Justice

Anti-Corruption Efforts Must Come First in Afghanistan

Lisa Gans | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Foreign Aid, United Nations, World Bank, Judiciary, Afghanistan, Justice Sector, Justice, Politics News
Lisa Gans

A corrupt society like that in Afghanistan is a lawless one, and in a lawless environment, nothing works and everyone lives in fear, clinging to tribal or ethnic affiliations to protect them.

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How to Perform a Citizen's Arrest of A Bush Administration Official

Nathan Robinson | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obstruction of Justice, Law, Karl Rove, Citizen's Arrest, Justice, Iowa, Politics News
Nathan Robinson

What the four Iowans who tried to arrest Karl Rove did is courageous, and is exactly how we should use the citizen arrest power.

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Karadzic Told Us What He Planned; We Just Watched

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Associated Press, Bosnia, Balkans, Foreign Affairs, Press, Justice, Radovan Karadzic, Genocide, Politics News
Mort Rosenblum

Stepping back, we might take stock of where we are as a civilized world 16 years after Radovan Karadzic was allowed to exterminate people he found inconvenient.

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Right-Wing Supreme Court Draws Ire Of Senate Judiciary Committee

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Rights, Supreme Court, Congress, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Exxon Mobil, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Tracy Barker, Exxon Valdez, Liberties, Roberts Court, Fraud, Senate, Haliburton, Securities, Hearings, National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, Justice, Arbitration, Home News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

The Supreme Court has shifted dangerously to the right and is now the most pro-business Court since the monopoly greasing "Lochner-era" Court of the late 19th century.

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Roxanna Brown: How Can This Happen in America?

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Homeland Security, Freedoms, Civil Rights, Fraud, Thailand, Roxanna Brown, Identity Theft, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Mort Rosenblum

However unintended, Roxanna Brown suffered capital punishment without trial because of what appears to be simple identity theft, now so common to our daily lives.

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Confronting Our Inner Vigilante (Part 2)

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Vigilante, Rudolf Giuliani, Police, Crime, Subway, Subway Vigilante, Bernard Goetz, Justice, New York City, Living News
Russ Wellen

There's an even stronger impulse driving some to the vigilante act than grandiosity: the realization that if you do nothing, you've essentially allowed yourself to be held hostage, not necessarily to the perpetrator, but to fear.

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Confronting Your Inner Vigilante

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Law Enforcement, Vigilante, Police, Rudolf Giuliani, Crime, Subway, Subway Vigilante, Justice, Bernard Goetz, New York City, Living News
Russ Wellen

If spontaneous and proportional to the crime, the vigilante act, as opposed to the practice, is not a crime. In fact, there's no shortage of situations which call for taking the law into one's hands.

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Momentum Building For Bugliosi's Case Against George W. Bush For Murder

Linda Milazzo | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, Corporate Media, Vincent Bugliosi, George W. Bush, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, American Patriot, Republicans, Justice, Evidence, Democrats, John Conyers, Author, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

To be clear, this is not a partisan effort -- It's a legally binding and provable case for murder, that Bugliosi -- an American patriot -- would bring against any president regardless of affiliation.

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Precedent George Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Party Loyalty, Speech, Loyalty Oath, Mister Precedent, Cheney, Chris Dodd, Campaign, Telecom, Presidential-Powers, 2008, National Security, Separation-of-Powers, 2008 Campaign, Independent Counsel, Justice, Stonewall, Commander in Chief, Executive Privilege, John McCain, War, Amnesty, Scientist, Congress, 2008 Elections, 08, Stonewalling, Justice Department, Soviet, Subpoena, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Investigation, 08 Election, Precedent, Elections, 08 Campaign, Constitution, 2008 Presidential Race, Watergate, Executive Branch, Alberto Gonzales, Nixon, Party Card, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the presidential power, and the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. government.

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How To Make 8K A Day

Diane Dimond | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Defense Attorney, Robert Durst, Jury System, Crime, Martha Stewart, Jury Consultants, Shadow Jurors, Justice, Affordable Justice, Inside the Minds of Jurors, Politics News
Diane Dimond

I know a man connected to the justice system who makes eight thousand dollars a day. You read that right. When he shows up in a courtroom for a client his very presence and whispered advice to the lead attorney is worth 8 thousand dollars per day.

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Never-Ending Alimony in Massachusetts

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Harvard, Lifetime Alimony, Mit, Divorce Lawyers, Alimony Reform, Equal Protection., 2nd Wives, Justice, Massachusetts Divorce Lawyers, Alimony, Civil Unions, Massachusetts Civil Unions, Massachusetts, Politics News
Elizabeth Benedict

Divorce in Massachusetts means never have to say goodbye to your ex. Decades after your divorce, you can be dragged to court, or you can do the dragging yourself.

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Yay, It's a Holiday

Amy Ephron | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Presidents' Day, Justice, Gitmo Detainees, Guantanamo Bay, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Amy Ephron

We should all declare June 12, to be Habeas Corpus Day. And I hope that we celebrate it forever.

