Category: Legal Affairs
Even at Home, Freedom Isn’t Free
by Osha Gray Davidson | Mar 15, 2012 | Foreign Policy, Legal Affairsto the collateral constitutional damage of the War on Terror. But the author, former New York Times correspondent David K. Shipler, is in pursuit of a much larger and more troubling development. Shipler exposes the frayed edges of our “constitutional culture.” Most citizens don’t know much about our liberties, he argues persuasively, and so don’t guard them from […]
Voters’ Fate and the Buckeye State
by WS Editors | Feb 15, 2012 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsIn their reporting on the 2004 contest, authors Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis make a compelling argument that Republicans stole the race when they turned what was in reality a narrow 4-percent John Kerry victory into a narrower 2-percent win for George W. Bush. Working in concert with Bush advisor and fellow ideologue Karl Rove, […]
Texas Metastatic
by WS Editors | Feb 1, 2012 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsIf the U.S. Supreme Court agrees that the Texas primary election schedule doesn’t allow time for the Justice Department or a federal district court to preclear the state’s reapportionment plan, a roadmap around the Voting Rights Act will be written into case law. Other states will follow suit. The Texas redistricting fight argued on the […]
From Zero to 20,000 On Wall Street
by WS Editors | Nov 1, 2011 | Economy, Legal AffairsShe composed herself, told me to read Ross Sorkin’s article in the Times, and turned her attention to the two young women leading the general assembly. After watching this movement from up close for two days in October, as well as from afar, I find myself in agreement with the government regulator who feels compelled […]
Republicans v. Planned Parenthood | Multiple-Choice Mitt | Zero-Sum Family Planning
by WS Editors | Oct 15, 2011 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsCalifornia Democrat Henry Waxman (the former subcommittee chair) complained that “Planned Parenthood is being singled out as part of a Republican vendetta against an organization that provides family planning and other medical services to low-income women and men.” In a letter also signed by Colorado Democrat Diana DeGette, Waxman reminded Stearns that the Health and […]
Email Signup
Editor’s Picks
-
Dancing in the Dark: Steps to Avoid a Constitutional Coup in the 2024 Election
By Mark Medish and Joel McCleary
-
The Wide Angle: Is a UFO Hoax a Ticking Time-bomb for Biden?
By Dave Troy
-
How Christian Nationalists, Big Oil and the Big Lie Seized the Speaker’s Gavel
By Anne Nelson
-
By Art Levine
From the Editor’s Desk
Podcast
Listen to “Paranoia on Parade”, a 3-part audio podcast with commentary from author Dave Troy, Jack Bryan, director of the 2018 film “Active Measures," and Hamilton Fish, Editor of The Washington Spectator.