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What Kind of Country Are We, Really? Oct. 07, 2021
Our ruling classes are infected with arrogance, egotism and condescension. So convinced are they of ... Read More
Federal Execution Moratorium Should Be the First Step Toward Full Death Penalty Abolition Jul. 08, 2021
In an abrupt but appropriate reversal of Trump administration policies, President Joe Biden's Justic... Read More
Trump Invaded Journalists' Phone and Email Records. Biden Should Reveal Why. May. 25, 2021
CNN reported last week that the Trump administration's Justice Department secretly obtained phone an... Read More
What Was He Thinking? Feb. 25, 2021
Everybody always says, "Why did they do it?" but that's usually the easy part. In one way or another... Read More
Merrick Garland Jan. 09, 2021
Amid Wednesday's riots, President-elect Joe Biden's selection of Judge Merrick Garland as attorney g... Read More
Bill Barr Finds His Moral Compass. Finally. Dec. 17, 2020
When Bill Barr was appointed attorney general, I was hopeful. Impeccable credentials, long experienc... Read More
Mafia Don: The President Guards His Swamp May. 26, 2020
BY JEFF ROBBINS RELEASE: TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2020 Mafia Don: The President Guards His Swamp Notorious... Read More
The Hunting of the President May. 21, 2020
Washington — Let us turn to the controversy surrounding Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump'... Read More
Read the Transcript -- Again May. 15, 2020
Last week, Attorney General William Barr was interviewed by Catherine Herridge, a CBS News correspon... Read More
Read the Transcript -- Again May. 14, 2020
Last week, Attorney General William Barr was interviewed by Catherine Herridge, a CBS News correspon... Read More
Using Crisis to Undermine Constitutional Rights Is The Worst Kind of Gouging Mar. 25, 2020
Attorney General William Barr, who serves an authoritarian-minded president, is seeking to have defe... Read More
Trump's Past Mishandling of Intelligence Adds Urgency to Whistleblower Probe Sep. 24, 2019
President Donald Trump has long shown he cannot be trusted with the kind of sensitive intelligence t... Read More
Federal Criminal Justice Reform Takes a Big First Step Forward Jul. 26, 2019
Within hours after the First Step Act went into effect last Friday, 3,100 inmates qualified for rele... Read More
What Happened to Bill Barr? Jun. 03, 2019
I knew him back when we were both law clerks fresh out of school — he for one of the most cons... Read More
Mueller, the Silent Hero, Must Be Heard May. 08, 2019
WASHINGTON — "Rectitude" is not the word that comes to mind in these troubled times, as the ca... Read More
If Trump Weren't POTUS, He Would Be Indicted Apr. 18, 2019
If Donald Trump were the president of any private or public entity — if he were the president ... Read More
The Imbalanced Scales of Justice Dec. 14, 2018
The U.S. judicial system is disintegrating before our eyes. What used to be a world-renowned legal s... Read More
Think Crime Doesn't Pay? Probation-Monitoring Companies Beg to Differ. Nov. 29, 2018
They say that crime doesn't pay. But "they" weren't talking about the booming for-profit industry th... Read More
Whitaker's Allowed to Have an Opinion Nov. 09, 2018
Now that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is out at the Department of Justice and President Donald Tru... Read More
How to Prevent Overdose Deaths -- and How Not To Sep. 02, 2018
In the next 24 hours, we can expect that some 200 Americans will die of drug overdoses. The relentle... Read More
