Deborah Daniels: Here’s what to make of Trump’s cabinet picks
We will soon learn whether this nation still has constitutional checks and balances, when the Senate is called upon to execute its important advise-and-consent role.
We will soon learn whether this nation still has constitutional checks and balances, when the Senate is called upon to execute its important advise-and-consent role.
What we want above all from our justices is their commitment to the rule of law and their fairness and impartiality in the pursuit of justice.
Chief Justice Rush, and the court as a whole, are recognized as national models of what a chief justice and a supreme court should be.
Multiple failings have combined to cause these outcomes.
We are just not where we should be at this point in our nation’s history.
At the point where the people no longer believe the judicial system is fair, we are headed toward autocracy.
These unfounded allegations undermine the confidence of the public in the judicial system, a bedrock of our democratic society.
Why is the party of law and order … doing this? It is pandering to Trump at the expense of world stability.
Whatever one’s doubts about the likely benefits of these projects, the question is whether state government should interfere in local government decision-making.
Unfortunately, over the last few decades, the public’s respect for the court has significantly diminished.
There cannot be a clearer case of blaming the victim.
While one must be careful about drawing comparisons, there are some disturbing parallels between the 1920s and today.
With apologies to some of the greats under whom I had the privilege of studying … he was easily my favorite law professor.
I know FBI Director Chris Wray from earlier days in the Justice Department, and he is a man of unassailable integrity.
Our ‘great experiment’ is fragile.
Don’t try to demonstrate your brilliance by suggesting you know more than the seasoned veterans.
The efforts of some in this country to ban books because they personally find them offensive are alarming.
State legislatures are causing schools to deprive young minds of the truth that will lead to greater understanding among the races.
Any discerning employer will think twice if faced with the choice between Indiana and another state with a lower smoking rate.
Those with money, such as drug dealers, can afford to post whatever bail is set and continue to terrorize their communities while awaiting trial.