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In Indianapolis v. Edmond, the Supreme Court will decide whether the police can randomly stop drivers to investigate whether their cars contain drugs. The case, argued today, should res
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In the 1960s, the NAACP was fighting for the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and the Fair Housing Act. At that time, there were Jim Crow schools, segregated lunch counters, and Bull Connor
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There is a strong push in U.S. corporate governance to increase shareholder power to nominate directors. For example, Walt Disney removed Michael Eisner from his chairmanship, and MCI in
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"Desperately Seeking Certainty: The Misguided Quest for Constitutional Foundations" by Daniel A. Farber and Suzanna Sherry University of Chicago Press, Chicago
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The stereotype is that Democrats are less open to the concerns of American business than are Republicans. The surprising - indeed, encouraging - reality is that the new Democratic majority in
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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision this month to review Arthur Andersen's criminal conviction for destroying internal documents relating to its audits of Enron was both surprising and welcome.
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Judge X is a Democrat, says the reporter. But Judge Y is a Republican, notes the TV commentator.The media were most diligent in mentioning the previous party affiliations of the variou
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For someone under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the cloud of uncertainty can be frustrating and demoralizing. In the past, people have sometimes waited
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Decency respects the dead, whereas the First Amendment respects freedom. Which kind of respect should prevail when the two collide? Specifically, can funeral protests be outlawed
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