The Supreme Court entered its holiday intermission with the starkest drama put off until the second act. When justices return on Jan. 11 for their ne...
Jim Thomas | Posted 12.24.2009 | Denver
I started blogging about our country's "legal" holidays out of concern that, for many, these days were just another day off. Well, it turns out that the Christmas federal holiday is actually just that, legally at least.
Matt Osborne | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics
Popular action is the very definition of democracy. It doesn't happen without us, and it isn't a human right upheld by some magic fairness-fairy. If the public option's not in the bill, it's because we haven't shown up to demand it.
Paul Abrams | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics
Because of the legal nicety of the corporation, established solely to promote commerce, we are now going to be treated to the permanent takeover of the US government by these humanly-created legal fictions.
Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics
While the conduct of a couple of loose-cannon informants can be a headache for the FBI and the butt of jokes, behind the scenes authorities are increasingly concerned about evolving threats from across the ideological spectrum.
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media
Security and press freedom can coexist, with the free flow of information recognized as the best weapon against terrorism, international media experts argued in a final declaration published this week.
Colorado Springs Gazette | Daniel Chacon | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver
A judge has upheld a decision to suspend the liquor license of a Colorado Springs nightclub where several women bared their breasts during a "Girls Go...
AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | Denver
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't revive a student's lawsuit against a school that punished her for talking about her religion during her hig...
AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — A New Jersey high school student claims in a federal lawsuit that school administrators violated her First Amendment free-s...
Peter Scheer | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media
Attorney General Jerry Brown's spokesman was unceremoniously "disappeared" from Brown's incipient campaign this week because of a lapse in judgment that, quite frankly, has been grossly overblown.
J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
The best way to keep us safe and free is eternal vigilance--no matter which party is in office. So, let's hold our friends on the left accountable when it's needed.
Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media
Is a school entitled to discipline a student? Of course -- if a crime is committed. But let's get real here. We're talking about freedom of speech on the Internet.
Auburn McCanta | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
During the 2008 election, Senator John McCain famously admitted he didn't know how to use a computer and was only then learning to use a Blackberry. Oh, how times have changed.
Luis Toro | Posted 10.22.2009 | Denver
What kinds of polls are actually campaign advertisements? A Colorado court is set to rule on the answer.
Judy Platt | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books
Readers need to make it clear to their members of Congress and Senators that the privacy of what they read is non-negotiable and that they're entitled to that privacy whether the books they read are borrowed or bought.
Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media
Jess Zimmerman is a junior at Butler University. Last year he wrote criticisms of Butler's administration in an anonymous blog. We now have the first case of a university suing a student over online free speech.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media
When lawyers speculate about wrongdoing, as in the Letterman case, and advance claims without factual basis, I wince for all of us who view the practice of law as an honorable and worthy profession.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics
If a Christian would not select a Star of David then why on earth would a Jew choose a cross? Yet that is exactly what Scalia proposes. The notion that the cross represents everybody is bizarre.
Rob Kall | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
On Monday, October 5, over 60 peace activist, anti Afghan war protesters were arrested in front of the White House. It seems like a good time to publish this interview I did on my Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio Show a few weeks ago with Paul Hetznecker, who defends protesters as part of his life work.
The New York Times | ADAM LIPTAK | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON -- Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wanted to know if Congress could ban a "Human Sacrifice Channel" on cable television. Justice Ruth Bader G...
The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books
Publishers, librarians, booksellers, and authors have banded together this summer in rejection of a government claim that there can be exceptions to t...
The Huffington Post | Judy Platt | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books
I'm in hot water again at home. You try explaining to a family that loves all creatures great and small that you're defending the rights of a man sen...
Eugene Volokh | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics
The Fourth Circuit has just reversed the $5 million intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy verdict against the group who picketed the funeral of a slain soldier.
Dawn Teo | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
Medicare officials have admonished one provider for using customer lists to engage in political advocacy and lobbying -- a policy shift that could establish new legal principles in First Amendment law.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media
In response to Fox's childish and embarrassing ad in the Washington Post that challenged competitors' coverage of the 9/12 teabaggers, CNN is airing this equally chilidish and embarrassing ad.
McClatchy | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics