Questions for Michael Mukasey Questions for Michael Mukasey
Elizabeth Holtzman, Nan Aron, Stephen Gillers, Victor Navasky and others quiz the Attorney General nominee on torture, the Constitution and the fate of Alberto Gonzales.
Oct 15, 2007 / Feature / The Nation
We Need a Nobel Prize in Law We Need a Nobel Prize in Law
Those who serve the law in dangerous and original ways are deserving of the recognition--and the protection--that a Nobel Prize would bring them.
Oct 10, 2007 / Editorial / Garrett Epps
The Secret State of Torture The Secret State of Torture
After professing to abhor torture, the Bush Justice Department secretly authorized it. And the consequences for us all are grave.
Oct 5, 2007 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Taking Power Taking Power
America is sleepwalking into one-man rule. What can the Democrats do about it?
Sep 20, 2007 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
Patriot Act’s Wide Net Patriot Act’s Wide Net
The Gonzales Justice Department used the Patriot Act to prosecute a gang of eco-arsonists as terrorists.
Reaganites Reconsider Reaganites Reconsider
Even staunch conservatives are becoming alarmed at the Bush Administration's unconstitutional expansion of presidential powers.
Sep 6, 2007 / Editorial / Charlie Savage
A Legacy of Torture A Legacy of Torture
The dark legacy of Alberto Gonzales--torture and a tainted judiciary system--will live on long after he leaves government.
Aug 29, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Justice Denied Justice Denied
Alberto Gonzales leaves office with the Justice Department tarnished, the rule of law debased and our civil liberties significantly eroded. It now falls to Congress--and the next P...
Locked Up in New Orleans Locked Up in New Orleans
In response to a crime wave, police are imprisoning a record number of nonviolent offenders.
Aug 23, 2007 / Feature / Robin Templeton
Bush’s Immigration Clampdown Crimped Bush’s Immigration Clampdown Crimped
A federal judge in San Francisco has put on hold new Homeland Security regulations designed to crack down on illegal immigrants in the workplace.
Aug 22, 2007 / Feature / David Bacon