The Right to Vote? Don't Count on It
The franchise has always been a part of the American system, but exactly who can enjoy that right has been ferociously debated since the founding of the nation. And the fight goes on.
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Americans Knew Little About Scalia’s Health Problems. That Should Change.
We all should have known more about how sick Justice Scalia really was. Each Supreme Court justice should be required to take regular physicals and share with the public the material results of those examinations. -
Ethics 101: The Same Person Cannot Serve as Prosecutor and Judge in the Same Case. The Supreme Court Needs to Say So
Ronald Castille’s conflict of interest in Williams v. Pennsylvania, which will be before the Supreme Court on Monday, is so extreme and antithetical to fundamental fairness that the Supreme Court needs to step in. -
Remembering Scalia
A conservative hero and a liberal villain, Scalia was a transcendent Supreme Court justice, a man whose many philosophies will be cited, in court and beyond, for centuries to come. -
The Stakes in a Post-Scalia Court
Justice Scalia was larger than life, and his impact will be great after his passing as well. -
North Carolina: The New Selma
In the summer of 1964, Andrew Goodman was murdered for trying to register black voters in Mississippi. In a guest blog, David R. Goodman, Andrew’s brother, explores how 1960s voter disenfranchisement relates to North Carolina voting restrictions today. -
Exoneration Nation
A record 149 Americans were exonerated in 2015. But how much longer until the backlog of wrongful convictions that taints our justice system at last is reduced to a few random cases? -
If You Blinked, You Missed When Obama Made Criminal Justice Reform History
There has never been a time when a president suggested at the State of the Union that we ought to incarcerate fewer people. -
The Corey Williams Story
The story of Corey Williams details another account of the injustice that riddles Louisiana’s criminal justice system. -
Why the Social Media Giants Can't Ever Wipe Out ISIS Propaganda
Asking social media companies to monitor and report all terrorist content is a nearly impossible task.
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