Patrick Leahy

The 10 Most Corrupt Tax Loopholes

If Mitt Romney won't tell you which need to be closed, we will

Free Will Astrology: June 1-7, 2011

Sotomayor Approved by Judiciary Committee

Sonia Sotomayor's appointment to the Supreme Court has just been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee en banc. All the Democrats (Herb Kohl, Dianne Feinstein, Russell Feingold, Chuck Schumer, Benjamin Cardin, Dick Durbin, Al Franken, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Kaufman, Arlen Specter ... More >>

Update on the Damn Sotomayor Hearings

Yesterday Al Franken reminisced with Sonia Sotomayor about Perry Mason. Today Arlen Specter asks if she'd like TV cameras in the Supreme Court. Sotomayor tells John Cornyn she won't use foreign law to interpret the constitution. Tom Coburn asks her if she's worried that gun control would take t ... More >>

The Obama Vice-President Committee 'Controversy': Has the Press Forgotten About Cheney?

What Happens in Vegas . . . Stays in Computers

Congress and the Disappeared

Still waiting for our representatives—and presidential candidates—to address criminal U.S. kidnappings

Bush's Man Mukasey

Will the Supreme Court also bow low to the president?

The President's Last Stand

No lame duck, Bush has big plans to push through an imperial legacy before he leaves

The Torture Doctors

These physicians have a strange way of preserving the American way of life

Troops in Iraq, Now and Forever

Blue Wall of Lawlessness

The NYPD has a long-standing reputation for its "excessive" surveillance. Now more than ever.

The New Americanism

Through the new Congress, we can begin to take back our country from George III's descendants

Is This America?

Canada apologizes to its citizen kidnapped by CIA; U.S. keeps him on its terror list

Our Human Rights Show

Countries abusing their prisoners say they are following America's practices

Bush's War Crimes Cover-up

The Supreme Court ordered him to treat detainees as "civilized peoples" do. He refuses.

What the Democrats Must Do

Mandate for the new majority: Curb the president's power to torture

Congress Bows To Bush

New Military Commissions Act gives president more power than ever

Bush Wins One in Padilla Case

What the 'Dirty Bomber' ruling means for you

Full Text: Alito on Presidential Power

Bushwhacking the Constitution

U.S. Senate proves as disdainful of the Constitution as George W. Bush. Be forewarned.

Flashback: A Lifetime in Limbo

Jose Padilla indicted at last

Release the Hounds!

War Crimes

Congress dozes while detainees are sent to other countries to be tortured

The Most Dangerous Lawyer in America

At a Loss for Words

FBI's translation scandal heats up; more whistle-blowers emerge

Pay to Play

Getting bucks from different heads of the music-biz hydra

Cosby Rips Into Black America Again

See Dick Run

Nearing high noon, Cheney takes his tough-guy shtick to the hustings

Torture Trail

Bush's lawyers conclude the torture of prisoners is justified in war on terrorism

A Judge's Life: The Final Reckoning

'Look at the Justice System From a Black Perspective'

100th Civil Liberties Safe Zone!

Hawaii Is the First State to Defy Ashcroft

What Gay-Friendly Republicans?

Homos Get the Glad Hand, Phobes Get the Power

A Lifetime in Limbo

Why the "Dirty Bomber" case threatens everyone's rights

Party Patrol

A New Federal Law Could Spoil Your Summer Fun

Ashcroft's New Ally

Senator Schumer Pushes to Make Covert Surveillance Easier

Vanishing Liberties

Where's the Press?

Ashcroft Out of Control

Ominous Sequel to USA Patriot Act

The Death of Operation TIPS

Volunteer Spying Corps Dismissed

Peach Buzz

Joe Lieberman Joins Big Brother

The Return of the Thought Police

Ashcroft’s Master Plan to Spy on Us

'Citizens Will Not Become Informants'

Getting Back Our Rights

Don’t Brood and Despair. Organize!

John Ashcroft v. the Constitution

Giving the FBI a ‘Blank Warrant’

Abandoning the Constitution to Military Tribunals

Terrorizing the Bill of Rights

'Why Should We Care? It's Only the Constitution'

Nation

Nation

Ashcroft Files Fuel Abortion-Rights Protest; Carnahan Says No Rush to Judgment

Campaign Files Fuel Left-Wing Opposition

Who's for the Bill of Rights?

The Return of J. Edgar Hoover