The decision handed down last week by the United States Supreme Court in United States v Stevens shows the radically different approach taken in the United States in relation questions of “extreme” and “offensive” freedom of expression. [read post]

Most American judges, since they serve at the state level, are, as in my home state of Texas, elected, which horrifies many and serves, for others, only to make the politicized nature of appointment to the courts absolutely transparent. [read post]

  Julie Suk and Caroline Fredrickson are newer friends, with whom I worked (as with Mark, Steve, and Jennifer) on what I call the “Tomasky project,” a group that came together charged by Michael Tomasky, the editor of Democracy (and now, as well, The New Republic) to design a constitution that would serve us well in the 21stcentury. [read post]