Law & Government
In Defense of Millennials and Individualism
Forget Justin Bieber. Don't Hate on "Generation Selfie"
Friday A/V Club: A Nightmare Vision of a World Without Congress
The 1947 "instructional" film The Powers of Congress
Casino Magnate Finds Legislators to Support His War on Online Gambling
Death to the competition! For the children, of course.
Dear Sacramento: Tossing Away $500 Million Is Why Your State Is Screwed
Bureaucrats can't get act together enough to recover huge sums in overpaid unemployment benefits.
Lawsuit Declares War on the War on Photography
Philadelphia officers defied commissioner's orders to let citizens shoot police activity.
White House Has Its Own Way of Screwing with Senate Torture Probe – Ignoring It
Refuses to hand over some paperwork for report
How to Get Feinstein to Support the Fourth Amendment – Snoop and Intimidate Her Staff
Senator exposes CIA surveillance of committee responsible for oversight over CIA
Republicans Craft Tax Hike for Harvard and Yale
The GOP should be thinking up ways to cut taxes, not raise them.
CrossFit Games Sued for Telling Transgender Contestant She Must Compete with Men
Discrimination or biological complications?
New York Assemblyman Convicted of Federal Bribery Charges
Solicited more than $250,000 from undercover FBI agents
Senate Blocks Overhaul of Military Rape Prosecution Rules
Will stay under the control of military chain of command
Ban the Dollar!
Congressman points out silliness of Sen. Manchin's complaints about bitcoins
Senate Rejects DOJ Nominee Who Defended Convicted Cop-Killer Mumia Abu Jamal
47-52, even the filibuster rules change couldn't help
Government Officials Fiddle While Public Pensions Burn
Elected officials have arrived at a formula that suits them well: Never do today what you can do tomorrow. And don't do it then, either.
Michael Jordan vs. Free Speech
Circuit court ruling gives fame a First Amendment veto
What's a Guy Got To Do To Get Kicked Out of the California Legislature?
Getting convicted of several felonies is apparently not enough
FDA Cigarette Regulations Protect Big Tobacco, Not Public Health
Tobacco Control Act? More like Marlboro Monopoly Act.
New Assaults on American Law
In the name of safety, the feds have spied on lawyers negotiating with them, lied to lawyers whose clients they're prosecuting, and misrepresented their behavior to the Supreme Court.
John Dingell's Wife Favorite to Replace Him—Updated
Dingell replaced his father in a special election in 1955
George Washington: Boozehound
Prodigious alcohol consumption by Washington and his fellow founding fathers has been whitewashed from American history.