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Save to My Portfolio Unusual Nonsense: Supreme Court's Decision about "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"

Benjamin Wittes, April 28, 2008

The Supreme Court recently handed down a decision upholding as constitutional the specific mixture of drugs by which thirty states put condemned prisoners to death.  In this piece, Ben Wittes writes about the Supreme Court's failure to rationalize its decisions about cruel and unusual punishment. Read More

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Save to My Portfolio Supreme Court Justices Uphold Voter ID Law

Monday, January 07, 2008
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The Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s voter identification law this week, concluding that the law’s photo ID requirement did not place an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote. Read More

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Save to My Portfolio What Happens If the Supreme Court Recognizes Individual Gun Rights? Not Much.

Benjamin Wittes, March 21, 2008

A decision recognizing an individual right to gun ownership will put a limit on how far gun control can go, writes Ben Wittes.  Those who dream of a gun-free society will have to dream of ratifying a new constitutional amendment. Read More

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Save to My Portfolio Trial by Fire: How Military Commissions Work and Why They Fail

Benjamin Wittes, February 14, 2008

The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will test President Bush's military commissions, according to Brookings Benjamin Wittes, and reveal how they work and why they fail. Read More

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Save to My Portfolio Benjamin Wittes

Benjamin Wittes, a New Republic online columnist, focuses on the Supreme Court; judicial nominations and confirmations; and legal issues surrounding the war on terrorism.

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Save to My Portfolio Stuart Taylor, Jr.

Stuart Taylor, a Newsweek contributing editor and columnist at National Journal, focuses on constitutional law and the Supreme Court.

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