Stephen Bates Dec. 26, 2003
  
• Holy Matrimony What's really undermining the sanctity of marriage?
  Dahlia Lithwick Nov. 20, 2003
  
• Split Decision Another reason to divide the 9th Circuit.
  Collin Levey Nov. 19, 2003
  
• Nuts to Whom? The insanity defense is crazy.
  Dirk Olin Nov. 18, 2003
  
• I Was Brainwashed! If Muhammad's guilty is Malvo innocent?
  Dahlia Lithwick Nov. 17, 2003
  
• Monument From Hell Make room for a Matthew Shepard hate monument in a town square near you.
  Emily Bazelon Nov. 11, 2003
  
• Blinding Justices Does the Constitution allow us to scrap the judiciary?
  Rod Smolla  Nov. 4, 2003
  
• Till Death Do Us Part Why spouses get the final say in coma cases.
  Dahlia Lithwick Oct. 23, 2003
  
• Court-Assisted Suicide Why only serial killers have a right to die.
  Dahlia Lithwick Oct. 21, 2003
  
• No "No means no" is still a pretty good rule.
  Dahlia Lithwick Oct. 10, 2003
  
• Supreme Scene The year ahead in the Supreme Court.
  Thomas Goldstein Oct. 7, 2003
  
• The Do Not Call Squall The constitutional smack-down at the heart of Do Not Call.
  Dahlia Lithwick Oct. 2, 2003
  
• Violence Silence Why no one really cares about prison rape.
  Robert Weisberg Oct. 1, 2003
  
• The Pied Sniper Was Lee Boyd Malvo brainwashed into a killing machine?
  Dahlia Lithwick Sept. 25, 2003
  
• Center Ring at the 9th Circus Things get even weirder in the California recall litigation.
  Dahlia Lithwick Sept. 22, 2003
  
• Fun With Bush v. Gore The 9th Circuit moons the Supreme Court.
  Dahlia Lithwick Sept. 17, 2003
  
• A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 4 Should you be scared of the Patriot Act?
  Dahlia Lithwick Sept. 12, 2003
  
• A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 3 Should you be scared of the Patriot Act?
  Dahlia Lithwick Sept. 11, 2003
  
• A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 2 Should you be scared of the Patriot Act?
  Dahlia Lithwick Sept. 9, 2003
  
• A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 1 Should you be scared of the Patriot Act?
  Dahlia Lithwick Sept. 8, 2003
  
• Thou Shalt Not Pray Does the Constitution hate God?
  Dahlia Lithwick Aug. 21, 2003
  
• My Big Fattening Greek Salad Are french fries the new Marlboros?
  Dahlia Lithwick Aug. 13, 2003
  
• Pickering a Fight Republicans celebrate a judge who's easy on black drug offenders.
  Emily Bazelon Aug. 11, 2003
  
• Saving DNA for a Rainy Day New York City's plan to indict genetic profiles.
  Dahlia Lithwick Aug. 7, 2003
  
• Rape Nuts Kobe Bryant's trial will showcase our mixed-up rape laws.
  Dahlia Lithwick July 30, 2003
  
• Ashcroft's Folly How the attorney general lost the Moussaoui trial before it began.
  Dahlia Lithwick July 24, 2003
  
• Harry Potter and the International Order of Copyright Should Tanya Grotter and the Magic Double Bass be banned?
  Tim Wu June 27, 2003
  
• Confirmation Consternation Justice Kennedy speaks out on judicial confirmation deadlock.
  Dahlia Lithwick April 14, 2003
  
• Sodomy Flaw How the courts have distorted the history of anti-sodomy laws in America.
  Kristin Eliasberg March 25, 2003
  
• The Show Trial Must Go On John Ashcroft choreographs the show trial of the century.
  Dahlia Lithwick March 13, 2003
  
• Miguel, Ma Belle The racial ugliness under the Miguel Estrada nomination.
  Dahlia Lithwick Feb. 28, 2003
  
• Poetic Licenses Are "Choose Life" license plates free speech or state-sponsored infomercials?
  Dahlia Lithwick Feb. 6, 2003
  
• Bimbo Contest Barbie issues first public statement in wake of high court defeat.
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 31, 2003
  
• Colorblind in One Eye The selective colorblindness of the Bush approach to affirmative action.
  Elise Boddie Jan. 30, 2003
  
• Google-Opoly: The Game No One but Google Can Play The strange Google lawsuit over its page-ranking monopoly.
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 29, 2003
  
• Bowdlerizing for Columbine? Why American directors have no moral rights to their movies.
  Drew Clark Jan. 20, 2003
  
• Clarence Millionaire The quiet justice breaks his silence for a bundle.
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 13, 2003
  
• Bristling Dixie The ill-conceived school bans on cheesy Confederate T-shirts.
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 9, 2003
  
• Mum and Mummer The bizarre world of "second-parent" adoption laws.
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 3, 2003