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Susan Smith, Infamous Killer of Her Children, Is Where She Belongs Jul. 23, 2024

Crime and Conduct

In the summer of 1994, O.J. Simpson engaged in his infamous low-speed chase with a parade of Los Ang... Read More

Let History Be Our Guide in These Tumultuous Times Jul. 16, 2024

Crime and Conduct

Our country suffered a horrific tragedy in Butler, Pennsylvania. A former president, and current can... Read More

SCOTUS Is Meant to Be a Court, Not Our Supreme Ruler Jul. 10, 2024

Jim Hightower

What is a SCOTUS? Sounds like a prehistoric critter scuttling along some seabed. But, no, it is the ... Read More

The Little-Known, Never-Used Section 4 of the 25th Amendment Jul. 09, 2024

Crime and Conduct

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) recently said "There's a lot of people asking about the 25... Read More

'A King Above the Law': Supreme Court Makes Immunity Ruling Jul. 02, 2024

Crime and Conduct

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in Trump v. United States, the much-anticipated decision on preside... Read More

The Handwriting on the Wall for Religion in the Classroom and Gay Marriage Jun. 26, 2024

The Raffel Ticket

On June 20, the governor of Louisiana signed into law a requirement that the Ten Commandments be pos... Read More

Supreme Court's 'Modest' Gun Ruling Hardly a Victory Jun. 25, 2024

Crime and Conduct

Last Friday, advocates for sensible gun access applauded a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. The d... Read More

Separate Sexual Identity and State Jun. 24, 2024

Daniel McCarthy

A new crime wave has gripped the country, and this time progressives are calling for harsh penalties... Read More

Crime and Politics: The Unholy Alliance Jun. 18, 2024

Crime and Conduct

According to the FBI, the U.S. murder rate continues to drop precipitously and by year's end could l... Read More

Trump on LGBTQ Rights: Rolling Back Protections and Criminalizing Gender Nonconformity Jun. 17, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

Donald Trump's administration initiated a sustained, years-long effort to erase protections for LGBT... Read More

America Has Its First Show Trial Jun. 04, 2024

Dennis Prager

To understand the damage done by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Judge Juan Merchan, and th... Read More

Impartial Justice: The Flags or Our Justices Jun. 04, 2024

Crime and Conduct

Last month, The New York Times reported that in January of 2021, about the time the constitutional t... Read More

The Efficacy of Shaken Baby Syndrome Remains Unresolved May. 07, 2024

Crime and Conduct

Robert Roberson's story is a tragic one. He is sitting on death row in Texas for killing his 2-year-... Read More

In Kansas, the ACLU Is Challenging Anti-Trans Laws in Court and by Building Community May. 07, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

In 2023, Kansas enacted a law attempting to define "transgender" out of existence by restricting the... Read More

The Ethical Failings of Atticus Finch Apr. 23, 2024

Crime and Conduct

On Christmas day 1962, Universal Pictures released the film "To Kill a Mockingbird." The movie was b... Read More

Parents Need -- And Have -- The Right To Make Mistakes Apr. 20, 2024

Georgia Garvey

Do parents have the right to make a mistake? That's the question at hand when we talk about medicati... Read More

A Law That Is Unchangeable Apr. 17, 2024

Terence Jeffrey

Does it matter how long theft has been prohibited? What about murder? Do laws prohibiting these acts... Read More

The CIA's Long and Dangerous History of Refusing To Answer Absurdly Obvious Questions Apr. 15, 2024

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

The CIA is so known for its unabashed secrecy that, when it joined Twitter in 2014, its first tweet ... 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

SCOTUS's Unanimous Decision and the Pandemic of Trump Derangement Syndrome Mar. 07, 2024

Larry Elder

In December 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision based on the "insurrection" clause o... Read More