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Corporate Legal Rights Grow As Courts Block Pro-Consumer Class Action Suits

Negah Mouzoon, Public Citizen. April 27, 2012.

Consumer activists find a 2011 Supreme Court ruling has blocked dozens of class action suits, instead forcing consumers into arbitration.

The U.S. Supreme Court's Abominable Bias: Limiting Government Power To Help The Vulnerable

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. March 30, 2012.

The Roberts Court invariably sides with the powerful over the weak.

The Court Battle Over Health Care Is a Struggle For a Future Vision for America: 6 Things You Need to Know

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. March 22, 2012.

The upcoming legal battle could decide the role and scope of government for years to come.

6 Pathetic Right-Wing Attempts to Defend the Indefensible Citizens United (Debunked)

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. February 23, 2012.

The apologists are falling all over themselves to tell us not to worry.

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Gitmo Torture Case Claiming Detainees Are Not "Persons"

Center for Constitutional RightsDecember 14, 2009.

Defense attorney: "Future prospective torturers can now draw comfort from this decision."

Indefinite Detention Case Will Test Obama's Pledges

Willam Fisher, IPS News. February 4, 2009.

The Supreme Court is poised to hear what could be one of the most consequential cases in U.S. history.

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Prisoners Have a Right to Post-Conviction DNA Tests

The Innocence BlogJanuary 28, 2009.

'Our Constitution gives every citizen the right to prove that he's innocent,' says Innocence Project Co-Director Peter Neufeld.

Robert Gates Confirms Bush Won't Close Gitmo

Michael Sung, Jurist Legal News and Research. October 23, 2008.

It's official: What happens to the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay will be in the hands of the next president.

Will Republicans Use Contested Voter Registration Lists to Scare New Voters?

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 18, 2008.

The GOP push for lists of voters whose registrations don't match state and federal databases may be prelude to a big intimidation campaign.

Supreme Court Says No To Ohio GOP

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 17, 2008.

The US Supreme Court has sided with the Ohio Secretary of State in a dispute affecting 200,000-plus voter registrations

Seven New Dirty Words for a Painful Point in Our Nation's History

Tula Conell, Firedoglake. July 25, 2008.

What are your seven dirty words?