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Popular Professor Was on Cell Phone When He Was Ambushed by His Killer
Adam Weinstein · 07/28/14 10:00AMSoul-Sucking BigLaw Jobs Are Coming Back in Fashion
Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/14 10:21AMFinancial Advisors Fight For Their Right to Rip You Off
Hamilton Nolan · 06/13/14 10:10AMBigoted Old Fart Can't Faze These Women Getting Married
Adam Weinstein · 06/12/14 10:45AMJ.K. Trotter · 06/02/14 11:38AM
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal filed by New York Times reporter James Risen in which he argued that he should not be forced to testify in a case against former C.I.A. operative Jeffrey Sterling, who is suspected of leaking classified information to Risen. It it not yet clear, Risen’s lawyer said, whether federal prosecutors still intend to seek Risen’s testimony.
Adam Weinstein · 05/06/14 11:47AM
Lawsuit: FBI Used No-Fly List to Bully Muslims Into Becoming Informers
Hamilton Nolan · 04/23/14 10:41AMSupreme Court Quietly Rolls Back Equal-Protection Doctrine
Michelle Dean · 04/23/14 10:11AMYesterday the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Michigan's affirmative action ban, known popularly as "Prop 2." It was, as widely reported, a defeat for affirmative action, but a limited one. The court didn't say that affirmative action was federally unconstitutional, merely that if a state like Michigan decides to ban it, the court won't interfere.
Why You Should Be Careful What You "Like" on Facebook
Michelle Dean · 04/17/14 12:45PMHere Are the States Where Blowjobs Are Illegal But Necrophilia's Cool
Adam Weinstein · 04/16/14 02:12PMScalia, in Brooklyn, Says He Can't Judge Hate or the NSA
Tom Scocca · 03/28/14 05:17PMAntonin Scalia, the longest-serving active justice of the Supreme Court, has a great deal of charm at his disposal, in person. From a distance, it’s easy to imagine Scalia as a sort of aloof, smoldering demon, throwing cruel barbs at popular notions about justice and progress. Yet he is dear friends with Ruth Bader Ginsburg.