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12 Sep 2018, 7:26 am by Daniel Byman
Before the second intifada broke out, Israel let many of its intelligence networks among Palestinians wither, instead relying on the Palestinian security services to suppress violence. [read post]
20 Apr 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
It has forgotten that distributional questions are inherently constitutional and has consequently allowed its notion of constitutionalism to wither. [read post]
7 Mar 2015, 10:05 am by JB
Issacharoff responds that emerging democracies are not yet well-functioning; in these situations constitutional courts can and do play an important role in shoring up democracy when it is most vulnerable.I would add that if judicial review proves important or even necessary for fledgling democracies, it is unlikely to wither away (like the state in Marx's theory of history) once democracy becomes more established. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 12:38 pm
San Jacinto, 10,834 feetBook of YearThe Divide: American Injustice In The Age Of The Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi (2014)Honorable Mention: Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis (2014)Movie of the YearBoyhoodHonorable Mention: WhiplashConcert of the YearToolHonorable Mention: Bad ReligionLosses SustainedBeth Kuttler (law partner)Trial of the YearAs fun as a withering cross-examination can be, or as gratifying as a compelling closing argument can feel, sometimes the best trial result… [read post]
24 Oct 2017, 3:42 pm by Benjamin Wittes
The Senate speech, once form of storied oratory, has withered as the body itself has degraded. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 12:31 pm by Anthony D. Romero
The ACLU’s position in this case was famously controversial and Aryeh Neier, the ACLU’s executive director in the 70s and a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, withstood withering criticism. [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 12:41 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, David Hopen
Also in the region, Foreign Policy profiles how factions within Boko Haram have weakened since defecting to the Islamic State, how al Qaeda may return these factions to its orbit and why such changes would further cripple the Islamic State’s withering attempt at global expansion. [read post]
14 Apr 2017, 9:22 am by Jordan Brunner
Ward, the American envoy to the OPCW, used the hastily convened meeting of the organization’s executive council to launch a withering verbal attack on Assad and his allies in Moscow. [read post]
17 Aug 2018, 4:00 am by Daniel Byman
The greatest source of Hamas’s strength is the political weakness of the PA, and this weakness is likely to grow as the leadership fragments and peace talks wither from a hope to a pipedream. [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 5:56 pm
San Jacinto, 10,834 feetBook of YearThe Divide: American Injustice In The Age Of The Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi (2014)Honorable Mention: Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis (2014)Movie of the YearBoyhoodHonorable Mention: WhiplashConcert of the YearToolHonorable Mention: Bad ReligionLosses SustainedBeth Kuttler (law partner)Trial of the YearAs fun as a withering cross-examination can be, or as gratifying as a compelling closing argument can feel, sometimes the best trial result… [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 7:38 am
  At one point, the party on the phone voiced some trepidation and reservations, whereupon Irenas thundered a withering critique of said reservations. [read post]
18 Jul 2013, 1:12 pm by Gregory S. Shatan
There was withering criticism from some councilors, and at least one statement that appeared to be a threat of payback. [read post]
9 Jun 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Between Reconstruction and the Progressive Era, Americans’ faith in the amendability and wisdom of the Constitution had withered, many coming to believe radical amendment to the Constitution was necessary. [read post]
30 Jan 2023, 7:57 am by Roger Parloff
Though I won’t rehearse here that earlier piece, I’ll highlight that the Haldeman court was particularly withering in its dismissal of the “odd” notion “that a community’s voting patterns are at all relevant to venue. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 5:31 pm by Shahid Buttar
Why law enforcement agencies supported CalECPA Beyond breathing new life into withering First and Fourth Amendment values, California's new law strikes a thoughtful balance between the powers of police and rights of communities. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 3:12 am by Allan Blutstein
"AB comment: Granting discovery to a FOIA plaintiff is unusual, but rarer still is the withering criticism that the court unloads here. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 9:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which allows the government to access emails more than 180 days old without a warrant if they're stored by a third party, was held unconstitutional by the appellate court (though regrettably its holding only applies in that circuit).In that ruling, the 6th Circuit offered up this observation which to me sums up the basis for reconsidering electronic privacy, not just for stored email but on location tracking and many other fronts: “the… [read post]
29 Dec 2022, 10:14 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  Even so, a party that had only 25% support in the country would quickly wither and die.The continued viability of a party run by sociopaths (but supported in large part by voters who are healthy, functioning people) is thus a mystery. [read post]