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State Gun Laws Help, but Cross-State Trafficking Shows Need for Federal Action Aug. 18, 2023
Illinois' latest restrictions on semi-automatic weapons, which were upheld by the state's Supreme Co... Read More
America Stands for Fair Trials Aug. 16, 2023
In America, every defendant is supposed to get a fair trial. It's guaranteed in our Bill of Rights. ... Read More
The Arbitrary Ban on Gun Possession by Drug Users Invites Wildly Uneven Enforcement: Violators Are Rarely Caught, While the Unlucky Few Who Face Prosecution Can Go to Prison for Years Aug. 16, 2023
In a 2021 survey, 15% of American adults admitted using illegal drugs (mostly marijuana) in the prev... Read More
Idaho Wants To Jail Professors for Teaching About Abortion Aug. 14, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
At Idaho's public universities, professors who teach, discuss or write about abortion may now face u... Read More
The Pro-Life Dilemma and the Politics of Prudence Aug. 11, 2023
Pro-lifers waited 49 grueling years to see the judicial barbarism of Roe v. Wade finally overturned ... Read More
Jack Smith Thinks He Can Leak Evidence, but Trump Can't Aug. 11, 2023
The media's never-ending negative campaign against former President Donald Trump has always relied h... Read More
Right To Lie: Trump Claims First Amendment Protection for A Coup D'etat Aug. 08, 2023
Former President Donald Trump has boasted that he regards being indicted as "a badge of honor." If s... Read More
Arkansas Wants To Unconstitutionally 'Card' People Before They Use Social Media Aug. 07, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
From banning books to restricting classroom discussions about race and gender, politicians across th... Read More
Human Trafficking: An American Tradition of Silence Jul. 27, 2023
In the hushed corners of our society, a sinister industry flourishes, largely hidden and unspoken of... Read More
Why Israelis Are Taking to the Streets: The Furious Response to a Seemingly Modest Reform Reflects a Broader Dispute About the Role of Courts in a Democracy Jul. 27, 2023
On Monday, the Knesset, Israel's parliament, enacted a relatively modest law that restricts judicial... Read More
Why Israelis Are Taking to the Streets: The Furious Response to a Seemingly Modest Reform Reflects a Broader Dispute About the Role of Courts in a Democracy Jul. 26, 2023
On Monday, the Knesset, Israel's parliament, enacted a relatively modest law that restricts judicial... Read More
The Illinois Supreme Court Cash Bail Ruling Explained Jul. 24, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Under a landmark court ruling issued this week, Illinois will become the first state in the nation t... Read More
Time To End Affirmative Action for Males in College Admissions? Jul. 12, 2023
Last month in the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed use ... Read More
Karma Finds Rudy Giuliani Again Jul. 07, 2023
The way Buddhism describes the spiritual concept known as "karma" is much like what modern parents c... Read More
Fair Elections Are Safe -- for Now -- With Court Rejection of Fringe Legal Theory Jul. 05, 2023
Free and fair elections across America dodged a bullet this week. A fringe legal theory that former ... Read More
The Historic New Law Protecting Fairness for Pregnant Workers Jul. 03, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Last week marked a historic moment in the lives of our nation's pregnant workers: After more than a ... Read More
On July 4 in America, What Could Go Wrong? Jul. 01, 2023
Summer holidays, with their sun-soaked hijinks and paranoia, loaded potato skins and baked-in fear o... Read More
Time To Depart Jun. 27, 2023
In February 2002, a very lovely, brilliant and wonderful lady named Jane Applegate offered me the op... Read More
Once Again, an Ethics Controversy Further Diminishes a Damaged Supreme Court Jun. 26, 2023
Missourians know as well as anyone just how much impact the U.S. Supreme Court can have on the lives... Read More
Dog-Walking Etiquette Jun. 21, 2023
Dear Annie: I live in a nice neighborhood in a modest-sized city. This is a dog-rich environment, wi... Read More
