Tammy Fiebelkorn and Marcia Wilson : "On March 18, 2009, New Mexico's Governor Bill Richardson signed a bill into law that repeals the death penalty and replaces it with...
Professional Commentary
Erik Stanley : "The Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission case is pending for decision before the US Supreme Court, and the case raises some serious constitutional questions. ADF filed a friend-of-the-court brief focusing on...
Steve Simpson : "In the case of Citizens United v. FEC, the US Supreme Court confronted the inescapable logic of the campaign finance laws: if the government can ban a broadcast advertisement that is paid for...
Timothy Spence : "North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is no stranger to ruthlessly muzzling press freedom at home to bury the truth about natural disasters, famine, economic despair and his regime's diplomatic tussles.But the...
Alex Luchenitser : "Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld an amendment to a Texas law that provides for a moment of silence in the...
Alim Seytoff : "If the United States chooses to accept the Uyghur detainees and resettle them in the US, the only thing China can do is to loudly protest such a decision by the Obama Administration....
John H. Eickemeyer : "The indictment if Mr. Friehling is hardly unexpected, as is the accompanying civil action by the SEC. The conduct alleged in the complaint certainly goes beyond poor auditing - in essence, Mr. Friehling...
Christopher Gacek : "In reaction to the possibility that Hawaiian courts would mandate same-sex marriage for that state in the mid-1990s, Congress enacted the Defense of Marriage Act (DoMA). The vote in the US Senate was...
Timothy Sandefur : "Thirty years ago, in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution is not offended by state laws that take money directly from workers' paychecks to subsidize...
Frida Berrigan : "Hidden amidst news of the global financial meltdown, the Bernie Madoff guilty pleas and spring's slow approach in the last week, was the story of global gun violence....