The law, lawyers, and the court.

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• Et Tu, SOTU? John Roberts' nonpartisan attack on presidential partisanship.
  Dahlia Lithwick March 10, 2010
  
• Gun Points History reveals a long-standing local authority to regulate guns. Shouldn't that matter?
  Justin Florence March 8, 2010
  
• More Than Words Liz Cheney says terrorists have no rights. Also, you're a terrorist.
  Dahlia Lithwick March 5, 2010
  
• Courting Fear A former military interrogator unpacks the errors and fear-mongering in Marc Thiessen's Courting Disaster.
  Matthew Alexander March 3, 2010
  
• Mass Media Can a family court prevent a parent from taking his daughter to church?
  Dahlia Lithwick Feb. 27, 2010
  
• Torture Bored How we've erased the legal lines around torture and replaced them with nothing.
  Dahlia Lithwick Feb. 22, 2010
  
• David Margolis Is Wrong The Justice Department's ethics investigation shouldn't leave John Yoo and Jay Bybee home free.
  David Luban Feb. 22, 2010
  
• Seven Deadly Traits Decoding the confession of the Austin plane bomber.
  Dave Cullen Feb. 19, 2010
  
• Hear the Uighurs   The critical Guantanamo case the Supreme Court should not duck.
  Oona A. Hathaway Feb. 17, 2010
  
• A Separate Peace Specialized courts for war veterans work wonders. But why stop at veterans?
  Dahlia Lithwick Feb. 11, 2010
  
• Watering Torture Down Why are the media so happy to use the T word in a child-abuse case?
  Dahlia Lithwick Feb. 10, 2010
  
• Fill the Bench Now Now is the time for Obama to move on judicial nominations.
  Doug Kendall Feb. 5, 2010
  
• Take the Money and Run The crazy perversities of civil asset forfeiture.
  Radley Balko Feb. 4, 2010
  
• Terrorism Derangement Syndrome The GOP's scare tactics work so well because the public is terrified already.
  Dahlia Lithwick Feb. 3, 2010
  
• Ghosts in the Machine What happens when justices get personal.
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 30, 2010
  
• Murder He Wrote A jury convicted Scott Roeder of killing Dr. George Tiller after a rocky trial.
  Emily Bazelon Jan. 29, 2010
  
• Who Will Win the Gay Marriage Trial? A road map to the routes to victory for both sides.
  William N. Eskridge Jr. Jan. 29, 2010
  
• Open the Shut Case Why is KBR so afraid of letting Jamie Leigh Jones have her day in court?
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 28, 2010
  
• The Floodgates Were Already Open What will the Supreme Court's campaign finance ruling really change?
  Nathaniel Persily Jan. 25, 2010
  
• Speeding Locomotive Did the Roberts Court misjudge the public mood on campaign finance reform?
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 25, 2010
  
• Money Isn't Speech and Corporations Aren't People The misguided theories behind the Supreme Court's ruling on campaign finance reform.
  David Kairys Jan. 22, 2010
  
• Money Grubbers The Supreme Court kills campaign finance reform.
  Richard L. Hasen Jan. 21, 2010
  
• Too Terrible To Be True? Why aren't we talking about the new accusations of murder at Gitmo?
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 21, 2010
  
• Public Enemies How the Supreme Court managed to insult both the law and the public.
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 15, 2010
  
• Blackout The Supreme Court's awful, heavy-handed decision to block videotaping of the gay marriage trial.
  Emily Bazelon Jan. 14, 2010
  
• Defining Murder Down Why does Dr. Tiller's killer get to argue that his alleged crime was justified?
  Emily Bazelon Jan. 13, 2010
  
• Blind Justice The Supreme Court blacks out the YouTubing of the gay-marriage trial.
  Emily Bazelon Jan. 11, 2010
  
• For Better or for Worse California's gay-marriage trial is an all-star, high-stakes affair.
  Emily Bazelon Jan. 8, 2010
  
• The Sins of Guantanamo We're keeping detainees in the camp because we're afraid of things they haven't done yet?
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 6, 2010