The Washington Post this morning reports that the White House twice issued memoranda to the CIA authorizing the use of its so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques. I'm not quite sure why this is breaking news. President Bush, after all, has alr...

[For The Conference on The Future of Sexual And Reproductive Rights]Barry Friedman Much of the conference commentary thus far has focused, for evident reasons, on the Supreme Court. Yet, it also is the case that the world of abortion is subterranean,...

In a 93-page opinion in the Miers/Bolton contempt case, Judge Bates not only rejects all of the various Administration arguments against justiciability, but goes so far as to reach the merits and hold that there is no basis for the DOJ argument that ...

President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allow American Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the prior approval of the Pakistani government,

Congressman John Conyers' recent subpoena to Karl Rove raises the interesting (and unsettled) question whether former Presidents can successfully invoke executive privilege to prevent their former aides...