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The Impeachinator

Watchdog Fein
From Caligula to Bush...er Obama: Bruce Fein watches them all.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE | November 24, 2008

Don’t laugh: if the Arizona ‘maverick’ is elected, he’ll complete the job Bush started
The only thing standing in the way of Republican John McCain assuming the powers and prerogatives of a dictator should he be elected president is the vote of a single Supreme Court justice.
By EDITORIAL | October 27, 2008

Obama and McCain: Repro Rights Checklist

How the presidential candidates measure up on reproductive rights
It’s important to know where our next president stands with regard to reproductive rights — and to remember that those rights depend on who’s in charge.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 24, 2008

Crackpot court

Taking a shot at the Supreme Court’s recent gunplay
This past week’s Supreme Court ruling, invalidating Washington, DC’s handgun ban, demonstrates just how far afield “movement conservatism” has taken our country.
By EDITORIAL | July 02, 2008

Habeas-corpus rights restored to enemy combatants

One of our most important civil-liberty victories to date
This past week, the Supreme Court rejected the Bush administration’s astonishing claim that it had the power to detain suspected “enemy combatants” at Guantánamo Bay — potentially for life — without fair proceedings or meaningful access to the federal courts.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE | June 18, 2008

Straight talk

It’s time to cover John M c Cain again — and here are ten good places for the media to start.
It’s been a very quiet spring for John McCain.
By ADAM REILLY | May 14, 2008

Four-star rebuttal

Letters to the Boston editor, April 4, 2008
I wonder if Peary realizes just how detrimental his dismissive panning of this movie could be?
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | April 02, 2008

Alito: hypocrisy in high places

Freedom watch
The First Amendment took two big hits from the Supreme Court on June 25.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE AND JAMES TIERNEY | July 03, 2007

Size matters

Small portions are in; no apology needed from David’s 388
My mission in this essay is to convince Greater Portland that mission statements are useless.
By BRIAN DUFF | May 18, 2007

Brief cases

No Scalia wag
This article originally appeared in the August 19, 1986 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By HARVEY SILVERGLATE | November 14, 2006

Flashbacks: August 18, 2006

The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966.
These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Paul Babin and Sam MacLaughlin.
By FLASHBACKS | August 17, 2006

Alito: public enemy

The Phoenix editorial
How much damage will a conservative Court do?
By EDITORIAL | January 25, 2006

Tough time for Cheney

The Veep is being punished for his misdeeds
If the national media give attention to the totally demented ravings of the Christian Coalition’s ludicrous God-botherer Pat Robertson — most recently about Ariel Sharon — the Associated Press should pick up this following news.
By | January 18, 2006

Pride Italia

A rebuke to Alito’s nationalistic supporters
I am an Italian-American and proud of my roots in Italy. I speak Italian fluently, travel to Italy regularly, and treasure the ethic of my grandparents — and so many like them — who came here with nothing but hope and built solid lives for themselves and their progeny.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | January 09, 2006

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