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Wastewater Ski Slopes

A battle over sacred lands could be heading to the U.S. Supreme Court

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Homeless Court Advantage

35 courts across the country are dedicated to hearing charges against the homeless

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Supreme Court Inc.

The Roberts Court unravels a generation of progress

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Justice for Some

Restrictions on federal grants starve the poor of much-needed legal representation.

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A Dream Deferred

Only sustained community activism will reverse the Supreme Court's most recent betrayal of Brown v. Board of Education

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God—And Progressives—Save This Honorable Court!

The Supreme Court's recent decisions further underscore the dire need to beat back the right's threats to basic fairness.

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Immigrants Sue to Retrieve Funds Seized in Arizona

Immigrants sue to retrieve fudns seized by Arizona state government.

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Lawyers Fight for Habeas Rights

The Military Commissions Act suspends Habeas corpus for foreign citizens accused of hostilities against the U.S.

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George W. Bush v. The U.S. Constitution

From misleading the nation on its reasons for war to fighing an unending war on terror, the Bush administration threatens our Constitution and our freedom.

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Sticks & Stones and Dykes

Bikes on Dykes fought the law...and they won!

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Convict Nation

The American prison system grew by more than 1,000 new adult prisoners per week in one year, confirming our position as the world's unsurpassed leader in mass incarceration. Statistics obscure the everyday pain for millions upon millions of Americans who feel like nearly everybody has given up on them.

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Bankruptcy Law in Shambles

What happens when the credit card industry writes congressional legislation? According to the judges who have to enforce it, anarchy

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The Three Alitos

When it comes to Supreme Court nominees, conservatives face a quandary. They want a justice who is a conservative… more

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Judging Harriet Miers

Democrats must rise up and challenge conservative claptrap about "activist judges"

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Bad on the Basics

John Roberts' affability masks a callous indifference to some of our most fundamental rights

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Split Decision on File-Sharing

Grokster may be a goner, but swapping is here to stay

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Network Neutrality Now

As "open access" dies, a new battle begins

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Freedom of Repression

New ruling will allow censorship of campus publications

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The Cannabis War

Supreme Court decides one battle, but activists vow to fight on

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Blocking Mr. Torture

As progressives wonder at how best to direct—and revive—the struggle to return America to its basic values, a dizzying… more

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Judicial Chainsaw Massacre

Plagiarizing from his defeated rival, on November 3 George W. Bush promised the nation “a season of hope.” For… more

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A Court of Cronies

Presidents have long packed the courts with friends and fellow travelers to prevent their policies from being derailed and… more

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Detention Center Blues

On April 7, politicians and law enforcement officials gathered in Tacoma, Washington, to celebrate the opening of the Department… more

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And Justice for All?

Department of Justice seeks to weaken law protecting human rights

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Judicial Disappointments

With a stalled economy and ongoing attacks against U.S. troops, judicial appointments seemingly lack the immediacy and scope to… more

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Dixie Tricks

Bush sidesteps Senate to seat extremist Mississippi judge

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Pride Before the Fall

It was a stunning show of hubris. An act so offensive it should have been unthinkable. Timed to cause… more

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Affirmative Denial

One of the primary reasons I support the congressional bill to study the feasibility of reparations for the descendants… more

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Laws of Empire

In 1996, Burmese peasant villagers filed a lawsuit against Unocal. They charged the U.S. oil company with knowingly collaborating… more

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The Court Takes on Gay Rights

Expectations are running high in the gay community as the United States Supreme Court will shortly hand down a… more

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Throwing Away the Key

The Department of Homeland Security, the new cabinet post with the Teutonic inflection, was created last January to assuage… more

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The People vs. Richard Perle

March should have been a triumphant month for Richard Perle. The former American Enterprise Institute fellow and assistant secretary… more

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Pee First, Ask Questions Later

In the past decade, a veritable Kindergulag has been erected around schoolchildren, making them subject to arbitrary curfews, physical… more

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