Andrew Cohen

Andrew Cohen is a contributing editor at The Atlantic, 60 Minutes' first-ever legal analyst, and a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice. He is also chief analyst for CBS Radio News and has won a Murrow Award as one of the nation's leading legal journalists. More

Andrew Cohen is a Murrow Award-winning legal analyst and commentator. He covers legal events and issues for CBS News' 60 Minutes and CBS Radio News and its hundreds of affiliates around the country. He is also a contributing editor at The Atlantic, where he focuses his writing upon the intersection of law and politics.He is the winner of the American Bar Association’s 2012 Silver Gavel Award for his Atlantic commentary about the death penalty in America and the winner of the Humane Society’s 2012 Genesis Award for his coverage of the plight of America’s wild horses. A racehorse owner and breeder, Cohen also is a two-time winner of both the John Hervey and O’Brien Awards for distinguished commentary about horse racing. Follow Andrew on Twitter at @CBSAndrew.

Time for a Beer Summit Between Coburn And Mikkanen

Time for a Beer Summit Between Coburn And Mikkanen

The Republican senator from Oklahoma and the American Indian judicial nominee who he's blocking can sit down at my table any time. More »

Thus Begins the Rehabilitation of Joe Paterno

Thus Begins the Rehabilitation of Joe Paterno

The coach's side of the story, as presented in The Washington Post, deserves cross-examination. More »

For the Prosecution, Justice Clarence Thomas

For the Prosecution, Justice Clarence Thomas

Why does the justice usually side with cheating prosecutors, even when the evidence against them is clear and damning? More »

In Oklahoma Case, Another Legal Obstacle to Banning Sharia Law

In Oklahoma Case, Another Legal Obstacle to Banning Sharia Law

They may be a big hit on the campaign trail, but they're getting trounced in the courtroom. More »

Guantanamo Bay: A Wound We Won't Let Heal

Guantanamo Bay: A Wound We Won't Let Heal

On a dark anniversary, remembering the story of a detainee who spent seven years in the prison, never knowing what evidence the United States had against him More »

A Conspiracy Theory About the Supreme Court's Term

A Conspiracy Theory About the Supreme Court's Term

What are we to make of the Court's willingness to resolve so many of politically-charged cases before the presidential election? More »

What Do GOP Candidates Think About New Hampshire's Bizarre Legislature?

What Do GOP Candidates Think About New Hampshire's Bizarre Legislature?

Republican control of the state house has led to an outlandish assault on the judiciary. What do the candidates have to say about that? More »

The DOJ's Affordable Care Act Filing: 5 Quick Takes

The DOJ's Affordable Care Act Filing: 5 Quick Takes

Eleven weeks before the oral arguments of the century, both the Justice Department and its adversaries filed merit briefs. More »

A Federal Judge Responds Defiantly to Chief Justice Roberts

A Federal Judge Responds Defiantly to Chief Justice Roberts

There is a growing gulf between the Supreme Court justices and the rank-and-file federal judges who decide the merits of tens of thousands of cases each year. More »

On Detainee Law: A Word, but Not the Last, From Obama

On Detainee Law: A Word, but Not the Last, From Obama

The president promised to overlook certain provisions of the NDAA -- such as allowing the detention of U.S. citizens without trial -- but what are these assurances worth? More »

The Supreme Court Chief Justice Cops Out

The Supreme Court Chief Justice Cops Out

John Roberts is defending the Supreme Court's indefensible refusal to follow ethics rules More »

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis: 35 Years Ago, the Reunion

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis: 35 Years Ago, the Reunion

Remembering an event that meant an awful lot then and no doubt means something still to tens of millions of Americans More »

A Year In Books: Telling Me Something I Didn't Know

A Year In Books: Telling Me Something I Didn't Know

A few books that managed to change my perspective More »

Judge-Bashing Comes to the 2012 GOP Race

Judge-Bashing Comes to the 2012 GOP Race

Gingrich's latest tirades are part of a long history of Republican attacks that persist despite the courts having become more and more conservative. More »

Newt Gingrich and His 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' Constitution

Newt Gingrich and His 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' Constitution

The candidate is selling a wrongheaded plan for legislators to bully the judiciary More »

Think Our Wild Horses Are Safe?

Think Our Wild Horses Are Safe?

Forty years after its passage, The Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act is a shadow of its former self, undercut by amendments, the Bureau of Land Management, and the cattle industry More »

The Looming Death of the Death Penalty

The Looming Death of the Death Penalty

In recent years, capital punishment has been on a sharp decline, both in the courts and in the court of public opinion More »

5 Quick Thoughts on the White House Decision Not to Veto Detainee Measure

5 Quick Thoughts on the White House Decision Not to Veto Detainee Measure

When the Supreme Court eventually rules on the constitutionality of the new law, you'll hear politicians screaming their dissent. More »

If Supreme Court Cases Were Television Dramas

If Supreme Court Cases Were Television Dramas

The Court is decades away from opening up its oral arguments to cameras. But let's skip the daytime TV all together and give the people what they really want: prime-time entertainment. More »

The Obama Administration and the American Indian

The Obama Administration and the American Indian

The White House's policy towards American Indians is better than in past administrations, but still not consistently good enough More »

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Protests Spread Across Brazil

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