The Conviction of Charles Taylor:   Why Accountability is a Big Deal   There are times when the extensive system of UN-backed international criminal tribunals (ICTs) seems like an excessively funded alphabet soup of toothless, idealist-driven institutions. And then there are...

  1. The Commerce Clause No, not because of the Affordable Care Act (or not merely because of it). In 1964 Congress relied on powers given to it by Commerce Clause to pass Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, making discrimination in public accommodations (a term that encompasses...

  Whether or not Trayvon Martin died because he was black, and regardless of George Zimmerman’s personal motivations, the question of race and racially motivated killings is and must be central to the discussion of this case. Here’s why: The fact that Trayvon Martin was black does not...