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Why Bobby Rocks A New Generation

Irshad Manji | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Justice, Courage, Youth Vote, Youth, Martin Luther King Jr, Conservatives, Bobby Kennedy, Liberals, Progressives, Youth Activism, Justice, Political Correctness, Students, Barack Obama, Robert F. Kennedy, 40th Anniversary Bobby Kennedy Assassination, Politics News
Irshad Manji

I was born after Bobby died, so maybe I'm not supposed to care about him. Truth is, though, my generation has something timely, even urgent, to learn from his advice to the world's youth.

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Not Just Us

Mike Fishman and George Gresham | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Puerto Rico, Labor, Seiu, Health Insurance, Justice, Labor Unions, Health Care, Politics News
Mike Fishman and George Gresham

Over the next three days, nearly 2,000 delegates from Unions across North America will meet to elect leaders, debate on current issues and set the agenda for our union for the next four years.

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May Day! May Day! Hijackings of the 4th Estate

Paige Donner | Posted 05.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Time Magazine, Brigitte Bardot, Animal Rights, Activism, 4th Estate, Freedom of Speech, Animal Slaughter, Cnn, Journalism, Defense, Seattle Times, Muckraker, Justice, Truth, Hijackings, Npr, Yong Tangyan, Valerie Plame, Immigration, May Day, Civil Liberties, Internal Affairs, Lapd, PEN Award, Aclu, Committee to ProtectJournalists, Media News
Paige Donner

The title of this piece, Hijackings of the 4th Estate, is purposefully provocative. For any journalist, Blogger or otherwise muckraker laboring in ser...

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Introducing the Justice NewsLadder

John Terzano | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dna, Death Penalty, Newsladder, Justice, Politics News
John Terzano

On The Justice NewsLadder, you'll find information about the problems of unreliable witness identification, false confessions, junk forensic science and more.

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Justice For...All?

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Tort Reform, Courts, Civil Justice, Legal Representation, Law, Lawyers, Justice, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Big companies have the money to take these cases to court. But what if you or I need to go to court? Are we on an equal footing?

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Re-Discovering An American Hero

Livia Giuggioli | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice, U.S. Justice System, Robert R. Bryan, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Daniel Faulkner, Politics News
Livia Giuggioli

What is it about Mumia Abu-Jamal's case that makes the State so afraid to live up to the legacy of justice and equality that I have come to so admire about this country?

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Getting Off the Hook on Capital Punishment

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dealth Penalty, Capital Punishment, Pennsylvania, Execution, Pennsylvania Execution, Baze v. Rees, John Eichinger, Lethal Injection, Justice, Politics News
Jonathan Leigh Solomon

If capital punishment ends only because of challenges and not because of a national reckoning with its full meaning, some cases will have let our nation off the hook in a way that cheapens our claim to being a judicious people.

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A Recess from Common Sense

Nan Aron | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, George Bush Supreme Court, Priscilla Owen, Catherina Haynes, Justice, Edith Jones, Fifth Circuit, Leslie Southwick, Politics News
Nan Aron

George W. Bush has nominated another lawyer without a demonstrated commitment to equal justice in order to cement his legacy on the Fifth Circuit.

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What Should Black America Expect from a Black President?

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Housing, Michael Fauntroy, Justice, African Americans, Barack Obama, Income, Healthcare, Politics News
Michael Fauntroy

What's the point of having a black president if he doesn't deal with uniquely black issues? Obama can't win the presidency on the back of black voters, then do nothing on black issues.

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A Meeting of Consequence: The Abu Dhabi Dialogue on Temporary Contractual Labor

James Zogby | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Justice, Middle East, Asian Markets, Politics News
James Zogby

Officials from over two dozen nations met in Abu Dhabi to address the critical issue of labor migration. By any measure, it was a meeting of consequence.

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The USA's Human Rights Daze

Norman Solomon | Posted 12.13.2007 | Living

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Labor, Human Rights, Economics, Equity, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Economic Rights, Democracy, News Media, Justice, Living News
Norman Solomon

Within the boundaries of dominant news media and mainline political discourse, the "issue" of human rights is in a narrow box. It severely limits the humanity of our social order.

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I'm a Values Voter, Too

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Elderly, Relationships, Children, Care, Safety, Mexico, Pat Robertson, Iraq, Singles, Peace, Human Dignity, 2008 Presidential Election, Same-Sex Marriage, Friendship, Religion, Marriage, Education, Rudy Giuliani, Environment, Living Wage, Sudan, Afghanistan, Security, Justice, Values Voters, Health Care, Voting, Politics News
Bella DePaulo

The endorsement of Rudy Giuliani by Pat Robertson is cause for brow-furrowing. Who are these "values voters?"

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Racism, Hatred and Southern Justice are Alive and Well in Jena, Louisiana

Etan Thomas and Dave Zirin | Posted 09.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Jena 6, Race, Justice, Jena 6 Nooses, Jena Nooses, Jena, Politics News
Etan Thomas and Dave Zirin

Outsiders are always what people in the South have called those who challenge racism. But the story of Jena is not an outsider/insider story. It's about the worst tradition: what is known as Southern Justice.

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