David Cole
Legal Affairs Correspondent
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Criminal JusticeJune 25, 2012
Detención y cacheo: Una práctica indignante
Las causas de Nueva York y Filadelfia son un llamado de atención a la policía y a las cortes para que hagan realidad la promesa de igual protección ante la ley para todos.
David Cole
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Criminal JusticeJune 25, 2012
Anti-Immigrant Forces Lose Big in Supreme Court
The Court gave the Obama administration near-total victory, striking down key parts of Arizona’s immigration law.
David Cole
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Criminal JusticeJune 21, 2012
Whatever Happened to the Minimalist Supreme Court?
Today's decisions about sex, drugs, and union speech may offer clues about next week's decision on healthcare.
David Cole
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ActivismJune 14, 2012
The Outrage of Stop-and-Frisk Policing
Growing public protest, along with two landmark lawsuits, may put an end to this dragnet policy that overwhelmingly targets young black and Latino men.
David Cole
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Criminal JusticeJune 1, 2012
DOMA Declared Unconstitutional; Next Stop, Supreme Court
What’s next for the Defense of Marriage Act?
David Cole
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Journalists and JournalismMay 23, 2012
Military Detention for Journalists
Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?
David Cole
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WorldMay 21, 2012
Can Obama Say He’s Sorry?
In 2002 Washington deported an innocent man to Syria, where he was tortured. Why can’t we apologize?
David Cole
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LawApril 25, 2012
A New Low in Attacks on Freedom of Speech
Tarek Mehanna got seventeen years in prison for translating a document.
David Cole
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April 5, 2012
Obamacare: Todavía Respira
Como diría Mark Twain: los informes acerca de la muerte de Obamacare han sido groseramente exagerados.
David Cole
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PoliticsApril 4, 2012
Obamacare: Not Dead Yet
Court watchers are pronouncing the death of healthcare reform. But a closer look at Justice Kennedy's questions suggests there's hope yet.
David Cole