Justice system

Lady justice usually says the sword in her right hand and the balancing scales in her left. Some are blindfolded, but not all.

Only a week after Catholics nationwide completed a campaign protesting the Obama administration’s violation of the religious liberty of Catholic institutions, the Supreme Court let stand a key federal…

A parallel legal universe, open only to corporations and largely invisible to everyone else, helps executives convicted of crimes escape punishment. Part one of a BuzzFeed News investigation.

Let me introduce you to a tiny bit of one of the best-known and most-cited of Jewish texts, Pirkei Avot (also Pirkei Avos). In English, Ethics of the Fathers or Chapters of the Fathers. It is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims passed down to the Rabbis, beginning with Moses and onwards. Please complete the following quote from Pirkei Avos (4:1): “Who is considered rich? A person who ________________.”

How prosecutors came to dominate the criminal-justice system

Illinois State Representative LaShawn Ford has proposed a bill aimed at addressing racial disparities in the criminal justice system. The bill has drawn

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A Theory of Justice by John Rawls (Harvard, 1971) Illustration by Douglas Smith

New Trump nominee formerly worked at merit board as its general counsel.