opinionWhere Does He Stand?Dems Need to Pin Kavanaugh on Which Constitution He SupportsThere are four main approaches to constitutional interpretation. Judiciary Committee Democrats need to work to get straight answers out of Kavanaugh on where he stands.Geoffrey R. Stone
NO TURNING BACKHere’s What Life Was Like for Women in America Before ‘Roe’Knitting needles, scissors, coat-hangers, and ingested turpentine killed 200 women a year in the 1960s and injured thousands more. Is that really what we want?Geoffrey R. Stone
FAREWELLThe Nino I Knew: Tough, Brilliant & KindAntonin Scalia, known to friends as Nino, was always destined for greatness. Behind his famously acerbic decisions was a man of humor, generosity, and intellect.Geoffrey R. Stone
Court WatchingSupreme Court Will Rule for MarriageEven if the court rules as expected, it won’t do enough to protect LGBT people from discrimination.Geoffrey R. Stone
HIGH STAKESWill the Court Kill Obamacare This Week?The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the latest challenge to Obamacare this week. Here’s why the case should be open and shut.Geoffrey R. Stone
SOUNDS UGLYDoes Free Speech Cover Murder Fantasies?A man wrote on Facebook he wanted to leave his ex-wife’s body ‘soaked in blood’ and wished to ‘slit the throat’ of an FBI agent. Geoffrey R. Stone
Judicial WatchSenate Control: It’s the Courts, StupidWith a Republican victory in the Senate looking increasingly likely, the President’s ability to appoint federal judges is about to be curtailed. And that matters a lot.Geoffrey R. Stone
Eric HolderFarewell to Obama’s Progressive BackboneFrom gay rights to voter-ID laws, this attorney general became the man to fight the way the president couldn’t. Yet his liberal voice was too often silenced on War on Terror issues.Geoffrey R. Stone
EQUALITYThe Future of Same-Sex MarriageTwenty-nine consecutive judicial decisions in the past year have held bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional. This is nothing short of extraordinary.Geoffrey R. Stone
FIX ITSlam the NSA’s Backdoor ShutJust because the initial collection of intelligence is legal doesn’t mean it should be if it catches American citizens’ communications. A bill in Congress would fix that. Geoffrey R. Stone