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It's Time To Save the Republic From This Supreme Court Jul. 03, 2024
The Supreme Court's decision in the presidential immunity case Trump v. United States issued on July... Read More
War and the Constitution Jun. 13, 2024
Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitut... Read More
War and Indifference Jun. 06, 2024
Which is more destructive to personal liberty, a government that engages in secret wars or a public ... Read More
American Caesar and Constitutional Indifference May. 30, 2024
A recent column in The Economist magazine asking if America is dictator-proof got me to thinking if ... Read More
The Tyranny of the Majority May. 23, 2024
"Which is better - to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away or by three thousand tyrants ... Read More
As Election Approaches, Policy and Party as Important as Personalities May. 22, 2024
Although the focus in the upcoming elections is on the presidential candidates, it's worth keeping i... Read More
States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws To Target Pro-Palestine Protesters May. 20, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Arcane laws banning people from wearing masks in public are now being used to target people who wear... Read More
Free Speech For Me But Not For Thee May. 16, 2024
Can an idea be dangerous? Can a dangerous idea be expressed? Can the government punish ideas it deem... Read More
'History and Tradition': An Unpredictable Constitutional Interpretation May. 14, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court, whose members are certainly learned in the law, has taken to making decision... Read More
Killing the Constitution Apr. 25, 2024
In the last days of East Germany, when government officials detected that their power was unraveling... Read More
The Right to Assembly Apr. 18, 2024
Last week, the Supreme Court effectively abolished the right to assembly in three Southern states. B... Read More
The CIA Wants More Power to Spy on Americans! Apr. 11, 2024
Americans need to be aware of the unbridled propensity of federal intelligence agencies to spy on al... Read More
Prohibition's Lasting Effect on the Criminal Justice System Apr. 09, 2024
In the thick of Prohibition, Justice Benjamin Cardozo famously lamented that, under the exclusionary... Read More
Supreme Court Signals That Institutions Can Keep Designing Programs To Foster Diversity, After Affirmative Action Ruling Apr. 08, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Since the Supreme Court struck down longstanding affirmative action admissions policies this past su... Read More
The Promise of Gideon v. Wainwright Mar. 26, 2024
In case you missed it, last week we celebrated National Public Defender Day — the celebration ... Read More
Despair and Resignation Are Not a Strategy: How To Fight Back in a Second Trump Term Mar. 11, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Many polls suggest if the presidential election were held today, Donald Trump could return to the Wh... Read More
Taking Rights Seriously Mar. 07, 2024
"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, Mankind would be no more justified In silencing that ... Read More
The Torturers' Poor Memories Feb. 29, 2024
As the pre-trial hearings in the case of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and others who are charged with mast... Read More
Donald Trump and Government Theft Feb. 22, 2024
"Where there is a wrong, there is a remedy." — Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870-1938) Last we... Read More
Anti-DEI Efforts Are the Latest Attack on Racial Equity and Free Speech Feb. 19, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
First, Donald Trump and right-wing extremists attacked government trainings on racism and sexism. Th... Read More
