Hypocrisy Trumps Clemency Hypocrisy Trumps Clemency
The refusal of the California governor, who built his fame feeding adolescent fantasies of killing, to grant clemency to a former gang leader who tried to dissuade kids from violen...
Dec 14, 2005 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
More Leaks, Please! More Leaks, Please!
Power-friendly reporters like Judith Miller are easily manipulated by selective leaks. But what we need now is more civil disobedience by whistle-blowers exposing renditions, acts ...
Nov 17, 2005 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Lessons From the Miers Debacle Lessons From the Miers Debacle
What have Bush and his allies learned from this sorry epidode? Intellectual substance matters. Executive privilege is not absolute. Roe v. Wade is a bear trap for the GOP.
Oct 28, 2005 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
The Roberts Converts The Roberts Converts
The political chess match between the White House and Senate Democrats over the future of the Supreme Court took on new complexity as three Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Commit...
Sep 23, 2005 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
William Rehnquist William Rehnquist
William Rehnquist showed little regard for the social consequences that followed his unrelenting application of conservative legal theory.
Sep 8, 2005 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
In Rehnquist’s Footsteps In Rehnquist’s Footsteps
The death of William Rehnquist, the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to replace him and the agony of New Orleans represent a sad symmetry of events.
Sep 6, 2005 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
The Cindy Factor The Cindy Factor
Will her solitary protest become a turning point for a nation disillusioned with a President and his war?
Aug 13, 2005 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Roberts’s Chill Heart Roberts’s Chill Heart
Is John Roberts worth a fight?
Jul 28, 2005 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
The Stakes in Roberts’s Nomination The Stakes in Roberts’s Nomination
If you like the Patriot Act and Guantánamo, you'll love John Roberts. More than anything else, to fill Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the Supreme Court, the Bush White House ...
Jul 20, 2005 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Supreme Court Watch Supreme Court Watch
The stand Democrats take on Bush's Supreme Court nominee may well define their legacy.
Jul 14, 2005 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro