Checking Big Brother Checking Big Brother
The Nation, with the ACLU and others, is suing the government over a law that allows unchecked surveillance. Will the Supreme Court even allow us to argue our case on the merits?
Nov 2, 2012 / David Cole
Preparing for a Digital 9/11 Preparing for a Digital 9/11
Fear of a cyber attack is eroding US civil liberties and the constitution.
Oct 22, 2012 / Karen J. Greenberg
A Human Rights Court Gives Torture the Green Light A Human Rights Court Gives Torture the Green Light
In refusing to block the extradition of terror suspects to the US, the European Court for Human Rights has condoned a brutal regimen of long-term solitary confinement.
Sep 26, 2012 / Jeanne Theoharis and Saskia Sassen
The 1 Percent Court The 1 Percent Court
A Court for the money power, and our democracy is at stake.
Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Bill Moyers and Bernard A. Weisberger
‘Citizens United’ and the Corporate Court ‘Citizens United’ and the Corporate Court
Giving corporations the inalienable right to buy elections.
Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Jamie Raskin
The Way Forward The Way Forward
Fight for a Court that speaks of and for the rest of us.
How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama How the Gun Industry Got Rich Stoking Fear About Obama
The NRA’s dire warnings that the president is a threat to the Second Amendment are bogus—but profitable.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy
Free Pussy Riot Comes to the Ace Hotel Free Pussy Riot Comes to the Ace Hotel
At a solidarity event in Manhattan, Pussy Riot supporters drew connections between threats to free expression in Russia and in the United States.
Aug 17, 2012 / Lucy McKeon
How the Supreme Court Came to Embrace Strip Searches for Trivial Offenses How the Supreme Court Came to Embrace Strip Searches for Trivial Offenses
The Fourth Amendment was designed to guard against arbitrary governmental authority. That shield has been shattered, leaving our liberty and personal integrity subject to the whi...
Aug 16, 2012 / Herman Schwartz
Paul Ryan Doesn’t Follow Ayn Rand on Civil Liberties Paul Ryan Doesn’t Follow Ayn Rand on Civil Liberties
For all his talk of being guided by the libertarian philosopher, his record is weak on individual freedom.
Aug 15, 2012 / Ben Adler