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For years, proponents of the death penalty have argued that it acts as a deterrent. This claim has been damn tough to prove, probably because it's wrong. What's ironic, though,.
Well, we American lawyers have been put to shame by our peers in Pakistan. After President Pervez Musharraf (one of Bush's A#1 allies, don't forget) suspended the Constitution, dissolved the.
It's Monday, which means it's time for another round of your [semi-]weekly Adam Liptak appreciation. This week, Liptak takes a closer look at the effect of Female Genital Mutilation on.
For once, there's good news from the War on (some classes of people and some) drugs. On Friday, the new crack sentencing guidelines went into effect. The new guidelines will.
President Bush today announced that he will award a Medal of Freedom to Henry Hyde...because Hyde is a strong defender of life. The Henry Hyde of the Hyde Amendment, which.
From the NY Times:When you haven’t changed your curriculum in 150 years, at some point you look around,” said Elena Kagan, the dean of Harvard Law.The impetus for the changes.
What's the new best way to stop your teenage daughter from becoming unpure by having pre-marital sex? Why, hold her down and forcibly pierce her genitalia of course! According to.
Among the many, many disturbing moments in Sicko (and there were many), of the most enraging for me was among the least graphic: the moment when Moore indicates, with thought.