U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Challenges to Internet Freedoms Remain With Anniversary of SOPA Defeat in the Books

A year ago Sunday, Congress shelved the Stop Online Privacy Act and the Protect IP Act after millions of concerned Internet users expressed outrage over a bill they believed threatened the freedom of the Internet. The most memorable of those expressions of outrage against SOPA came a year ago Fri ... More >>

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Andrew Cuomo Endorse the Respect for Marriage Act

​Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Respect for Marriage Act, on a party line vote of 10 to 8. The bil, if passed, would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and make same-sex marriages legal through out the United States. (The bill will never pass, however, for it would ... More >>

Iowa Still Ground Zero on Gay Marriage

​More than two years before New York got its shit together last summer, the über-progressive state of Iowa made same-sex marriage legal in 2009. The decision came from the state's Supreme Court, which drew from their state constituion's long history of being way ahead of the curve on civil ri ... More >>

This Week on the Gay Marriage Beat: Whoppers and Lies, Fence-sitting and Delays

​A gay couple can have a whopper of a hard time just trying to order a sandwich at Burger King, let alone trying to obtain a license to get hitched. Here are six more things you should know to keep it all straight.

Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

​ Twitpic by iamawizard. The week started with an underwear run and went downhill from there. President Obama's Supreme Court pick, Sonia Sotomayor, rocked the Judiciary Committee. He felt so good about that he released unexpected stimulus money for New York cops, and announced Medal of ... More >>

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 >>

Clinton In, Geithner Delayed, Holder Grilled

Hillary Clinton was this morning approved for Secretary of State by a 16-1 Senate committee vote. Her husband's multifarious international dealings only dissuaded Republican David Vitter, who would presumably prefer Bill did his deals with prostitutes. But there's still hope, albeit faint, of scuttl ... More >>

Congress and Judges Gagged

Arlen Specter and a CIA torture victim know: Only the Oval Office decides what the law is

Justice Department's Black Site

The administration censors internal probe of lawbreaking by the Oval Office and the NSA

Alito and His Coaches

For Supreme Court nominee, hearings are an inside game

Gonzales to Tell Senate About Domestic Spying

But that Tice guy still can't say a word

Bushwhacking the Constitution

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

Killing a Dream

After having ruled public school segregation unconstitutional, the Supreme Court stopped caring

You Be the Judge

Supreme court-watching at these fine locations

FBI Turned Loose

Privacy rights may disappear if a new Senate Intelligence Committee bill passes

New York Times v. Janice Rogers Brown

Black woman nominated to a high federal appellate court is still scandalized

Morning Report 4/19/05
Bolton: Reagan's Personal Stonewall Hero

Letters

Morning Report 1/7/05
Panel's 'Oversight' of Gonzales? Mission Accomplished.

Special Report 1/6/05
Torture in Real Time

Morning Report 1/4/05
Pretzel Logic

Cloud Over the Constitution

The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee lack the grit to stop Alberto Gonzales

Torture and Death

Alberto Gonzales's record as assistant chief executioner under George Bush in Texas

Musical Chairs in the White House

'Just Give Me My Son'

Bush defies the Supreme Court by denying due process to noncitizen prisoners

Torture Trail

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

Untrue Confessions

Mike Wallace v. Charles Schumer

Will Chuck Schumer, or any anti-Pickering revilers, finally apologize to the judge?

A Judge's Life: The Final Reckoning

'Look at the Justice System From a Black Perspective'

A Judge Who Did Justice

'You Have Committed a Despicable Act,' Said Sentencing Judge Pickering

The Ordeal of Charles Pickering

Are Times Editorials Fact-Checked?

Everything's on Sale

Universal Reversals, Webcast Battles, RIAA-Safe Tuneage

Analyze This!

Italians Iced From Federal Judicial Appointments

Ashcroft's New Ally

Senator Schumer Pushes to Make Covert Surveillance Easier

Ashcroft Out of Control

Ominous Sequel to USA Patriot Act

The Facts: Schumer v. Pickering

Glaring Racial Insensitivity?

Joe Lieberman Joins Big Brother

The Return of the Thought Police

The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

'All of Us Are in Danger'

Code of Quiet

The Secret War on Whistle-Blowers

Bush Intelligence Plan Meant to Blunt Tough Questions

Spinning the Military Tribunals

'A Mere Pretense of Legal Process'

The ACLU on the Ramparts

Who’s Afraid of John Ashcroft?

Getting Back Our Rights

Don’t Brood and Despair. Organize!

John Ashcroft v. the Constitution

Giving the FBI a ‘Blank Warrant’

Terrorizing the Bill of Rights

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

Slowing the Ashcroft Act

Haste Could Lay Waste to Liberty

The Worst That Could Happen

Take a Deep Breath: The Terror of Germ Warfare

A Possible Filibuster on Ashcroft Nomination

Kennedy Spars With Republican Senators

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

Campaign Files Fuel Left-Wing Opposition

Rehnquist's Glass House

The man who will preside over Clinton's trial has veracity issues of his own