The Law Won

Mass media is just the latest challenge for courts in an ongoing quest for impartial jurors—a goal that might be nearly impossible to achieve.

Fictional depictions of effective torture may be more persuasive than reasoned arguments.

The people arguing that torture contradicts our country's historical virtues are dead wrong.

At the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, the idea is deceptively simple: People are more likely to get better if you treat them with fairness and respect.

Instead of fixing a broken system, the state is seeking to shroud it.

Voters on just about every continent are rightly demanding that public officials govern with relentless efficiency, fiscal responsibility, and transparency.

Privacy has a branding problem. And until we address that, your personal data is going to be up for grabs.

Despite growing support for LGBT rights and recent decisions from the Supreme Court regarding the legality of same-sex marriage, the battle for acceptance has not yet been decided.

Without proper legal instruments, women with abusive partners are often forced to make a difficult choice: kill or be killed.

No judge, no lawyers, and very little hope.

A case for allowing the copyright on Gone With the Wind to expire.

The stigma against black sex workers can reinforce stigmas against all black women and all sex workers.

Recent reports show that chemical roulette is the state's M.O.

Correctional departments use data-driven analyses because they're easier and cheaper than individual assessments. But at what cost?

Unconstitutional violence perpetrated by police against people of color, minorities, and vulnerable populations is all too normal.

The state is certain that Joseph Wood's death was totally constitutional. But they're looking into it.

The opponents of Obamacare who went one for two in circuit court rulings earlier this week are unlikely to see their cases reach the Supreme Court.

Calling all hackers: It's time to go Assange on capital punishment.

President Obama’s recess appointments were wrong and, worse, dangerous.

It’s a private health issue. And it affects us all.

How the new mental health facility for California’s death row inmates reflects our nation’s ongoing ambivalence about the death penalty.

After the recent Supreme Court decision, clinics will likely have to turn to injunctions to keep protesters away, taking on the additional expense themselves or passing it on to those they serve.

In a unanimous decision that went far further than most anticipated, the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before searching a cell phone—even after arresting its owner.