Monthly Archives: January 2010
O’Connor Worries Corporate Cash Will Taint Judicial Elections
In one of the most contentious rulings in recent Supreme Court history, the high court last week overturned decades of legal precedent that limited how corporations, unions, and other organizations can participate in the political process. The 5-to-4 decision is all but certain to dramatically reshape the conduct of elections in the United States,...
Why Neither Reagan Nor the United States Won the Cold War
Ronald Reagan never claimed to have bested the Soviet Union and won the Cold War. Indeed, the very idea that there was a winner of the decades-long rivalry between the superpowers was a political formulation rather than one based on the historical facts. The notion that the United States forced the collapse of the...
U.S., China Trade Barbs After Google’s Ultimatum
What began as a quiet post on Google’s official blog has ballooned into a full fledged international tempest, with the U.S. and China trading barbs about the role of the government in regulating the Internet.
Supreme Court to Hear Sex Offender Imprisonment Case
This week, the Supreme Court will hear two cases about the rights of defendants in the criminal justice system. One of the cases, with oral arguments slated for Tuesday, challenges a law that gives the government the authority to keep convicted sex offenders behind bars after their sentences have been completed. In another case...