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July 17, 2014
Danny Vinik
Chris Christie Admits He Ignored the Law to Help Tesla. Do Republicans Want to Sue Him, Too?
Why the GOP should cut Obama some slack on enforcing laws
July 10, 2014
Rebecca Leber
The Immigration Case Backlog Just Hit an All-Time High
July 4, 2014
Andrew Koppelman
The Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby Decision Just Got a Whole Lot Worse
In an order Thursday prompted by Wheaton College, the Court abandoned its concern for women impacted by the ruling
July 1, 2014
Brian Beutler
The GOP's Religious Liberty Sham Is About to Blow Up Their Immigration Reform Excuse
June 30, 2014
Andrew Koppelman
The Hobby Lobby Decision Was a Victory for Women's Rights
June 30, 2014
Moshe Z. Marvit
The Supreme Court Has Created an Impossible Standard for Unions to Meet
The Harris v. Quinn decision may have done irreparable damage to a long-standing precedent
June 26, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
The Supreme Court's Abortion-Clinic Ruling Just Made Cops' Jobs Much Harder
The buffer-zone ruling will force a piecemeal approach from law enforcement
June 25, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
The Law Has Spoken: A Cellphone Is a Bedroom, Not a Pants Pocket
The Supreme Court rules that all cellphone searches require warrants
June 9, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Obama Promised to Close Gitmo. The Troop Withdrawal May Finally Force Him to Do So.
May 7, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
There's a Legal War Over the Definition of Rape
And Tiger Mom's husband has waded right into it
April 30, 2014
Sam Kleiner
Clayton Lockett's Botched Execution Adds Credibility to Court Fight Over Drug Secrecy
April 25, 2014
David Fontana
Sonia Sotomayor Is a National Treasure
'The Sotomayor Style' is how America should talk about fairness
April 23, 2014
Sam Kleiner
The Obama Administration Just Got Busted Over Excessive Secrecy—Again
April 23, 2014
Emmett Rensin
This Infamous Hacker Went to Prison for Trolling AT&T. Now He Wants to Troll Wall Street.
April 18, 2014
Noah Feldman
The Stars of Jo Becker's Misleading Book on Gay Marriage Are Racing to Claim Even More Credit
April 16, 2014
Dave Cullen
The Tragicomedy of the 9/11 Trial
A report from Guantanamo Bay
April 4, 2014
Mark Schmitt
John Roberts Didn't Kill Campaign Finance Rules. Modern Politics Did.
March 2, 2014
Ashley Deeks
Here's What International Law Says About Russia's Intervention in Ukraine
February 6, 2014
Leah Plunkett
Socialize the Law? First Stop Condescending to Non-Corporate Lawyers
February 5, 2014
Eric A. Posner
Socialized Law Would Be a Massive, Unworkable Nightmare

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