Published: Daily Dot (February 24, 2015) John Oliver’s eloquent rant about corruption from this weekend’s edition Last Week Tonight about the American judiciary has been going viral since the show aired Sunday night. “What he revealed was truly disturbing,” wrote...
How I Respond To The Court That Just Struck Down A Historic Cyberbullying Law
Jul 3, 2014 | Bullying, Civil Liberties, Internet Culture, Liskula Cohen, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: Mic (July 3, 2014) co-author: Liskula Cohen On Tuesday, New York’s highest court struck down an Albany County law that would have made it a crime to “cyber-bully.” As a trailblazer in fighting for the rights of cyberbullying victims, you might think that...
Inside the Newest Front Lines Of the Gay Marriage Revolution
Oct 19, 2013 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: mic (October 19, 2013) You may not have realized it, but October has been a portentous month in the fight for gay marriage rights. Let's go through the list: -Most pressingly, the Supreme Court of New Jersey rejected Governor Chris Christie's effort to...
Gay Rights 2013: Why This Year is Going to Be Pivotal
Feb 4, 2013 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: mic (February 4, 2013), The Morning Call (February 4, 2013) When Barack Obama mentioned the Stonewall protests in his inaugural address last week, he did more than place gay rights in the same breath as the struggles for women’s equality (his mention of the...
Barack Obama’s Legacy: Part Two – After the Supreme Court’s Health Care Reform Ruling
Jun 28, 2012 | Democrats, Economic Policy, Health Care Reform, History, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: PolicyMic (June 28, 2012) Two months ago, in my editorial detailing the positive legacy President Obama will leave behind at the end of his first term, I deliberately avoided mentioning his health care reform bill, given that it was at that time "on the...
Health Care Reform and the Anti-Injunction Act
Mar 14, 2012 | Health Care Reform, President Obama, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: PolicyMic (March 14, 2012) As the Supreme Court prepares to start its hearings on President Barack Obama's health care reform legislation (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA), it makes sense that conservatives and libertarians...