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Law

  • 'A Conservative Coup d'Etat'

    Does a pattern connect recent events in the legislative and judicial branches? Yes, unfortunately.

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 2, 2012
  • If the Supreme Court Says It, It Must Be True

    An "originalist" Justice ratifies a de facto amendment to the Constitution

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 29, 2012
  • UC Davis Update, Featuring 'Catopticon' and Tanks in Small Towns

    The trend that has given every small town its own assault force

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 21, 2011
  • Pepper-Spray Brutality at UC Davis

    As the Occupy movement goes on, the police response gets worse

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 19, 2011
  • Moral Parallels: Foshan China, Penn State

    Two horrific episodes with depressing parallels

    • James Fallows
    • Nov 8, 2011
  • An Obviously True Point About the NYPD Coward Cop

    Why the criminalization of cameras matters

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 30, 2011
  • The Tom Wales Case Is Still Open

    Nearing the tenth anniversary of an important unsolved case.

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 29, 2011
  • More on the Pepper-Spraying Coward Cop

    A coward abuses his power and gives a bad name to his department

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 28, 2011
  • Before the Davis Execution Takes Place

    The death penalty says more about us than it does about the condemned

    • James Fallows
    • Sep 21, 2011
  • David Cameron, Meet Hu Jintao

    The British prime minister strikes an unfortunately resonant note

    • James Fallows
    • Aug 11, 2011
  • What the Inhofe Case Tells Us

    'The law? That's just for grunts.'

    • James Fallows
    • Jul 7, 2011
  • Cory Lidle Plane Crash: The Jury Speaks

    A tragedy, but not one that can be blamed on the airplane

    • James Fallows
    • May 25, 2011
  • Antidote to Truthiness: Garrett Epps on Health-Care Lawsuits

    Telling the truth, with gusto

    • James Fallows
    • Dec 30, 2010
  • Placeholder on Civil-Military Relations

    Is the military growing too far apart from society? Or society too far apart from the military?

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 7, 2010
  • A Different Aspect of the Internet-and-Freedom Story

    We notice government censorship, but private info-control can do just as much

    • James Fallows
    • Jun 9, 2010
  • Living Like Moles: TSA, NYC, SCOTUS, and Marmalade Update

    Security theater reaches the Third Branch of government.

    • James Fallows
    • May 4, 2010
  • Arizona Is Becoming France: New Evidence

    Johnny Hallyday: the true Arizona maverick.

    • James Fallows
    • May 1, 2010
  • Essay Question: Is AZ More Like China -- or Like France?

    Zut alors! Qu'est-ce que c'est dans l'Etat d'Arizona?

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 30, 2010
  • Yet Another Arizona-China Convergence

    The world's #1 country in size of population, and America's #48 state in order of admission, decide to merge

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 29, 2010
  • More Arizona-and-China Convergence -- Now With Texas Angle!

    China leading the way for Arizona -- and possibly Texas too.

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 28, 2010
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