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.

The Feds' Health-Care Brief: Trial Judge? What Trial Judge?

The Feds' Health-Care Brief: Trial Judge? What Trial Judge?

The Justice Department's new argument against Judge Roger Vinson's ruling gently pretends the trial court's decision either never occurred or doesn't matter More »

Nature vs. Nurture: The Continuing Saga of the Gene Patenting Case

Nature vs. Nurture: The Continuing Saga of the Gene Patenting Case

With enormous ramifications, a U.S. Circuit Court will consider an appeal in the continuing saga of BRCA1/2, two genes patented back in 1994 More »

Prosecutors Get a Mulligan, Wrongfully Convicted Man Gets Squat

Prosecutors Get a Mulligan, Wrongfully Convicted Man Gets Squat

The Supreme Court rules that even after spending 18 years in prison because prosecutors violated his Constitutional rights, an innocent man is not due any redress More »

The Day Barry Bonds Truly Hit The Dirt

The Day Barry Bonds Truly Hit The Dirt

The fallen baseball star's trial about steroid abuse begins with an account from a lover he met in a parking lot More »

Welcome to Walmart: The Biggest Case of the Term

Welcome to Walmart: The Biggest Case of the Term

The discrimination suit against the mega-retailer could be the most significant pro-business decision in recent Supreme Court history More »

You Have the Right to Remain a Terror Suspect

You Have the Right to Remain a Terror Suspect

The Obama administration nibbles at Miranda rights for those Bush dubbed enemy combatants More »

Halfway Home on the Health Care Lawsuits

Halfway Home on the Health Care Lawsuits

Get ready for a Supreme Court ruling during the height of the GOP 2012 primaries More »

Story Suggestions for Ginni One-Note

Story Suggestions for Ginni One-Note

Some ideas for Justice Thomas's wife Virginia to pursue in her new gig at The Daily Caller More »

As Fans Turn Away From Hockey, NHL Ducks Head-Shot Reform

As Fans Turn Away From Hockey, NHL Ducks Head-Shot Reform

Despite calls from fans and advertisers alike to make the sport safer, the league is resisting change More »

Thoroughbred Racing's Off-Track Scandal: Somebody, Please, Save the Horses

Thoroughbred Racing's Off-Track Scandal: Somebody, Please, Save the Horses

The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, a charity to care for ex-racehorses, is the target of abuse and neglect allegations More »

On (and On and On) Wisconsin, as Judge Stays New Union Law

On (and On and On) Wisconsin, as Judge Stays New Union Law

A state trial judge temporarily blocked enforcement of Wisconsin's controversial new public union law, plunging the state into legal chaos More »

Why I'll Pay For the New York Times Online

Why I'll Pay For the New York Times Online

Monthly access to the nytimes.com is roughly the price of lunch for two at Chipotle More »

Patriot or Traitor? Views on Bradley Manning's Treatment Differ

Patriot or Traitor? Views on Bradley Manning's Treatment Differ

Conditions of his pre-trial detention may be objectionable, but they are also unexceptional in the American system More »

Airport Screening: Kids, Don't Try This at Home

Airport Screening: Kids, Don't Try This at Home

A 21-year-old looking for tussle with the Transportation Security Administration got what he deserved More »

Terror Law: Can't Anyone Here Play This Game?

Terror Law: Can't Anyone Here Play This Game?

Nearly a decade after 9/11, we still have not found the legal and political means to try Guantanamo Bay prisoners More »

Woe, Canada: The NHL's Slide Into Big Trouble

Woe, Canada: The NHL's Slide Into Big Trouble

The National Hockey League should change before it alienates more fans and sponsors and injures more players More »

Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting for a Loughner Trial

Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting for a Loughner Trial

Why the trial of the century may never actually begin More »

Illinois Finally Ends Its Dance With the Death Penalty

Illinois Finally Ends Its Dance With the Death Penalty

Today Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation that makes the Land of Lincoln the fourth state in four years to end capital punishment More »

White House Will Seek Repeal of Restrictions on Civilian Terror Trials

White House Will Seek Repeal of Restrictions on Civilian Terror Trials

Guantanamo detainees should be tried in federal courts when possible, says administration More »

Are DOMA Supporters Kidding Themselves?

Are DOMA Supporters Kidding Themselves?

The inherent legal weakness of the law is what led to its undoing, not a weak defense from Obama's Justice Department More »

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