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Thirty Years Late, Justice Comes Knocking on Raúl Castro’s Door
The indictment of the elderly Cuban tyrant has been taken as a move in a bigger geopolitical game. But the underlying crime deserves to be remembered.
Roberto González
Following the Law Isn’t ‘Jim Crow 2.0’
The rejection of Virginia’s congressional map was required by state law, but cynics condemned it as a political power grab.
Jed Rubenfeld
EXCLUSIVE: Cannabis Giants Sued for Marketing Weed as Medicine
A new class-action lawsuit alleges three of America’s largest marijuana companies know that science doesn’t support their health claims—but keep saying…
Josh Code
The Unjust Prosecution of OneTaste
The cultish sexual wellness group was not exactly wholesome. But the founder’s prosecution and nine-year sentence distorts the law.
Billy Binion
Trump Will Lose on Birthright Citizenship—but an Immigration Win Is Coming
Critics say the justices are either lackeys or haters of the president. But the Court’s approach to two big immigration cases suggests they’re guided by…
Jed Rubenfeld
The NYC Public Defender Who Sends Books to Prisoners
And frontier justice in Charles Portis’s ‘True Grit’
Shilo Brooks
54M
Why Longer Prison Sentences Don’t Work
The left wants to focus attention on social ills. The right wants to give out more punitive sentences. Neither strategy deters crime, explains economist…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 4M
Trump’s Tough-Talking Antitrust Chief Is Pushed Out
‘Competent technocrats do not survive the den of vipers,’ says one of Gail Slater’s allies about her sudden exit.
Gabe Kaminsky
Justice in the Age of Retribution with Andy McCarthy
The ‘National Review’ columnist breaks down the prosecutions against President Trump, the lawfare he’s wrought, and the steps needed to rebuild a legal…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 7M
For Comey and James, It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
A federal judge tossed their indictments, but left open the door for the Justice Department to continue prosecuting them.
Jed Rubenfeld
How the GOP’s Gerrymandering in Texas Backfired
A three-judge federal court just threw out a Republican redistricting map that would get the GOP more House seats. But will the Supreme Court reverse…
Jed Rubenfeld
Iryna Zarutska’s Killer Does Not Deserve to Die
The execution of the schizophrenic man who stabbed a Ukrainian refugee on a train would be an act of cruelty, not justice.
Sally Satel
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